Kelly Hackman
British gymnast
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Kelly Louise Hackman (born 10 December 1980)[1] is a British gymnast. She competed for Great Britain at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.
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| Kelly Hackman | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | 10 December 1980 Watford | ||||||||||||||
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| Country represented | England | ||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Clem Malcolmson | ||||||||||||||
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Early life
Hackman briefly lived with her coach, Clem Malcolmson, and his wife before her family could move closer to Hackman's new gym.[2]
Competitive gymnast
Hackman trained at Woking gym.[3] She competed in the 1998 Commonwealth Games where she won a silver medal with the British Team and placed 10th individually.[3] The following year she won the Burrel Trophy for having the highest score in Floor Exercise at the British Team Championships.[3] Also in 1999, Hackman was a reserve for the World British Team.[3] In 2000, she won three bronze metals at the British national championship.[3] That same year Hackman was selected as a member of the British gymnastics team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia.[4] She was 19 years old.[5] Her strongest apparatuses at the time were Beam and Uneven bars.[3] It was the first time a British had qualified a team for the event.[4] The British team finished in 10th place and Hackman was 74th in the Individual All-Around rankings.[6]
Later career
After gymnastics, Hackman became a journalist.[7]