Sonia Lawrence

Sonia Lawrence
Personal information
NationalityBritish (Welsh)
Born (1980-01-19) 19 January 1980
Caerphilly, Wales
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight52 kg (115 lb)
Sport
SportGymnastics / Athletics
Events
floor, horse, uneven bars, beam / pole vault
ClubSpelthorne Gymnastics Club
Medal record
Representing  Wales
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal – second place1994 VictoriaVault

Sonia Lawrence (born 19 January 1980) is a British gymnast and later pole vaulter, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.[1]

Biography

Lawrence grew up in Bedwas and joined the Heol Ddu Gymnastics Club in Bargoed at a young age. At the age of 12 Lawrence moved to Staines near London in order to gain full-time coaching.[2]

After gaining selection for the British squad, she went to a pre-Olympic campand also represented Wales at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she won a silver medal in the vault.[2] At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Lawrence represented Great Britain in the preliminary rounds.[3] Injury problems hampered her ability to compete for medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before retiring from gymnastics at the age of just 16.[2]

Lawrence took up pole vault and her greatest achievement was finishing third behind Tracey Bloomfield in the pole vault event at the 2003 AAA Championships.[4][5][6]

References

  1. ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Sonia Lawrence Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 18 April 2020. Retrieved 19 August 2019.
  2. 1 2 3 "Interview with the gymnast Sonia Lawrence". People's Collection Wales. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  3. ↑ "Biographical Information". Olympedia. Retrieved 4 April 2025.
  4. ↑ "Athletics". Aberdeen Press and Journal. 28 July 2003. Retrieved 6 April 2025 – via British Newspaper Archive.
  5. ↑ "AAA, WAAA and National Championships Medallists". National Union of Track Statisticians. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
  6. ↑ "AAA Championships (women)". GBR Athletics. Retrieved 6 April 2025.
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