Jemima Taylor

Jemima Taylor
Full nameJemima Taylor
Born (2009-03-18) 18 March 2009
Newport, Wales
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Wales Wales
United Kingdom Great Britain
(2025–present)
ClubClwb Cymru Caerdydd

Jemima Taylor (born 18 March 2009) is a Welsh Artistic gymnast and British national team member. She represented Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and won silver on floor exercise at the 2025 British Championships.[1]

As a junior Taylor has represented Great Britain at the 2023 Junior World Championships and 2024 European Championships.[2][3]

Gymnastics career

Junior: 2023–2024

Taylor represented Great Britain at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Abigail Martin and Ema Kandalova where the team finished ninth and Taylor qualified for the floor exercise final.[4] Later that year she was named to the British team alongside Kandalova and Ellie Lewis for the 2023 European Youth Summer Olympic Festival.[5] The team won bronze and individually Taylor placed fourteenth in the all-around and made the vault and floor exercise finals.[6]

Taylor was part of the junior British team at the 2024 European Championships which included Shantae-Eve Amankwaah, Isabelle Priestley, Ellie Lewis and Tahlia Wyatt. The team placed fifth and individually Taylor placed eleventh in the all-around.[7][8]

Senior: 2025–present

Taylor became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2025. At the Welsh Championships, she won bronze in the all-around behind Ruby Evans and Frances Stone as well as silver on floor exercise.[9] She went on to win silver on floor exercise behind Alia Leat at the 2025 British Championships.[1] Taylor competed at the 2025 Osijek World Cup where she placed fourth on floor exercise.[10] She was named as first reserve for the 2025 European Championships.[11]

Taylor was selected to represent Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games alongside Ruby Evans, Frances Stone, Emily Roper, and Abigail Roper.[12] She helped the team finish fourth and individually she qualified to the uneven bars finals where she ultimately finished seventh.

Competitive history

Competitive history of Jemima Taylor at the junior level
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2021 British Championships51st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2022 Welsh Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)559
British Championships2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
British Team Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2023 English Championships (guest)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Welsh Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
British Championships43
Junior World Championships9228
European Youth Olympic Festival3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1494
2024 English Championships (guest)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
British Championships7872nd place, silver medalist(s)
European Championships511
British Team Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
Rushmoor Rosebowl71st place, gold medalist(s)6
Competitive history of Jemima Taylor at the senior level
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2025 Welsh Championships3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
English Championships (guest)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
British Championships192nd place, silver medalist(s)
Osijek World Cup4
2026 British Championships113rd place, bronze medalist(s)4
Commonwealth Games47R1

References

  1. 1 2 "2025 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2025-03-25. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  2. ↑ "TAYLOR Jemima - FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  3. ↑ "Jemima Taylor". TresA. 2023-09-08. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  4. ↑ "2023 Junior World Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2023-04-03. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  5. ↑ "Team GB call-up for talented teenage gymnast from Newport". South Wales Argus. 2023-06-08. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  6. ↑ "2023 European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. 2023-07-29. Retrieved 2025-03-28.
  7. ↑ "2024 European Championships Junior Results". The Gymternet. 2024-05-07. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  8. ↑ "GB juniors place 5th at the European Championships". www.british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  9. ↑ "2025 Welsh Championships Results". The Gymternet. 2025-02-18. Retrieved 2025-04-08.
  10. ↑ "Jemima Taylor reaches World Cup floor final in Croatia". BBC Sport. 2025-04-11. Retrieved 2025-04-15.
  11. ↑ "Welsh trio named in Great Britain squad for European Artistic Gymnastics Championships". BBC Sport. 2025-04-23. Retrieved 2025-04-23.
  12. ↑ Godsall, Abigail (2026-06-19). "Team Wales names ten gymnasts for the Glasgow 2026 Commonwealth Games". Welsh Gymnastics. Retrieved 2026-07-30.
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