Bryony Kate Frances Page (born 10 December 1990) is a British

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. She won the gold medal at the

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in Paris in individual trampoline. She is the 2021 and 2023 women's individual trampoline world champion, and part of the British team that won team gold at the 2013 world championships, and all-around team gold in 2022. Page became the first British trampolinist to win an Olympic medal at the

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in Rio de Janeiro, when she won the silver medal. Five years later, at the delayed

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in Tokyo she won the bronze medal. Her triumph in 2024 led to Page becoming the first British gymnast to attain the status of Olympic champion in trampolining, and the first British female individual Olympic champion in gymnastics. With one Olympic gold among five global titles, Page is the most successful British female gymnast across all disciplines in history.

Early life and education

Page was born in

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. She attended Brine Leas School and Malbank School and Sixth Form College. She took up trampolining at the age of nine. Page studied biology at the

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, where she received a sports scholarship. She graduated in 2015 with a first-class honours degree, with her thesis being a study of sounds made by

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s. After graduating she concentrated full-time on trampolining.

Career

Early in her career Page struggled with the

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(a loss of

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in athletes) for two years which affected her confidence and performance, but she overcame it in 2010 with the help of a confidence coach. She competed in her first World Championships in 2010, where she finished fourth in the individual event. At the 2011 World Championships she was part of the team that won the silver medal in the team event. She missed the

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in London due to illness and injury problems, but won the individual gold medal at the 2012 World Cup in

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. She won three successive British Championship titles between 2013 and 2015, and was a member of the British teams that won gold at the 2013 World Championships, and the

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and 2016 European Championships. She finished fifth in the individual event at the 2015 World Championships. At the

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in Rio de Janeiro, Page and her British teammate

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became Great Britain's first ever finalists in trampolining, with Page qualifying in seventh position. During the final she posted a score of 56.040 which put her in the lead, until defending champion

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scored 56.465 dropping Page into the second place. Page won the silver medal, the first time that any British trampolinist had won an Olympic medal. At the

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in Tokyo, Page won a bronze medal. Later that year, Page won individual gold and was part of the team that won bronze in the team event at the 2021 World Championships. She won gold at the

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, the first trampoline gold won by a British gymnast. Page was one of the Great Britain flag-bearers at the closing ceremony alongside triathlete

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. In November 2024, Page announced she was going to train with

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with the aim of joining the group on tour the following year.

Awards and honours

In 2022, Page was awarded an honorary doctorate from the University of Sheffield for giving distinguished service or bringing distinction to the University, the City of Sheffield, or the region.

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* * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Page, Bryony 1990 births Living people British female trampolinists Medalists at the 2016 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Crewe Olympic silver medallists for Great Britain Alumni of the University of Sheffield Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain People educated at Brine Leas School Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2020 Summer Olympics English Olympic competitors 21st-century British sportswomen European Trampoline Championships medalists Gymnasts at the 2024 Summer Olympics Medalists at the 2024 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medallists for Great Britain Olympic bronze medallists for Great Britain Members of the Order of the British Empire