Laura Gallagher
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| Full name | Laura Gallagher Cox[1] | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 26 March 1989 Taunton, Somerset, England, UK | |||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Matthew Cox | |||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United Kingdom | |||||||||||||||||
| Training location | Quayside TGC | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Quayside Trampoline & Gym Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Susan Bramble[2] | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Laura Gallagher Cox (born 26 March 1989)[3] is a British retired trampoline gymnast. She is a four-time team World Championships medalist, and she represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Gallagher competed with Kat Driscoll and Emma Smith at the 2011 World Championships, and they won a silver medal in the team event.[4] The same team with the addition of Bryony Page won the team gold medal at the 2013 World Championships.[5] In 2014, Gallagher suffered a back injury that led to her withdrawing from competition for seven months.[6] She initially retired in 2016 but returned to competition after 18 months to win the 2017 British Championships.[7]
At the 2017 World Championships, Gallagher, Driscoll, and Isabelle Songhurst won the team bronze medal.[8] She finished fourth at the 2018 Vallodollid World Cup and then won her first FIG World Cup medal, a bronze, in Loulé.[9] She finished sixth in the individual event at the 2019 World Championships and earned Great Britain a berth to the 2020 Summer Olympics.[7] Additionally, she won a silver medal in the team competition.[10]
In June 2021, Gallagher and Bryony Page were selected for the trampoline event at the 2020 Summer Olympics.[11][12] There, she finished 15th in the qualification round after being unable to complete her second routine, and she did not advance into the final.[13]
After the Olympic Games, Gallagher did not return to competition again until the 2023 World Championships.[14] She did not advance into the individual final.[15] In August 2024, she became Bridgwater and Taunton College’s trampolining coach.[16][17] She subsequently announced her retirement from trampolining on in October 2024.[18]
Personal life
[edit]Gallagher volunteered as a National Health Service (NHS) responder to check in on senior citizens during the COVID-19 pandemic, and she led a Team GB fundraiser for the NHS.[7] She has one daughter, Edie, who was born in January 2023.[14]
References
[edit]- ^ Laura Gallagher at the International Gymnastics Federation
- ^ "Laura Gallagher". british-gymnastics.org. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Laura Gallagher". Team GB. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "28th Trampoline World Championships Birmingham (GBR), 17—20 November 2011 Results Individual Trampoline Women Team Final" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 18 November 2011. Retrieved 14 July 2025.
- ^ "Emma Smith, Laura Gallagher & Kat Driscoll win world team gold". BBC Sport. 8 November 2013. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ Browne, Richard (12 June 2021). "Bridgwater's Laura Gallagher selected for Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games". bridgwatermercury.co.uk. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ a b c "Laura Gallagher: Bouncing back". International Olympic Committee. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Trampoline World Championships: Britain win women's team bronze". BBC Sport. 10 November 2017. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Nine nations win medals at Loulé Trampoline World Cup". International Gymnastics Federation. 8 October 2018. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "GB win double gold at Trampoline, Tumbling and DMT World Championships". BBC Sport. 29 November 2019. Retrieved 21 March 2025.
- ^ "Two trampoline gymnasts announced for Tokyo". Team GB. 10 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ "Tokyo 2020: Bryony Page and Laura Gallagher picked in Team GB trampolining squad". BBC Sport. Retrieved 22 June 2021.
- ^ White, Jim (30 July 2021). "Bryony Page takes Olympic bronze in trampolining as Great Britain through to semi-final in women's sevens". The Telegraph. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ a b Hope, Nick (8 November 2023). "Laura Gallagher: Olympic gymnast on her 'surprise' comeback after becoming a mum". BBC Sport. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "GBR Gymnasts soar on the first day of the 2023 World Championships". British Gymnastics. 9 November 2023. Retrieved 15 July 2025.
- ^ "Olympian Laura Gallagher to lead Bridgwater & Taunton College trampolining". Somerset Live. 20 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Bridgwater & Taunton College appoints Olympian as new coach". Somerset County Gazette. 7 August 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
- ^ "Olympian confirms trampoline retirement". BBC News. 7 October 2024. Retrieved 7 October 2024.
