Ondine Achampong

Ondine Achampong (born 10 February 2004, Kings Langley, Hertfordshire) is a British artistic gymnast. She is the 2019 European Youth Olympic Festival champion on balance beam and silver medalist in the all-around as well as the 2020 Melbourne World Cup silver medalist on balance beam.

Ondine Achampong
Full nameOndine Achampong
Nickname(s)Ons, Dino
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (2004-02-10) February 10, 2004
HometownKings Langley, Hertfordshire
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2018–Present (GBR)
ClubSapphire School of Gymnastics
College teamCalifornia Golden Bears
Head coach(es)Mel Bunyan
Assistant coach(es)Annie Price
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Euro Youth Olympic Festival 1 1 1
FIG Apparatus World Cup 0 1 0
Total 1 2 1

Early life

Achampong was born in 2004. She has a Horsfield's tortoise named Mishelle.[1]

Career

2016–17

In March 2016 Achampong competed at the British Team Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around but recorded the third highest balance beam score and helped her team finish fifth.[2]

In April 2017 she competed at the English Championships where she only competed on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise and recorded the second highest scores on uneven bars and balance beam.[3] In December she competed at the British Espoir Championships where she placed first in the all-around, on balance beam, and on floor exercise, and placed second on uneven bars.[4]

2018

In February Achampong competed at the English Championships where she placed second behind Amelie Morgan.[5] The following month she competed at the British Championships where she placed third in the all-around behind Morgan and Annie Young. During event finals she placed third on uneven bars and floor exercise and sixth on balance beam.[6]

In April Achampong competed at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed fifteenth in the all-around and helped Great Britain finish fourth in the team competition.[7] In July she competed at a friendly competition in Pieve di Soligo where she placed eleventh in the all-around but helped Great Britain win the bronze in the team competition.[8]

In August Achampong represented Great Britain at the European Championships alongside Morgan, Young, Halle Hilton, and Phoebe Jakubczyk. Together they won the bronze medal in the team competition behind Italy and Russia. Individually Achampong finished tenth in the all-around.[9] Achampong ended the season at the Top Gym Tournament where she won gold on balance beam and placed fourth in the all-around and on floor exercise.[10]

2019

In February Achampong competed as a guest at the Welsh Championships where she placed first in the all-around and recorded the highest score on each apparatus.[11] In March she competed at the English Championships where she placed first in the all-around ahead of Halle Hilton and Jennifer Gadirova.[12] Later that month she competed at the British Championships where she placed first in the all-around and also won gold on uneven bars and balance beam and placed fourth on vault.[13]

In July Achampong competed at the Sainté Gym Cup where she helped Great Britain win team gold and individually she placed first in the all-around.[14] Later that month she competed at the European Youth Summer Olympic Festival alongside Hilton and Young. Together they won bronze in the team competition behind Russia and Romania. Individually Achampong won silver in the all-around behind reigning junior world champion Viktoria Listunova of Russia. During event finals she won gold on balance beam ahead of Silviana Sfiringu of Romania.[15]

2020

In 2020 Achampong became a senior. She made her senior debut at the Melbourne World Cup where she qualified to the balance beam and floor exercise finals. During event finals she won silver on balance beam behind Urara Ashikawa of Japan and placed fourth on floor exercise behind American Jade Carey and Italians Vanessa Ferrari and Lara Mori.[16] She later competed at the Baku World Cup; during qualifications she once again qualified to the balance beam and floor exercise event finals.[17] However event finals were canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.[18]

In June Achampong announced that she had verbally committed to the University of California, Berkeley to compete for their gymnastics program.[19]

Competitive history

Espoir
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2016British Team Championships511
2017English Championships
British Championships

Junior
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2018English Championships
British Championships6
City of Jesolo Trophy415
Pieve di Soligo Friendly11
European Championships10
Top Gym Tournament44
2019Welsh Championships
English Championships
British Championships4
Sainté Gym Cup
Euro Youth Olympic Festival

Senior
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2020Melbourne World Cup4
Baku World Cup[lower-alpha 1][lower-alpha 1]
  1. Achampong qualified to the BB and FX event finals; however event finals were canceled

References
  1. "Ondine Achampong". Gymnastics Express.
  2. "2016 British Team Championships Results". The Gymternet. March 20, 2016.
  3. "2017 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. April 7, 2017.
  4. "2017 British Espoir Championships Results". The Gymternet. December 3, 2017.
  5. "2018 English Championships Results". February 11, 2018.
  6. "2018 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. March 12, 2018.
  7. "2018 City of Jesolo Trophy Results". The Gymternet. April 17, 2018.
  8. "2018 Pieve di Soligo Friendly Results". The Gymternet. July 17, 2018.
  9. "2018 European Championships Results". The Gymternet. August 6, 2018.
  10. "2018 Top Gym Tournament Results". The Gymternet. December 1, 2018.
  11. "2019 Welsh Championships Results". The Gymternet. February 27, 2019.
  12. "2019 English Championships Results". The Gymternet. March 5, 2019.
  13. "2019 British Championships Results". The Gymternet. March 18, 2020.
  14. "2019 Sainté Gym Cup Results". The Gymternet. July 8, 2019.
  15. "2019European Youth Olympic Festival Results". The Gymternet. July 30, 2019.
  16. "Ondine Achampong wins silver on senior international debut". British Gymnastics. February 24, 2020.
  17. "2020 Baku World Cup Results". The Gymternet. March 13, 2020.
  18. "Finals of Baku World Cup cancelled". International Gymnastics Federation. March 13, 2020.
  19. "I'm super excited to announce that I have verbally committed to the University of California, Berkeley". Instagram. June 20, 2020.
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