- Claire Wright
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Claire Wright Full name Claire Lousie Wright[1] Country represented United Kingdom Born 5 August 1979
CamberleyHometown Sandhurst Height 167 centimetres (5 ft 6 in) Discipline Trampolining Club OLGA Head coach(es) Nigel Rendell Assistant coach(es) Sharon Wood Medal recordWorld Cup Gold 2001 Hannover Women's Synchro
(with Kirsten Lawton)Bronze 2006 Birmingham Women's Individual World Championships Bronze 2001 Odense Women's Individual Bronze 2001 Odense Women's Team World Games Silver 2001 Akita Synchro
(with Kirstin Lawton)Claire Louise Wright (Born 5 August 1979 in Camberley, England[2]) is a British trampolinist. She attended sixth form at Farnham College before doing a Sports Science degree at University of Wales Institute, Cardiff.
Wright received FIG pin for achievement at World Championships in 2000
Wright is set to retire after to representing Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics[3][4]
References
- ^ "Women Sport Report". http://www.womensportreport.com/?menu=95&showpage=featuremore&id=12. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Athlete Profile - Claire Wright". http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/AthleteProfile.aspx?id=6681. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Team GB". http://www.olympics.org.uk/beijing2008/TeamGB.aspx?SP=GT. Retrieved 2008-07-19.
- ^ "Wright to bow out after Beijing". BBC News. 29 July 2008. http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7531253.stm.
Claire is currently performing in Cirque du Soleil's La Nouba, in the trampolining and track act.
External links
Her Qual rank was 10th
Categories:- 1979 births
- Living people
- English trampolinists
- Olympic gymnasts of Great Britain
- Gymnasts at the 2008 Summer Olympics
- People from Camberley
- British sportspeople stubs
- Trampolinist biography stubs
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