Marissa King
British artistic gymnast
Marissa King | |
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Full name | Marissa Petra King |
Nickname(s) | Riss |
Country represented | United Kingdom England |
Born | (1991-04-20) 20 April 1991 (age 33) Cambridge |
Hometown | Cambridge |
Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
Level | Senior International Elite |
Club | Huntingdon |
College team | University of Florida (2009-2013) |
Head coach(es) | Rhonda Faehn |
Assistant coach(es) | Adrian Burde, Robert Ladanyi |
Music | Akordeon Latino (2012), Don't Cry For Me Argentina (2008) |
Retired | 2013 |
Marissa Petra King (born 20 April 1991) is an English gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as well as the 2007 and 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Marissa is the daughter of a British father and Thai mother[1] and began gymnastics at age 8. During her elite career she trained at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club and competed for the University of Florida Gators NCAA gymnastics team.[2] In 2011, she became the NCAA National Champion on vault with a score of 9.875 as well as being an 11-time All American.[2]
Elite career history
Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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2010 | British Championships | Guildford, England | Vault | 2 | 13.775 | 2 | 14.450 |
Floor | 8 | 12.050 | 3= | 14.200 | |||
2009 | British Championships | Guildford, England | All Around | 3 | 53.100 | ||
Vault | 1 | 13.925 | |||||
Bars | 3 | 13.400 | |||||
Beam | 4 | 12.700 | |||||
Floor | 3 | 13.450 | |||||
Stuttgart World Cup | Stuttgart, Germany | Vault | 4 | 13.550 | 2 | 13.800 | |
World Championships | London, England | Vault | 13.850 | ||||
Beam | 13.400 | ||||||
2008 | British Championships | Guildford, England | All Around | 6 | 55.100 | ||
Vault | 2 | 14.175 | |||||
Bars | 7 | 12.800 | |||||
Floor | 7 | 13.300 | |||||
European Championships | Clermont-Ferrand, France | Vault | 10 | 14.050 | |||
Beam | 19 | 14.450 | |||||
Floor | 34 | 13.700 | |||||
Glasgow Grand Prix | Glasgow, Scotland | Vault | 6 | 12.912 | 4 | 13.675 | |
Beam | 2 | 14.475 | 2 | 14.650 | |||
Maribor World Cup | Maribor, Slovenia | Vault | 2 | 14.075 | |||
2007 | Glasgow Grand Prix | Glasgow, Scotland | Vault | 1 | 14.237 | 2 | 13.862 |
Good Luck Beijing (Olympic Test Event) | Beijing, China | All Around | 8 | 56.225 | |||
Vault | 3 | 14.187 | |||||
European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Vault | 6 | 14.175 | 7 | 14.100 | |
Beam | 56 | 12.775 | |||||
Floor | 29 | 13.750 | |||||
World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | Team | 7 | 169.175 | 6 | 233.025 | |
Vault | 17 | 13.600 | |||||
Floor | 46 | 13.925 | |||||
DTB Cup | Vault | 4 | 14.237 | 8 | 13.450 | ||
Floor | 6 | 13.650 | 4 | 13.575 |
NCAA career history
Competition | Apparatus | Year | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
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NCAA Championships | Vault | 2011 | 1 | 9.875 | - | - |
Team | 2013 | 1 | 197.575 | 1st | - | |
Beam | 2013 | 7th |
References
- ^ Women's Artistic. British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05.
- ^ a b "Marissa King – University of Florida – Biography". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.
External links
- Marissa King at the International Gymnastics Federation
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- 1982: Elaine Alfano (Utah)
- 1983: Elaine Alfano (Utah)
- 1984: Megan Marsden (Utah)
- 1985: Elaine Alfano (Utah)
- 1986: Kim Neal (Arizona St.)
1986 Pam Loree (Penn State) - 1987: Yumi Mordre (Washington)
- 1988: Jill Andrews (UCLA)
- 1989: Kim Hamilton (UCLA)
- 1990: Michele Bryant (Nebraska)
- 1991: Hope Spivey (Georgia)
1991 Anna Basaldua (Arizona) - 1992: Kristen Kenoyer (Utah)
1992 Tammy Marshall (Mass)
1992 Heather Stepp (Georgia) - 1993: Heather Stepp (Georgia)
- 1994: Jenny Hansen (Kentucky)
- 1995: Jenny Hansen (Kentucky)
- 1996: Leah Brown (Georgia)
- 1997: Susan Hines (Florida)
- 1998: Larissa Fontaine (Stanford)
1998 Susan Hines (Florida) - 1999: Heidi Moneymaker (UCLA)
- 2000: Heather Brink (Nebraska)
- 2001: Cory Fritzinger (Georgia)
- 2002: Jamie Dantzscher (UCLA)
- 2003: Ashley Milese (Alabama)
- 2004: Ashley Milese (Alabama)
- 2005: Kristen Maloney (UCLA)
- 2006: Ashley Miles (Alabama)
- 2007: Courtney Kupets (Georgia)
- 2008: Susan Jackson (LSU)
- 2009: Ashleigh Clare-Kearney (LSU)
- 2010: Vanessa Zamarripa (UCLA)
- 2011: Marissa King (Florida)
- 2012: Kytra Hunter (Florida)
- 2013: Diandra Milliner (Alabama)
2013 Rheagan Courville (LSU) - 2014: Katherine Grable (Arkansas)
2014 Rheagan Courville (LSU) - 2015: Elizabeth Price (Stanford)
- 2016: Brandie Jay (Georgia)
2016 Katie Bailey (Alabama) - 2017: Kennedi Edney (LSU)
- 2018: Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma)
2018 Alex McMurtry (Florida)
2018 MyKayla Skinner (Utah) - 2019: Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma)
2019 Kyla Ross (UCLA)
2019 Kennedi Edney (LSU)
2019 Derrian Gobourne (Auburn) - 2021: Haleigh Bryant (LSU)
2021 Anastasia Webb (Oklahoma) - 2022: Jaedyn Rucker (Utah)
- 2023: Olivia Trautman (Oklahoma)
- 2024: Anna Roberts (Stanford)