Ondine Achampong

Achampong at the2022 European Championships
Personal information
Full name	Ondine Kathryn Achampong
Nickname	On, Ons, Onds
Born	(2004-02-10)10 February 2004 (age 21) Kings Langley,Hertfordshire, England
Height	165 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Gymnastics career
Sport	Women's artistic gymnastics
Countries represented	Great Britain  England (2018–Present)
College team	California Golden Bears (2025-2028)
Club	Lynx Aylesbury
Head coach(es)	Joshua Richardson & Molly Richardson (club) Justin Howell & Elisabeth Crandall-Howell (college)
Music	"Celloopa" byThe Piano Guys
Medal record Women'sartistic gymnastics Representing Great Britain World Championships 2022 Liverpool Team European Championships 2023 Antalya Team 2022 Munich Team 2022 Munich Balance beam FIG World Cup Event 1st 2nd 3rd FIG Apparatus World Cup 0 1 1 FIG World Challenge Cup 0 0 1 Total 0 1 2 Representing England Commonwealth Games 2022 Birmingham Team 2022 Birmingham All-around 2022 Birmingham Floor exercise

Ondine Kathryn Achampong (born 10 February 2004) is a Britishartistic gymnast andnational team member. She won silver with the British team at the2022 World Championships and gold at the2023 European Championships. She won gold with theEnglish team at the2022 Commonwealth Games, where she also won silver medals in theall-around and onfloor exercise. Achampong is the2022 European team and balance beam silver medalist and also the 2021 and 2024British all-around champion.

As a junior, Achampong is the2019 European Youth Olympic Festival champion on the balance beam and silver medallist in the all-around. She also won a bronze medal with the British team at the2018 Junior European Championships.

In 2024 she moved toBerkeley, California to join theCalifornia Golden Bears gymnastics team.

Achampong was born in 2004. She attendedThe Hemel Hempstead School.^[1] She has aHorsfield's tortoise named Mishelle.^[2]

In March 2016 Achampong competed at the British Team Championships where she placed eleventh in the all-around but recorded the third highest balance beam score and helped her team finish fifth.^[3]

In April 2017 she competed at the English Championships where she only competed on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise and recorded the second highest scores on uneven bars and balance beam.^[4] In December she competed at theBritish Espoir Championships where she placed first in the all-around, on balance beam, and on floor exercise, and placed second on uneven bars.^[5]

In February Achampong competed at the English Championships where she placed second behindAmelie Morgan.^[6] The following month she competed at theBritish Championships where she placed third in the all-around behind Morgan andAnnie Young. During event finals she placed third on uneven bars and floor exercise and sixth on balance beam.^[7]

In April Achampong competed at the2018 City of Jesolo Trophy where she placed fifteenth in the all-around and helped Great Britain finish fourth in the team competition.^[8] In July she competed at a friendly competition inPieve di Soligo where she placed eleventh in the all-around but helped Great Britain win the bronze in the team competition.^[9]

In August Achampong represented Great Britain at theEuropean Championships alongside Morgan, Young,Halle Hilton, andPhoebe Jakubczyk. Together they won the bronze medal in the team competition behind Italy and Russia. Individually Achampong finished tenth in the all-around.^[10] Achampong ended the season at the Top Gym Tournament where she won gold on balance beam and placed fourth in the all-around and on floor exercise.^[11]

In February Achampong competed as a guest at the Welsh Championships where she placed first in the all-around and recorded the highest score on each apparatus.^[12] In March she competed at the English Championships where she placed first in the all-around ahead ofHalle Hilton andJennifer Gadirova.^[13] Later that month she competed at theBritish Championships where she placed first in the all-around and also won gold on uneven bars and balance beam and placed fourth on vault.^[14]

In July Achampong competed at the Sainté Gym Cup where she helped Great Britain win team gold and individually she placed first in the all-around.^[15] Later that month she competed at theEuropean Youth Summer Olympic Festival alongside Hilton and Young. Together they won bronze in the team competition behind Russia and Romania. Individually Achampong won silver in the all-around behind reigningjunior world championViktoria Listunova of Russia. During event finals she won gold on balance beam ahead ofSilviana Sfiringu of Romania.^[16]

In 2020 Achampong became a senior. She made her senior debut at theMelbourne World Cup where she qualified to the balance beam and floor exercise finals. During event finals she won silver on balance beam behindUrara Ashikawa of Japan and placed fourth on floor exercise behind AmericanJade Carey and ItaliansVanessa Ferrari andLara Mori.^[17] She later competed at theBaku World Cup; during qualifications she once again qualified to the balance beam and floor exercise event finals.^[18] However event finals were canceled due to theCOVID-19 pandemic in Azerbaijan.^[19]

In June Achampong announced that she had verbally committed to theUniversity of California, Berkeley to compete for theirgymnastics program.^[20]

In April Achampong was named as an alternate for theEuropean Championships.^[21] In May, Achampong competed at theVarna World Challenge Cup, where she qualified to the uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise finals. During event finals, she placed third on balance beam behindAnastasiia Bachynska of Ukraine andMarine Boyer of France.

