Marissa King

Marissa King
Marissa King
Full name	Marissa Petra King
Nickname(s)	Riss
Country represented	United Kingdom; England
Born	20 April 1991 (age 33); Cambridge
Hometown	Cambridge
Height	154 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Club	Huntingdon
College team	University of Florida (2009-2013)
Head coach(es)	Rhonda Faehn
Assistant coach(es)	Adrian Burde, Robert Ladanyi
Music	Akordeon Latino (2012), Don't Cry For Me Argentina (2008)
Retired	2013

Marissa Petra King (born 20 April 1991) is an English gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as well as the 2007 and 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Marissa is the daughter of a British father and Thai mother^[1] and began gymnastics at age 8. During her elite career she trained at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club and competed for the University of Florida Gators NCAA gymnastics team.^[2] In 2011, she became the NCAA National Champion on vault with a score of 9.875 as well as being an 11-time All American.^[2]

Elite career history

Year	Competition Description	Location	Apparatus	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
2010	British Championships	Guildford, England	Vault	2	13.775	2	14.450
2010	British Championships	Guildford, England	Floor	8	12.050	3=	14.200
2009	British Championships	Guildford, England	All Around	3	53.100
			Vault	1	13.925
			Bars	3	13.400
			Beam	4	12.700
			Floor	3	13.450
	Stuttgart World Cup	Stuttgart, Germany	Vault	4	13.550	2	13.800
	World Championships	London, England	Vault				13.850
	World Championships	London, England	Beam				13.400
2008	British Championships	Guildford, England	All Around	6	55.100
			Vault	2	14.175
			Bars	7	12.800
			Floor	7	13.300
	European Championships	Clermont-Ferrand, France	Vault			10	14.050
			Beam			19	14.450
			Floor			34	13.700
	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, Scotland	Vault	6	12.912	4	13.675
	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, Scotland	Beam	2	14.475	2	14.650
	Maribor World Cup	Maribor, Slovenia	Vault	2	14.075
2007	Glasgow Grand Prix	Glasgow, Scotland	Vault	1	14.237	2	13.862
	Good Luck Beijing (Olympic Test Event)	Beijing, China	All Around	8	56.225
	Good Luck Beijing (Olympic Test Event)	Beijing, China	Vault	3	14.187
	European Championships	Amsterdam, Netherlands	Vault	6	14.175	7	14.100
			Beam			56	12.775
			Floor			29	13.750
	World Championships	Stuttgart, Germany	Team	7	169.175	6	233.025
			Vault			17	13.600
			Floor			46	13.925
	DTB Cup		Vault	4	14.237	8	13.450
	DTB Cup		Floor	6	13.650	4	13.575

NCAA career history

Competition	Apparatus	Year	Rank-Final	Score-Final	Rank-Qualifying	Score-Qualifying
NCAA Championships	Vault	2011	1	9.875	-	-
	Team	2013	1	197.575	1st	-
		Beam	2013	7th

References

^ Women's Artistic. British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05.
^ ^a ^b "Marissa King – University of Florida – Biography". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

External links

Marissa King at the International Gymnastics Federation

[1] Women's Artistic. British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05.

[gatorzone1-2] "Marissa King – University of Florida – Biography". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.

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