Alice Upcott

Alice Upcott
Personal information
Full name Alice Poppy Rebekah Upcott
Country represented  United Kingdom
Born (1998-02-14) February 14, 1998
Residence Egham
Discipline Acrobatic gymnastics
Level International
Years on national team 2009-2014
Club

Spelthorne School of Gymnastics

Heathrow Gymnastics Club
Head coach(es) Neil Griffiths
Assistant coach(es) Andrew Griffiths
Retired July 2014
Medal record
Acrobatic gymnastics
Representing  Great Britain
British Championships
2009 British Championships Mixed Pair
2012 British Championships Mixed Pair
2013 British Championships Mixed Pair
2014 British Championships Mixed Pair
World Championships
2012 Orlando Florida Mixed Pair
2014 Levallois-Perret Mixed Pair
World Games
2013 Cali Mixed Pair
European Championships
2009 Vila Do Conde Mixed Pair
2011 Bulgaria Mixed Pair
2013 Odivelas Mixed Pair
Alice Upcott at the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.

Alice Upcott (born February 14, 1998) was a British female acrobatic gymnast and the sister of Edward Upcott, world champion in 2010.[1] With Dominic Smith, she was awarded the gold medal in the 2013 World Games,[2] the gold medal at the 2013 European Acrobatics Championships[3] and the silver medal in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships.[4]

Upcott was a member of spelbound, the gymnastic group who rose to fame in 2010, winning the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent.[5][6][7] The prize was £100,000 and the opportunity to appear at the 2010 Royal Variety Performance. Her older brother, Edward is a former member of Spellbound and 2010 World Champion, 2012 world silver medalist and 2008 world bronze medalist in Men's pair, while her younger brother Adam is the 2012 World Junior Champion and 2016 world bronze medalist in Men's Group.

Personal life

Alice Poppy Rebekah Upcott is the second to last youngest out of five siblings. Upcott was born and raised in Egham, Surrey by her parents. When she was just two years old, she decided she wanted to try out gymnastics after her older brother, Edward began training and competing in the sport. From then on, she followed in his footsteps. Upcott joined the Acrobatic Gymnastic Elite group at Spelthorne School of Gymnastics in the summer of 2008. In 2009, she began her competing as an 11-16 Mixed Pair(MXP) with Christopher Longley. Upcott and Longley won the British Championships in 2009 and the European Championships later that year. In 2010, Upcott moved with her coaches Neil and Andrew Griffiths to Heathrow School of Gymnastics.

In 2011, Upcott competed at the European Championships in Bulgaria, this time as a Junior (12-18) MXP with Dominic Smith. They won a bronze medal in the dynamic discipline and finished with a silver medal overall. In 2012, Upcott and Smith won the British Championships before competing at the World Championships in Orlando Florida where they won a silver medal. In 2013, Upcott and Smith moved to the senior level in Acrobatic Gymnastics. They won the British Championships before Competing at the World Games in Cali where they were crowned World Games Champions. Later on in the year they also gained the title of European Champions at the European Championships in Odivelas.

In 2014, Upcott and Smith maintained the title of British Champions. In the April, whilst still competing as an acrobatic gymnast, Upcott began rehearsals with Michael Flatley's[8] Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games where she recreated the role of The Little Spirit. This lead her to perform in Trafalgar Square[9] for West End Live. Both Upcott and Smith then competed at their final competition in July in Paris at the World Championships before they both retired finishing with a silver medal behind Russia.

In September 2014, Upcott performed her first ever show with Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games at the London Palladium where she did a two month run before a two month tour around Europe to finish off the year. In March 2015, Upcott continued with the show at the Dominion Theatre for five months before her final three month tour with the show. Upcott finished performing with Michael Flatley's Lord of the Dance: Dangerous Games in December 2015. Upcott is now currently training at Italia Conti Arts Centre in Guildford, Surrey where she will finish Summer 2018.

References

  1. ↑ "Alice Upcott profile". British Gymnastics. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  2. ↑ "The acrobatic gymnastics newsletter" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  3. ↑ "Results" (PDF). European Union of Gymnastics. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  4. ↑ "Results of the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships" (PDF). International Federation of Gymnastics. Retrieved July 25, 2014.
  5. ↑ "Prepare to be gobsmacked". The Press and Journal. 1 July 2010. Retrieved 27 September 2012. Over 19million TV viewers flinched as they watched Edward Upcott soar over the heads of Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell.
  6. ↑ Millar, Paul (5 June 2010). "Spelbound win 'Britain's Got Talent'". London: Digital Spy. Retrieved 5 June 2010. Having been the bookies' favourite for most of the series, the gymnast troupe beat comic dance duo Twist & Pulse.
  7. ↑ "Gymnast troupe Spelbound win Britain's Got Talent". BBC News. 5 June 2010. Retrieved 5 June 2010. Judge Simon Cowell said "the right boys and girls won on the night". He likened Spelbound's routine to an Olympic gold medal-winning performance and said it was one of the most astonishing things he had ever seen on live TV.
  8. ↑ Michael Flatley
  9. ↑ Trafalgar Square


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