Laura Gallagher

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Laura Gallagher
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Full nameLaura Gallagher Cox[1]
Born (1989-03-26) 26 March 1989 (age 37)
Taunton, Somerset, England, UK
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
SpouseMatthew Cox
Gymnastics career
Country
represented		File:Flag of the United Kingdom.svg United Kingdom
Training locationQuayside TGC
ClubQuayside Trampoline & Gym Club
Head coach(es)Susan Bramble[2]
Medal record
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2013 Sofia Trampoline Team
Silver medal – second place 2011 Birmingham Trampoline Team
Silver medal – second place 2019 Tokyo Trampoline Team
Bronze medal – third place 2017 Sofia Trampoline Team

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

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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

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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

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