Artistic Gymnastics | Athlete Profile: Cara KENNEDY - Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games

Birth Date:  09 Dec 1997
Place of Birth:  PAISLEY
Country of birth:  GBR
Age:  20
Gender:   Female

Height (cm): 157

Events and Medals

Sport	Event	Rank
Artistic Gymnastics	Women's Team Final & Ind. Qualification
	Women's Individual All-Around	9
	Women's Vault	7
	Women's Uneven Bars
	Women's Balance Beam
	Women's Floor Exercise
	Women's Team SCO Scotland	5

Cara KENNEDY - Schedule

Schedule
Time	My Time	Venue	Event	Status
Sat, 7 Apr 16:41	-	Coomera Indoor Sports Ctr	Women's Individual All-Around Final	Finished
Sun, 8 Apr 15:27	-	Coomera Indoor Sports Ctr	Women's Vault Final	Finished

Biographical Information

Highlights:

Commonwealth Games
Year	Location	Event	Rank	Result
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Women's Floor Exercise	23	12.533
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Women's Balance Beam	26	11.500
2014	Glasgow, SCO	Women's Team	5	151.595

Languages spoken: English
Coach:

NATIONAL: Sandra STEVENSON (scottishgymnastics.org, 15 Sep 2017)

Sporting relatives:

Her mother was a volleyballer and her father a cricketer. (bellahoustonacademy.glasgow.sch.uk, 2013)

Injuries:

Serious ankle injury in November 2015, which took two operations and over a year of rehabilitation to fix. (championsinschools.com, 24 Jul 2017; heraldscotland.com, 3 Apr 2016)

Reason: "I started going to a kids' class when I was five, because I had too much energy." (bbc.com, 24 Jun 2014)
Ambition: To make Team Scotland again for the Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games. (championsinschools.com, 24 Jul 2017)
Memorable: Competing at the Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. (championsinschools.com, 24 Jul 2017)
Hero: American gymnast, Aly RAISMAN (teamscotland.scot, 13 Mar 2018)
Ritual: Has lucky clips which she always wears when competing. (bellahoustonacademy.glasgow.sch.uk, 2013)

Additional information:

HOME GAMES
Member of the Scottish team that finished fifth in the team event at Glasgow 2014 Commonwealth Games. (thecgf.com, 17 Oct 2017)

CHAMPION
Scottish senior all-round champion in 2016. (championsinschools.com, 24 Jul 2017)

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