Raer Theaker
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| Full name | Raer Leigh Theaker | |||||||||||||||||
| Nickname | Rae | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 30 April 1997 | |||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Great Britain  Wales (2011–2016) | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | Cardiff Central Youth | |||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2016 | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Raer Leigh Theaker (born 30 April 1997)[1] is a Welsh retired artistic gymnast. She was part of the Welsh teams that won a gold medal at the 2015 Northern European Championships and a historic bronze medal at the 2014 Commonwealth Games. She is the 2014 and 2015 Welsh all-around champion.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Theaker began gymnastics when she was six years old. She was invited to train at the Wales Women’s National High Performance Centre when she was ten years old.[2]
At the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games, Theaker won a silver medal with the Welsh team and also won silver medals on the uneven bars and balance beam.[3] She won the vault titles at both the 2011 and 2012 British Championships.[2] She was selected to compete for Great Britain at the 2012 Junior European Championships,[4] where the British team finished fourth.[5]
Theaker became age-eligible for senior international competition in 2013 and finished sixth in the all-around at her first senior British Championships.[6] She also won a silver medal on the floor exercise, behind Gabrielle Jupp.[7] She made her senior international debut at the 2013 Austrian Team Open, helping Great Britain win the team competition and winning a bronze medal in the all-around.[8] She competed at the 2013 Glasgow World Cup and placed eighth in the all-around.[9]
Theaker became the Welsh all-around champion in March 2014.[10] She then finished fourth in the all-around at the British Championships.[11] She was then selected to represent Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games and helped Wales win its first-ever Commonwealth Games team medal in artistic gymnastics.[12] She also advanced into the uneven bars final, but she fell twice and was unable to finish her routine.[13] Wales Gymnastics named her the Women’s Artistic Gymnast of the Year.[14]
Theaker finished 13th in the all-around at the 2015 WOGA Classic.[15] At the 2015 Welsh Championships, she successfully defended her all-around title.[16] She then competed with the British team that placed fifth at the 2015 FIT Challenge.[17] She helped Wales win the team competition at the 2015 Northern European Championships.[18][19] She only competed on the balance beam at the 2016 Welsh Championships due to injury and finished second.[20] She announced her retirement in March 2016 and began coaching.[2]
References
[edit]- ↑ "Glasgow 2014 - Raer THEAKER Profile". Archived from the original on 3 August 2014.
- 1 2 3 Griffiths, Gareth (23 March 2016). "Commonwealth Games gymnastics medallist Raer Theaker retires aged 18". Wales Online. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Team Results WAG Qualification & Teams Commonwealth Youth Games - WAG Manx Centre of Excellence 9-11 Sept 2011" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Isle of Man 2011. 9 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"Results WAG Apparatus Finals Commonwealth Youth Games - WAG Manx Centre of Excellence 9-11 Sept 2011 Uneven Bars" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Isle of Man 2011. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2021.
"Results WAG Apparatus Finals Commonwealth Youth Games - WAG Manx Centre of Excellence 9-11 Sept 2011 Balance Beam" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Isle of Man 2011. 11 September 2011. Retrieved 12 June 2021. - ↑ "St Cyres pupil Angel to represent GB Junior Team at 2012 Women's Artistic Gymnastics European Championships". Penarth Times. 3 May 2012. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "29th European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Women Seniors and Juniors". Gymnastics Results. Retrieved 25 April 2021.
- ↑ Phillips, Anne (23 March 2013). "Whitlock and Jupp take senior British gymnastics title". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Phillips, Anne (24 March 2013). "Results: 2013 British Championships Event Finals". FloGymnastics. FloSports. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (7 April 2013). "2013 Austrian Team Open Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ "Iordache, Verniaiev capture Glasgow World Cup". World Gymnastics. 7 December 2013. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Wales Online - "Cardiff gymnast Raer Theaker crowned Welsh champion". Wales Online. 2 March 2014. Accessed 31 July 2014
- ↑ "Gymnastics: Praise for Welsh athletes as Lizzie Beddoe claims gold". BBC Sport. 31 March 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Glasgow 2014: England win double gymnastics team gold". BBC Sport. 29 July 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Cowper, Sian (31 July 2014). "England's Becky Downie wins uneven bars final". SportsMole. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ "Welsh gymnastics honours top sporting stars". Wales Online. 4 January 2014. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (14 February 2015). "2015 WOGA Classic Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (1 March 2015). "Theaker, Methuen are Wales' Best". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (30 May 2015). "2015 FIT Challenge Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 10 April 2026.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (20 September 2015). "2015 Northern European Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ Foley, Cliona. "Ireland secure biggest ever medal haul at Northern European Gymnastics Championships". The42. Retrieved 31 July 2018.
- ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (2 March 2016). "Moore and Methuen Sweep Welsh Championships". The Gymternet. Retrieved 2 June 2026.
External links
[edit]- Raer Theaker at World Gymnastics
- Raer Theaker at the Commonwealth Games Federation (archived)
- Raer Theaker at InterSportStats
