Amanda Reddin

Amanda Jayne Reddin OBE (born 6 June 1965), née Harrison, later Kirby, is a gymnastics coach, and former Olympic gymnast, for Great Britain. Personal coach of many successful gymnasts, including three-time world champion and Olympic medallist Beth Tweddle, double Olympian Hannah Whelan and Olympian Jennifer Pinches. Reddin coached for many years at the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club. She is now the Head National Coach for British Gymnastics.[1]

Gymnastics career

1983 World Championships

Harrison was a member of the Great Britain team, which placed 17th, in the 1983 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Budapest, Hungary.[2]

1984 Olympics

At age 19, Harrison competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles in women's artistic gymnastics for Great Britain placing 7th in the team competition and 22nd in the all around competition.[3]

Coaching career

Kirby began her coaching career in Brighton, but soon moved to Liverpool in 1992 to coach at the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club in Toxteth, Liverpool.[4] Today, Reddin is a qualified FIG Brevet Coach and has coached at four Olympic Games (2000, 2004, 2008, 2012) and more than 10 World Championships.

In August 2020 Reddin agreed to temporarily step aside as Head National Coach at British Gymnastics while an investigation into claims about her conduct took place. [5]

Honours

In 2002, Kirby was named as UK Coach of the Year (jointly with Alex Stanton, coach to marathon world record holder Paula Radcliffe).[6]

In 2004, Kirby was one of the winners in the 'Manager/Coach' category of the BBC North West Sports Awards [7]

In 2006, Kirby was awarded the Mussabini Medal in the UK Coaching Awards.[8]

In 2008, Kirby was nominated for the Unsung Hero award in The Sunday Times Sportswoman of the Year Awards.[9]

She was appointed Officer of the Order of the British Empire (OBE) in the 2013 New Year Honours for services to sport.[10]

The Amanda Kirby Trophy

In 2007, the Amanda Kirby Trophy was introduced in English Gymnastics (alongside the Beth Tweddle Trophy), in honour of her years of dedicated coaching and for producing a world champion (Beth Tweddle won the 2006 World Championships on the Asymmetric Bars). The award is made annually to the coach of the gymnast in the senior English gymnastics championships who scores the highest mark on the asymmetric bars.[11]

References
  1. "Amanda Reddin appointed Head National Coach". British Gymnastics. Retrieved 2013-05-21.
  2. "1983 World Gymnastics Championships Results - Women's Team Competition". Gym Forum. Retrieved 2011-05-08.
  3. "Amanda Harrison Sports Reference Athlete Profile". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  4. "Amanda Kirby Woman behind world's best gymnast honoured". The Free Library. Retrieved 2015-01-20.
  5. "Amanda Reddin: British Gymnastics head national coach steps aside amid claims about conduct". BBC. 25 August 2020.
  6. "Stanton & Kirby share UK Coach award". UK Sport. 2002-11-20. Retrieved 2010-12-03.
  7. "BBC North West Sports Awards". North West Regional Development Agency. 2004-12-07. Archived from the original on 2011-10-01. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  9. "The Sunday Times - Sportswoman of the Year Awards 2008 Nominations". The Sunday Times. 2008-12-14. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
  10. "No. 60367". The London Gazette (Supplement). 29 December 2012. p. 13.
  11. "English Gymnastics Fourth Annual Report April 2008". English Gymnastics. April 2008. Archived from the original on 2012-12-09. Retrieved 2010-12-04.
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