In November Achampong competed at theBritish Championships and won gold in the all-around, silver on uneven bars, and on balance beam, and bronze on floor exercise.

Achampong competed at the English and British Championships where she finished fourth and second in the all-around. In June she was selected torepresent England at the2022 Commonwealth Games alongsideGeorgia-Mae Fenton,Claudia Fragapane,Alice Kinsella, andKelly Simm.^[22] The group went on to win gold in theteam competition while Achampong also took silver in theindividual all-around.^[23][24]

Achampong was also selected to compete at theEuropean Championships alongside Kinsella, Fenton, and Aylesbury teammatesJennifer andJessica Gadirova.^[25] In August Achampong competed at theEuropean Championships. She contributed scores on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam towards Great Britain's second-place finish.^[26] During event finals Achampong won silver on balance beam behindEmma Malewski of Germany.

In September Achampong was named to the team to compete at the2022 World Championships, once again alongside the Gadirova twins, Kinsella, and Fenton.^[27] She finished fifteenth in qualifications but did not advance to the all-around due to teammates Gadirova and Kinsella placing higher. During the team final Achampong competed on vault and balance beam, helping Great Britain win the silver medal and achieve their highest placement at a World Championships.^[28]

At the English Championships Achampong placed first in the all-around, on uneven bars, and on floor exercise as well as placing second on balance beam.^[29] She then went on to compete the Welsh Championships, where she placed second on balance beam and in the all-around and placed third on uneven bars and floor exercise.^[30] AtBritish Championships she placed second all-around and first on balance beam.^[31] Achampong was named to the team to compete at the upcomingEuropean Championships alongsideBecky Downie,Georgia-Mae Fenton,Jessica Gadirova, andAlice Kinsella.^[32] At the European Championships Achampong helped Great Britain win their first team gold medal. Additionally she qualified to the balance beam final.^[33]

In September Achampong was selected to represent Great Britain at the2023 World Championships alongside Gadirova, Kinsella, Fenton, andRuby Evans.^[34] While there she helped the team qualify in second to the team final. Individually Achampong qualified to the all-around final. During the team final Achampong contributed scores on vault and balance beam towards Great Britain's sixth place finish.^[35] During the all-around final she finished thirteenth.^[36]

In November Achampong signed herNational Letter of Intent with theCalifornia Golden Bears.^[37]

Achampong began the year competing at theCairo World Cup. She finished third on the uneven bars and fourth on balance beam.^[38] At the English Championships, she placed first all-around and on the balance beam, as well as second on the uneven bars and floor exercise.^[39] At theBritish Championships she placed first all-around, on the uneven bars, the balance beam, and the floor exercise.^[40] Achampong was initially named the team to compete at theEuropean Championships; however she withdrew as a precautionary measure.^[41][42] It was later revealed that Achampong hadtorn her ACL while performing an uneven bars dismount at a controlled competition.^[43][44]

In September 2024 Achampong moved toBerkeley, California to join theCalifornia Golden Bears gymnastics team. She made her return from ACL injury as an exhibition on balance beam againstStanford on 7th February 2025. Two weeks later she made her official NCAA debut on beam against Pittsburgh where she scored a 9.775.^[45] She went on to compete on beam for the rest of the regular season helping the team take theAtlantic Coast Conference regular season title.^[46] At the ACC Championships she came fourth on beam where her score of 9.875 helped the Cal Bears place second behind Stanford.^[47]

Competitive history of Ondine Achampong at the junior level

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2016	British Team Championships (espoir)	5	11
2017	English Championships (espoir)
	British Championships (espoir)
2018	English Championships
	British Championships					6
	City of Jesolo Trophy	4	15
	Pieve di Soligo Friendly		11
	European Championships		10
	Top Gym Tournament		4				4
2019	Welsh Championships
	English Championships
	British Championships			4
	Sainté Gym Cup
	European Youth Olympic Festival

Competitive history of Ondine Achampong at the senior level

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2020	Melbourne World Cup						4
	Baku World Cup					6	6
2021	Varna Challenge Cup				5		5
	British Championships
2022	English Championships		4		10		10
	British Championships
	Commonwealth Games				4
	European Championships
	World Championships
2023	English Championships
	Welsh Championships (guest)
	British Championships				5		8
	European Championships					4
	World Championships	6	13
2024	Cairo World Cup					4
	English Championships
	British Championships

Competitive history of Ondine Achampong at the NCAA level

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2025	ACC Championships					4

• 2004 births
• English female artistic gymnasts
• British female artistic gymnasts
• Living people
• Sportspeople from Hertfordshire
• 21st-century British sportswomen
• Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists for England
• Commonwealth Games gymnasts for England
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England
• Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
• Medallists at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
• English expatriate sportspeople in the United States
• California Golden Bears women's gymnasts
• Black British sportswomen
• English people of Ghanaian descent
• Sportspeople of Ghanaian descent
• 21st-century English sportswomen
• Commonwealth Games gold medallists in gymnastics
• Commonwealth Games silver medallists in gymnastics

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