Lynne Karina Hutchison OLY | |||||||||||||||
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Hutchison at the 2010 Commonwealth Games | |||||||||||||||
Born | 10th November 1994 Tokyo, Japan | ||||||||||||||
Height | 1.74 m (5 ft 9 in) | ||||||||||||||
Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Country represented | Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||
Club | City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club | ||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Sarah Moon | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Lynne Karina Hutchison OLY (born 10 November in Tokyo, Japan) is a British rhythmic gymnast who represented England at the 2010 Commonwealth Games in Delhi, India, where she won a bronze medal in the team event. She also competed for Team GB at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.
Hutchison was born in Tokyo to Japanese mother Kuniko and British father Brian. She moved to Britain with her family at the age of two. Hutchison, while attending primary school in Combe Down, Bath, was invited by Sarah Moon, the head coach of the City of Bath Rhythmic Gymnastics Club, to come along to the gym. Hutchison started training at the club on the same day as Francesca Fox, who would later also represent Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Hutchison attended King Edward's School, Bath, and trained at the University of Bath.
References
- "Lynne Hutchison". London2012.com. London Organising Committee of the Olympic and Paralympic Games. Archived from the original on 30 July 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- "GYMNASTICS RHYTHMIC TEAM FINAL TEAM RESULTS" (PDF). Commonwealth Games Federation. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Lynne Hutchison". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
- Hideaki Ishibashi (1 August 2012). "3 Olympians embrace roots in Japan, Britain". The Asahi Shimbun. Archived from the original on 4 September 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "Lynne Hutchison". University of Bath. 5 January 2011. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- "Journey's end for Bath's rhythmic gymnasts as dream comes true". Bath Chronicle. This is Bath. 31 July 2012. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- "Lynne given big send-off by fellow KES pupils". This is Bath. 23 September 2010. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
External links
- Lynne Hutchison at British Gymnastics
- Lynne Hutchison at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Lynne Hutchison at Olympics.com
- Lynne Hutchison at Team GB
- Lynne Hutchison at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Lynne Hutchison at Olympedia (archive)
- 1994 births
- Living people
- British rhythmic gymnasts
- English rhythmic gymnasts
- English sportswomen
- English people of Japanese descent
- Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain
- Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics
- Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
- Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for England
- Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts at the 2014 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts from Tokyo
- People educated at King Edward's School, Bath
- 21st-century British women
- Medallists at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
- 21st-century English sportswomen