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}} Elizabeth "Beth" Kimberly Tweddle MBE (born 1 April 1985) is a retired British artistic gymnast. She is the most successful British gymnast, male or female, in the history of the sport. She was the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the European Championships, World Championships, and Olympic Games. Tweddle is a three-time Olympian and the 2012 Olympic bronze medalist on uneven bars. She is also the 2006 World uneven bars champion, the 2009 World floor exercise champion, and the 2010 World uneven bars champion. Tweddle retired in August 2013. Post retirement, Tweddle's profile allowed her to take on a variety of media and sporting work. On 10 March 2013, Tweddle won the eighth series of ''Dancing on Ice'' along with partner Daniel Whiston, who won the show for the third time. In 2014, she took part in the ninth and last series of Dancing on Ice, the "All-Stars" series, with new skating partner Łukasz Różycki, making the final and coming third. == Early life and education == Tweddle was born on 1 April 1985 in Johannesburg, South Africa and moved with her family to Bunbury, Cheshire, England when she was 18 months old. After trying several different sports, Tweddle began competing in gymnastics at the age of seven at Crewe and Nantwich Gymnastics Club. In 1997, she moved to the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club to train with coach, Amanda Reddin. Tweddle attended The Queen's School, Chester and completed a foundation degree with the University of Liverpool. In 2007, she graduated from Liverpool John Moores University with a degree in Sports Science. She has been accepted to the University of Liverpool's physiotheraphy program and began to attend after the 2012 Summer Olympics. Tweddle is also involved with Total Gymnastics. She said, "I have a sports science degree, and I'll be continuing my studies in the future – I have place at the University of Liverpool to study Physiotherapy in 2012. I've also started Total Gymnastics with the help of former Olympic swimmer Steve Parry. We go into schools and leisure centres to help give children a chance to try gymnastics – which I'm enjoying because so many gymnastics clubs are overbooked.". Tweddle is a keen Football fan and is a supporter of Conference Premier team Chester F.C.. She is also a patron of Alder Hey Children's Hospital charity.〔(Our Patrons )〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Beth Tweddle」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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