Alia Leat

Espoir: 2018

In February 2018, Leat competed in the English Championships as an espoir. She finished second in the all-around behind Ruby Stacey as well as first on vault and second on floor exercise in the apparatus finals.^[3] Later at the 2018 British Championships, Leat placed first in the all-around, vault and beam finals as well as second on floor exercise.^[4]

Junior: 2019

In March 2019, Leat competed at the English Championships, where she placed sixth in the all-around.^[5] She then competed at the British Championships, where she placed third in the all-around behind Ondine Achampong and Annie Young.^[6]

Leat was selected to represent Great Britain at the inaugural Junior World Championships in Győr, Hungary, alongside twin sisters Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova. The trio finished sixth in the team final.^[7]

Team introductions

Uneven bars qualification

Vault qualification

Floor qualification

Leat at the 2019 Junior World Championships

2021–2022

At the 2021 British Championships, Leat finished seventh in the all-around and fourth on vault.^[8] The following year, she finished 25th at English Championships and 24th at British Championships.^[9][10]

2025

After a 2-year break, Leat returned to competition in February 2025 at the Welsh Championships placing third in the all-around open competition, behind Ruby Evans and Frances Stone.^[11] Later that month, she finished first in the all-around, floor exercise and balance beam competition at the 2025 English Championships.^[12] She was crowned British all-around champion at the 2025 British Championships and went on to place first on floor exercise in the apparatus finals.^[13][14] Leat was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 Osijek World Cup alongside Jemima Taylor.

She was named in the British squad for the 2025 European Championships alongside Frances Stone, Emily Roper, Ruby Evans and Ruby Stacey.^[15] She competed on vault, balance beam and floor exercise and helped the team place sixth.^[2] In late September Leat was selected to make her World Championships debut at the 2025 World Championships alongside Ruby Evans, Abigail Martin, and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah. In qualification she competed on balance beam, however a fall meant she did not proceed to the event finals.^[16]

2026

Leat competed in the all-around competition at Welsh Championships, winning silver in the open competition. At English Championships she won silver in the all-around. At British Championships Leats hand slipped on vault resulting in her finishing fifth in the all-around competition. She qualified for the balance beam final where she won gold.^[17] She was named in the British team for the Luxembourg Open alongside Abigail Roper, Jemima Taylor and Grace Davies. The team won gold and individually Leat won gold in the all-around, balance beam and floor exercise competition.^[18] Leat attended the Koper Challenge Cup and won bronze on balance beam and floor exercise, her first world cup medals. In June, Leat was announced as part of the English team at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, alongside Abigail Martin, Taeja James (later replaced by Shanna-Kae Grant), Ruby Stacey and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah.^[19] She helped the team win bronze and qualified for the beam final where she finished 5th.^[20]