James Hall (gymnast)

James Hall
Hall at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Personal information
Full nameJames Robert Hall
Born (1995-10-06) 6 October 1995
Bankstown, Australia
Height1.7 m (5 ft 7 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented

(2014–2025)
ClubPegasus GC
Head coach
Ionut Trandaburu
Eponymous skillsHall (parallel bars)
Retired15 January 2026
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  Great Britain
World Championships
Silver medal – second place2015 GlasgowTeam
Bronze medal – third place2022 LiverpoolTeam
European Championships
Gold medal – first place2022 MunichTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 GlasgowTeam
Silver medal – second place2024 RiminiTeam
Bronze medal – third place2017 Cluj-NapocaAll-around
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place2018 Gold CoastTeam
Gold medal – first place2022 BirminghamTeam
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastAll-around
Silver medal – second place2018 Gold CoastHorizontal bar
Silver medal – second place2022 BirminghamAll-around

James Robert Hall (born 6 October 1995)[1] is an English former artistic gymnast. He was a member of the English and British Senior teams from 2014–2025. He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Hall was the alternate for the silver medal-winning team at the 2015 World Championships and was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2022 World Championships. Additionally, he was part of three medal-winning teams at the European Championships and two gold medal-winning teams at the Commonwealth Games. Individually, Hall is the 2017 European all-around bronze medalist, a two-time all-around silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games (2018, 2022), and is the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medalist on the horizontal bar.

Early life

Hall was born on 6 October 1995 in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. His family moved to Kent, England in 1997.[2]

He began gymnastics at age six after a coach encouraged him to do so.[2]

Gymnastics career

2015

Hall was the alternate for the silver medal-winning GB team at the 2015 Glasgow World Championships.

2017

Hall won the all-around bronze medal at the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in April 2017, held in Cluj-Napoca, Romania.[3]

2018

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hall was part of the team that won gold in the team event.[4] He also won silver on the individual all-around competition[5] as well as horizontal bar, both behind Nile Wilson.[6]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Hall won a silver as part of the team.[7]

2019

In March 2019, Hall won the All-Around title at the British Championships.[8]

He also competed at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, as well as the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[2]

2021

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Hall competed for Great Britain. The team took fourth place with a score of 255.76.

He also competed in the all around final where he finished in 8th position, one place ahead of teammate Joe Fraser.[9]

2022

At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Hall was again part of the England team that won gold in the team event.[10] Despite sustaining an ankle injury during the competition, Hall also won silver in the individual all-around behind compatriot Jake Jarman.[11][12]

2024

At the 2024 European Championships, Hall helped Great Britain finish second as a team behind Ukraine.[13] He was named as the reserve athlete for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

2025

At the 2025 Doha World Cup, he competed his eponymous skill, a 5/4 salto straddled with ½ turn to upper arms, which was added to the Code of Points.[14]

2026

In January 2026, Hall announced his retirement from gymnastics after more than a decade representing Great Britain.[15]

Personal life

In 2018, Hall became an ambassador for the Young Lives Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged youth in Kent, England.[2]

Eponymous skill

Hall has one skill named after him in the Code of Points.[16]

ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty[a]Added to the Code of Points
Parallel barsHall5/4 salto straddled with ½ turn to upper armsE (0.5)2025 Doha World Cup
  1. ↑ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

Competitive history

Competitive history of James Hall
Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2014 Glasgow World Cup6
2015 Varna World Challenge Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
World Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2016 Cottbus World Cup9
2017 Stuttgart World Cup5
European ChampionshipsN/a3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4
World ChampionshipsN/a2921
2018 American Cup2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Birmingham World Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Commonwealth Games1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)553rd place, bronze medalist(s)
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)5
World Championships58
2019 American Cup5
European ChampionshipsN/a78
World Championships514
2020 American Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2021
Olympic Games48
2022
Commonwealth Games1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)55
European Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)4
World Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2023
World Championships49
2024
European Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)5
2025 Doha World Cup7

References

  1. ↑ "James Hall". British Gymnastics.
  2. 1 2 3 4 "Artistic Gymnastics HALL James". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  3. ↑ "Vernyayev Rallies To Defend European All-Around Title". International Gymnast Magazine Online.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England win gold in men's team final". BBC Sport. 5 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England's Nile Wilson wins all-around gold, James Hall silver". BBC Sport. 7 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Nile Wilson wins third gold as Alice Kinsella seals first Commonwealth title". 9 April 2018.
  7. ↑ "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
  8. ↑ "James Hall Crowned British All-around Champion". British Gymnastics. 22 March 2019. Archived from the original on 23 March 2019. Retrieved 23 March 2019.
  9. ↑ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Archived from the original on 25 July 2021. Retrieved 28 July 2021.
  10. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England win landmark third team gymnastics gold". BBC Sport. 29 July 2022. Retrieved 30 July 2022.
  11. ↑ "Men's All-Around Medalists" (PDF). Birmingham 2022. Retrieved 3 August 2022.
  12. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: Jake Jarman wins all-around gymnastics gold for England". BBC Sport. 31 July 2022. Retrieved 31 July 2022.
  13. ↑ "European Men's Gymnastics Championships 2024: Jake Jarman wins European vault gold". BBC Newsround. 28 April 2024. Retrieved 15 September 2025.
  14. ↑ "Five original elements named after gymnasts". World Gymnastics. 10 October 2025.
  15. ↑ "James Hall announces retirement from gymnastics". British Gymnastics. 15 January 2026.
  16. ↑ "Five original elements named after gymnasts". International Gymnastics Federation. 2 October 2025.
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