Stephani Sherlock

Stephani Sherlock
 Gymnast  
Full name Stephani Anne Sherlock
Nickname(s) Stephi, Stephik
Country represented  England
 Great Britain
Born (1996-09-02) 2 September 1996
Moscow, Russia
Hometown Swindon, England
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team since 2011
Club Esprit Gymnastics
Gym Esprit gymnastics, Swindon, Uk and Novogorsk, Russia
College team Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health
Head coach(es) Deb Hows

Stephani Anne Sherlock (born 2 September 1996 in Moscow, Russia to a British father and Russian mother) is a British individual rhythmic gymnast. She represents England and Great Britain at international competitions.

Personal life

Born to a Russian mother and an English father, Sherlock took up rhythmic gymnastics at age 10 in her native Russia, and first joined Esprit Gymnastics club at age 13 in 2009. Stephani's first British championships was in 2010 and then based on selection event in early 2011 she was selected for British national team and started representing Great Britain internationally. She speaks fluent Russian and English. She studied at school in Moscow. She is enrolled at the Lesgaft National State University of Physical Education, Sport and Health in St.Petersburg, Russia after successfully graduating from school in 2014.

Career

Stephani won her first English championships as a junior in 2011 and became British Ribbon Junior champion the same year. Sherlock won English championships and British Hoop, Ball, Clubs and Ribbon Senior titles in 2013. Sherlock represented England at the 2014 Commonwealth Games where they finished 4th in Team event, and Stephani has qualified to the All-Around final (10th) and came 7th in hoop and ball finals. She won Silver in the all-around British championships in 2015 and became Ribbon British champion 2015. She represented Great Britain at the 2014 World Championships in Izmir and at the 2015 World Championships in Stuttgart.[1] Stephani Sherlock won 5 golds and became English Champion on 3 July 2016. On 8-10 July Sherlock finished 32nd in the all-around at the 2016 Kazan World Cup. Sherlock won British Senior All-around Championships 2016 on 29-30 July 2016 at the British Championships in Liverpool. She also took the Gold in Ball final at the same event.

References

  1. "2015 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships athletes - Stephani Sherlock". Longinestiming.com. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
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