Gymnast Ondine Achampong is one to watch for Paris 2024.
The 20-year-old walked away from the recent British Championships with a staggering four national titles to her name.
With all-around victory followed by success on the floor, beam and uneven bars, Achampong was the star of the show of the M&S Bank Arena.
But what is her story and how did the gymnastics star rise to such success?
A ballet and tortoise kind-of childhood
Achampong was born in King Langsley in 2004 and trains at Aylesbury Gymnastics Academy.
She was named 'Ondine' after her mother's favourite ballerina Margot Fonteyn. Fonteyn was cast as the titular role in the ballet Ondine, which is Achampong's mother, who is a trained dancer herself, favourite ballet.
Swapping out her ballet heritage for the equally graceful and strength-based sport of gymnastics, Achampong's talent was obvious from a young age.
The 20-year-old made her international debut at the City of Jesolo Trophy in 2018 and quickly became an integral part of the British squad, named in the European Junior Championships squad that year.
Her first British title came in the uneven bars and beam in 2019 before transitioning to the senior circuit in 2020.
Away from gymnastics, Achampong spends her time with her pet tortoise Michelle.
And it seems like her gymnastic abilities have rubbed off on the shelled animal, albeit in a slightly less graceful way.
She told The Face magazine: "I’ve made little stairs that go up to the enclosure and she likes to throw herself off."
2022: the breakout year
Every athlete has a breakthrough year and although Achampong was already a well-respected name in British gymnastics, she made 2022 her year.
Just a teenager at the time, Achampong was the youngest member of Team England's gymnastics team at the Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.
But her youth didn't deter her from success as she helped the women's team to become Commonwealth champions before picking up two individual silvers of her own in the all-around and floor.
Her storming year continued with team and beam silver at the European Championships before helping Britain to their best-ever finish at a World championships with team silver alongside Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, and Georgia-Mae Fenton.
A year later and Achampong was on the top step of the podium once more with Britain's first-ever team gold at the 2023 European Championships.
Not your average TikToker
If you're craving entertaining behind the scenes content into the world of a GB gymnast then Achampong is the athlete you need to follow.
Not only making waves in the arena, Achampong has a tidy 14.8k followers across TikTok, regularly posting training material and video challenges with the rest of her GB mates.
As fans, we often only see the athlete in their competitive era but one this is for sure, the GB gymnastics squad know how to do a lip sync TikTok.
@ondineachampong girl party is honestly a top tier song🔥🩷 #girlparty #mackz #kenziezielger #dancemoms #gymnastics #worldschampionships #belgium #viral #fyp
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Flying high in Liverpool
Achampong turned up to Liverpool arguably already as the one to beat.
And in what was the 100-year anniversary of the women's Artistic Gymnastics British Championship, the Aylesbury gymnast came to 'stand on business'.
On the opening day of the senior competition, Achampong successfully defended her all-around title with a score of 55.950.
In an event where consistency is key, she posted the top score in vault, uneven bars and beam to beat her closest competition of Ruby Evans by 2.75 points.
But it was the second day where she shone the brightest, clinching gold on the floor, uneven bars and beam to bring her medal tally to a glittering four.
The British Championships are vital in choosing the team to walk out at the Paris 2024 Games.
And with four titles to her name, Achampong has her sights set on an Olympic debut this summer.
"I’m so proud," she said. "I feel like I’ve massively gained in confidence this Olympic cycle and feel like a different gymnast both in the way I train and the way I compete.
"To win the British title is a massive achievement and to do it in Olympic year feels especially good."
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