Marissa Petra King (born 20 April 1991) is an English gymnast who represented Great Britain at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, China, as well as the 2007 and 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Marissa is the daughter of a British father and Thai mother[1] and began gymnastics at age 8. During her elite career she trained at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club and competed for the University of Florida Gators NCAA gymnastics team.[2] In 2011, she became the NCAA National Champion on vault with a score of 9.875 as well as being an 11-time All American.[2]
| Marissa King | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Marissa Petra King |
| Nickname(s) | Riss |
| Country represented |  United Kingdom England |
| Born | 20 April 1991 Cambridge |
| Hometown | Cambridge |
| Height | 154 cm (5 ft 1 in) |
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics |
| Level | Senior International Elite |
| Club | Huntingdon |
| College team | University of Florida (2009-2013) |
| Head coach(es) | Rhonda Faehn |
| Assistant coach(es) | Adrian Burde, Robert Ladanyi |
| Music | Akordeon Latino (2012), Don't Cry For Me Argentina (2008) |
| Retired | 2013 |
Elite career history
edit| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2010 | British Championships | Guildford, England | Vault | 2 | 13.775 | 2 | 14.450 |
| Floor | 8 | 12.050 | 3= | 14.200 | |||
| 2009 | British Championships | Guildford, England | All Around | 3 | 53.100 | ||
| Vault | 1 | 13.925 | |||||
| Bars | 3 | 13.400 | |||||
| Beam | 4 | 12.700 | |||||
| Floor | 3 | 13.450 | |||||
| Stuttgart World Cup | Stuttgart, Germany | Vault | 4 | 13.550 | 2 | 13.800 | |
| World Championships | London, England | Vault | 13.850 | ||||
| Beam | 13.400 | ||||||
| 2008 | British Championships | Guildford, England | All Around | 6 | 55.100 | ||
| Vault | 2 | 14.175 | |||||
| Bars | 7 | 12.800 | |||||
| Floor | 7 | 13.300 | |||||
| European Championships | Clermont-Ferrand, France | Vault | 10 | 14.050 | |||
| Beam | 19 | 14.450 | |||||
| Floor | 34 | 13.700 | |||||
| Glasgow Grand Prix | Glasgow, Scotland | Vault | 6 | 12.912 | 4 | 13.675 | |
| Beam | 2 | 14.475 | 2 | 14.650 | |||
| Maribor World Cup | Maribor, Slovenia | Vault | 2 | 14.075 | |||
| 2007 | Glasgow Grand Prix | Glasgow, Scotland | Vault | 1 | 14.237 | 2 | 13.862 |
| Good Luck Beijing (Olympic Test Event) | Beijing, China | All Around | 8 | 56.225 | |||
| Vault | 3 | 14.187 | |||||
| European Championships | Amsterdam, Netherlands | Vault | 6 | 14.175 | 7 | 14.100 | |
| Beam | 56 | 12.775 | |||||
| Floor | 29 | 13.750 | |||||
| World Championships | Stuttgart, Germany | Team | 7 | 169.175 | 6 | 233.025 | |
| Vault | 17 | 13.600 | |||||
| Floor | 46 | 13.925 | |||||
| DTB Cup | Vault | 4 | 14.237 | 8 | 13.450 | ||
| Floor | 6 | 13.650 | 4 | 13.575 |
NCAA career history
edit| Competition | Apparatus | Year | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| NCAA Championships | Vault | 2011 | 1 | 9.875 | - | - |
| Team | 2013 | 1 | 197.575 | 1st | - | |
| Beam | 2013 | 7th |
References
edit- ^ Women's Artistic. British-gymnastics.org. Retrieved on 2013-01-05.
- ^ a b "Marissa King – University of Florida – Biography". Archived from the original on 24 September 2015. Retrieved 7 August 2011.