Category: Abuse in sport
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A horrific complaint to BG that a parent wrote but didn’t dare send
This is common. Parents write letters of complaint but don’t dare send them. Another I know of details how a primary school boy was not…
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The ‘Fine Line’ Between Tough Coaching and Abuse
Has it ever occurred to you that our top gymnasts have succeeded DESPITE the way they have been coached and not because of it? A…
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A response to Europa Gymnastics Centre’s Statement
Categories: Abuse in sport
I have taken a great deal of consideration as to whether I should share some of my information. After seeing @EllisOReilly1‘s harrowing story on ITV…
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A letter to Jane Allen MBE, CEO British Gymnastics
Categories: Abuse in sport
Dear Jane, I understand that you are coming under considerable pressure concerning your role in the current crisis embroiling British Gymnastics. I would like to…
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Bullying, Humiliation and Abuse: A Gymnast’s Story
Categories: Abuse in sport
G Gymnast@g_gymnast on Twitter has bravely spoken out, she says “Writing down some of my story feels like a weight has been lifted, I had…
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Emotional & Physical Abuse in a BG Gym: The Complaint That Achieved…Nothing
Categories: Abuse in sport
What follows is a complaint letter sent to the Ethics & Welfare Officer at British Gymnastics in 2015. It paints a vivid and disturbing picture…
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Coaching Abuse: The Dirty, Not-So-Little Secret In Gymnastics
Categories: Abuse in sport
Gymnastics starts early. Often children start a gymnastics class before they even start school. If the child shows promise, the hours increase. Gymnastics becomes as…
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Call for an Independent Investigation into British Gymnastics
Categories: Abuse in sport
Below is letter sent March 6 2020 to MP, Emily Thornbury, detailing the need for both an independent investigation into the culture at British Gymnastics…
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Gymnastics: Physical Abuse, Witnessing Abuse and the Futility of Complaining
Categories: Abuse in sport
We’ve been talking a lot about gymnastics the past few days and I asked one of my daughters what her worst gym memory was, wondering…
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Margaux’s Story: A Gymnast Finally Speaks Out
Categories: Abuse in sport
So I really didn’t think I would end up doing this and was honestly ready take it all to my grave but because of recent…
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