Taeja Nicole James (born 15 October 2002) is an English

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. She won a silver medal in the team event at the

2018 Commonwealth Games The 2018 Commonwealth Games, officially known as the XXI Commonwealth Games and also known as Gold Coast 2018, were an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth that was held on the Gold Coast, Queensland, Australia, bet ...

and competed at the

2018 European Championships The 2018 European Championships were the first edition of the European Championships (multi-sport event), European Championships. It was a multi-sport event which took place in Berlin, Germany, and Glasgow, Scotland, United Kingdom (with Edinburg ...

and the 2019 World Championships. Earlier in her career, she won a silver medal with the British team at the 2016 Junior European Championships.

Gymnastics career

James won the silver medal in the junior all-around at the 2016 British Championships. She then competed at the 2016 Junior European Championships and helped the British team win the silver medal behind Russia. At the 2016 Elite Gym Massilia, she won the silver medal on the floor exercise behind

Anastasia Ilyankova Anastasia Andreyevna Ilyankova ( rus, Анастасия Андреевна Ильянкова, , ɐnəstɐˈsʲijə ɪlʲjɪnˈkovə, born 12 January 2001) is a retired Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2020 Olympic silver medalist, the 2 ...

. James won the junior all-around title at the 2017 British Championships despite falling off the beam. She then finished fifth in the all-around at the 2017 European Youth Olympic Festival. James became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2018. She won the vault bronze medal and the floor exercise silver medal at the 2018 British Championships. At 15 years and 6 months old, James was the youngest athlete representing

England at the 2018 Commonwealth Games England competed at the 2018 Commonwealth Games in Gold Coast, Queensland, Gold Coast, Australia between 4 and 15 April 2018. It was England's 21st appearance at the Commonwealth Games, having participated at every Games since their inception in ...

. She was not originally selected for the team but was brought in to replace the injured

Amy Tinkler Amy Tinkler (born 27 October 1999) is a retired British artistic gymnast. She is the 2016 Olympic floor exercise bronze medallist and the 2015 British all-around champion. Junior career 2013 In late March, Tinkler competed at the 2013 Britis ...

. While there, she helped England win the team silver medal. She qualified for the floor exercise final in first place, but she stepped out of bounds twice in the final and finished seventh. She then competed with the British team that finished fourth at the

. James finished eighth in the all-around at the 2019 British Championships. In the event finals, she won a bronze medal on the floor exercise and finished fifth on the balance beam. She helped Great Britain finish sixth at the 2019 World Championships.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:James, Taeja Living people 2002 births British female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts from Nottingham Black British sportswomen Gymnasts at the 2018 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Medallists at the 2018 Commonwealth Games English female artistic gymnasts 21st-century English sportswomen Commonwealth Games silver medallists in gymnastics