Britain’s greatest ever gymnast, Beth Tweddle MBE, will discuss her career, motivations and achievements at a free public lecture to be held at the University of Chester’s Warrington Campus.
Beth has close ties with the University of Chester, having received an honorary Doctor of Science from the institution in November 2013.
The lecture will take place on Tuesday, November 24 at 6.30pm. Tickets are free but need to be booked. Please visit http://www.chester.ac.uk/beth-tweddle
Beth’s impressive achievements include being an Olympic Bronze Medalist, a triple World Champion, a six-time European Champion, a Commonwealth Champion and seven-times consecutive National Champion.
Along with her unrivalled success Beth has competed at three Olympics Games; Athens 2004, Beijing 2008 and London 2012 – where she won Bronze in the Uneven Bars.
Since starting out at the age of seven, Beth has helped to reinvent British gymnastics and her achievements place her in the ‘greatest of all time’ category within her sport.
Her medals haul started at the 2002 Commonwealth Games where she collected Gold and two Silvers. Over the next decade she would go on to win over 20 more Gold medals, competing all over the World in major Championships.
In 2007, Beth also found time to graduate from Liverpool John Moores University with 2:1 in Sports Science and subsequently was accepted to study Physiotherapy at the University of Liverpool, which she deferred until to allow her to fully concentrate on training for the 2012 Games.
In 2010, Beth was included in the Queen’s New Year’s Honours List, and received an MBE for her success, commitment and dedication to gymnastics.
Following her Olympic success, Beth took a break from competitive gymnastics, taking part in the 2013 series of ITV’s Dancing on Ice, which she won with skating partner Daniel Whiston.
Beth has since retired from competitive gymnastics but is very much involved with her beloved sport, as a director and ambassador of Total Gymnastics. Beth and fellow Olympian, Steve Parry, set up the company to provide the opportunity for as many children as possible to take up gymnastics, within schools, leisure centres and gymnastics clubs to help develop the sport around the country.
The Warrington Campus is home to the University’s Sport and Community Engagement department, which offers programmes including Sport Coaching and Sport Development. It is also the training ground for Warrington Wolves.
Professor Annette McIntosh-Scott, Provost of the Warrington Campus, said: “We’re really looking forward to welcoming one of our honorary graduates, Beth Tweddle MBE, to deliver a fascinating talk at the Warrington Campus.
“This is the first of a series of public lectures and we hope that many members of the public, staff and students are able to attend and listen to one of our greatest sportswomen inspire with stories of her career and the challenges she has faced to get to the top.”
This is the first in a series of public lectures to take place at the Campus with more to be announced in the New Year. Visit www.chester.ac.uk for more details.
