Al (gymnasticsexpress.co.uk, 05 Sep 2020)

Cosmetics, make-up artistry. (telegraph.co.uk, 29 Sep 2019)

Athlete

English

Park Wrekin Gymnastics Club: Telford, ENG

Christine Still [club]; Brett Ince [club]

Her father Mark Kinsella represented the Republic of Ireland in football, including at the 2002 World Cup in the Republic of Korea and Japan. Her older brother Liam Kinsella has also represented the Republic of Ireland in football at U21 level and has played for English club Walsall. (bbc.co.uk, 24 Jun 2019; inews.co.uk, 19 Oct 2018; gymnasticsclubmanager.com, 22 Aug 2018; gazette-news.co.uk, 12 Jun 2014)

2017

An ankle injury sustained in qualifying forced her to withdraw from the all-around final at the 2017 World Championships in Montreal, QC, Canada. (bbc.co.uk, 07 Oct 2017)

She took up gymnastics at age four.

"As a tot [small child], I loved tumbling around. At four years old, while watching my older sister, a gymnastics coach noted that I might have a natural aptitude for the sport. It was a happy bonding. I loved doing it and, if I was being encouraged to do it, then happy days."

She was part of the first British artistic gymnastics team to win a medal in the women's team event at the Olympic Games for 93 years [since 1928] when they claimed bronze at the 2020 Games in Tokyo. (news.sky.com, 27 Jul 2021; SportsDeskOnline, 12 Oct 2022)

She became the first artistic gymnast representing Great Britain to win gold on beam at the European championships when she triumphed in the event at the 2019 edition of the tournament in Szczecin, Poland. (british-gymnastics.org, 14 Apr 2019)

Romanian gymnast Larisa Iordache, US gymnast Nastia Liukin, British gymnast Beth Tweddle. (independent.co.uk, 25 May 2021; gymnasticsexpress.co.uk, 05 Sep 2020)

"Greatness isn't born. It's made." (Instagram profile, 21 Aug 2019)

She was named Female Sports Person of the Year at the 2018 Sutton Coldfield Sports Awards in England. She was also named the 2014 Junior Sports Person of the Year and the 2016 Junior Female Sports Person of the Year at the Sutton Coldfield Sports Awards. (suttoncoldfieldsportsawards.org.uk, 01 Feb 2019, 10 Feb 2017)

ONLINE ABUSE
She revealed in May 2021 that abusive messages she had been receiving on social media platforms served as additional motivation in her attempts to secure a place at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. "I just kept scrolling and scrolling through messages of hate. It's definitely the worst it's ever been. I just don't think people think before they start typing. Being a sportsperson you know you're not going to appeal to everyone, and I think you can either let it pull you back or use it as motivation. It definitely fuels my drive to prove them all wrong. That started with the last of the trials in Cardiff and, suddenly, after I did well there, a lot of the haters were hiding and changing their minds." (independent.co.uk, 25 May 2021)

SPORTING FAMILY
She admits that watching her older brother Liam Kinsella become a professional footballer and represent the Republic of Ireland at U21 level served as an inspiration for her own sporting career. "Growing up and watching my brother achieve his goals and succeed, it's just made me want to achieve mine even more, so having him there and being a pro footballer has helped me. He's inspired me a lot but I never really thought about doing football. Obviously, I've been doing gym since I was a little girl, so it's been my whole life." (echo-news.co.uk, 07 Jun 2021)

FAVOURITE APPARATUS
Beam has been her preferred apparatus since she was a child. "When I speak to young children in training they always say that the beam is the scariest. I've actually loved it since I was little. It's my favourite piece and my strongest one too. I like the fact that anything can happen on the day of competition. You need to have elegance, power, and accuracy. No wonky moves or it's all over." (telegraph.co.uk, 29 Sep 2019)