Rowena Roberts

Rowena Jane Roberts (born May 14, 1977, Kingston, Surrey, Great Britain) is a retired British artistic gymnast.

Career

Roberts began gymnastics at the age of four at the Elmbridge Leisure Centre and further trained at the Heathrow Gymnastics Club and Spelthorne School of Gymnastics later in her career.

Roberts made her international debut at the age of 12 in 1989 and traveled to the 1990 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships as a team reserve after placing second in the Junior British Championships all-round, and taking the Junior British Beam title in the individual apparatus.

In 1991, Roberts took the Senior British Beam title and placed sixth in the all-round competition. Roberts represented Great Britain in the 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.^[1] In Indianapolis, USA.

In 1992 Roberts became all round British Gymnastics Champion and represented Great Britain at the 1992 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she placed the highest British women’s gymnast in Europe, and ranked 19th.

Later that year Roberts was one of two gymnasts selected to represent Team GB, Great Britain at the Olympic games. She was the youngest member of the Great Britain Olympic Team for the Barcelona Olympic Games^[2]

Roberts remains as the youngest female Gymnast to have represented Great Britain at the Olympics at 15 years and 73 days. Roberts also holds the title of Master Gymnast from British Gymnastics.^[3]

On 11th August, 2015 Roberts gave birth to a son, Orlando Buntrock.

Roberts married business man, Clyde Buntrock on 12th May, 2018 and changed her name to Rowena Buntrock.

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