Career
She trains at Sapphire School of Gymnastics Limited in Hemel Hempstead and is coached by Steve Price. Her best events are balance beam and floor exercise. Gabby Jupp was a torch bearer in the London 2012 Olympic torch relay where she ran with the Olympic flame through Harrow, London.
She attends Dame Alice Owen"s School in Potters Bar, Hertfordshire.
Originally, Jupp trained at Hendon Gymnastics Club in North London. After a disappointing first year at the British Espoir Championships (2009) she changed clubs and began training at the Sapphire School of Gymnastics Limited.
When she returned to the British Espoir Championships the following year (2010), she placed 2nd in the all-around, 1st on beam and 3rd on floor. 2012 2012 was a good year for Jupp.
In the same year she also took the English Junior title.
Gabby was part of the British Junior team at the 2012 European Women"s Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Brussels, Belgium that came 4th. Too young to be considered for the London Games, Jupp was given the opportunity to take part in an Olympic ambassador programme. This gave her the opportunity to watch the gymnastics live at The O2 Arena, alongside other events and enter the Great Britain house.
In April, she was chosen for the team competing at the European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Moscow, Russia.
During qualifiers she landed awkwardly from her Balance Beam dismount injuring her knee, and had to pull out of the competition. Her score qualified her for Balance Beam finals, despite the fall, but she had to return to the United Kingdom for medical assessment for her knee.
The injury was later reported to be an Anterior Cruciate Ligament tear. Jupp had surgery in May and will be out of competition for about a year.
She told Hemel Today, "I kind of heard a snap but I didn"t know how bad it was".
She continued to say that she learnt a lot from her experience in Moscow and vowed to return to gymastics when recovered. 2014 & 2015 Jupp returned to competition at the 2014 British Team Championships in September 2014 after tearing her Anterior Cruciate Ligament. She was chosen to join the team travelling to compete at the World Championships in Nanning, China with Becky Downie, Hannah Whelan, Claudia Fragapane, Ruby Harrold, Kelly Simm and Charlie Fellows. The British team qualified in 4th for the Team Final but finished 6th in the final itself.
Jupp contributed to the team with scores on floor, uneven bars and balance beam.
Jupp was set to compete at the English Championships in March of 2015 but unfortunately suffered another tear to her Anterior Cruciate Ligament in her right leg meaning she will spend the rest of the year in recovery of her injuries.
