Abigail Charlotte Roper (born 7 September 2005) is a Welsh Artistic gymnast and member of the British national team. She represented Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games where she won bronze on vault.
Roper trains at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club alongside her twin sister Emily Roper who is also an artistic gymnast. Early life and education Roper attended Copleston High School in Ipswich alongside her sister, Emily. In 2025 Roper and her sister began studying Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Essex, on the Colchester campus. Born in England, she is of Welsh descent.
Senior gymnastics career 2022 Roper switched to the Welsh national team and competed at her first Northern European Championships in Jyväskylä, where Wales finished first in the team competition.
2023 At her first Welsh Championships Roper won silver on vault and finished seventh in the all-around.
She competed at the 2023 Leverkusen Cup alongside her sister, Emily Roper. The duo placed second in the team competition and individually Roper won gold on vault and placed fourth in the all-around.
Roper was selected to compete at the 2023 Northern European Gymnastics Championships in Halmstad alongside Ruby Evans, Poppy-Grace Stickler, Evie Flage-Donovan, Annais Kamanga and her sister Emily Roper. She helped Wales win the team competition and individually won bronze in the all-around and on vault.
2024 At the 2024 Welsh Championships Roper won silver in the all-around behind Ruby Evans and ahead of her sister. She also won gold on balance beam, silver on uneven bars and bronze on vault. Later at British Championships Roper placed tenth in the all-around, and finished fourth in the balance beam and floor apparatus finals.
Roper then competed at the 2024 Szombathely Challenge Cup alongside Charlotte Booth. She made vault and balance beam finals, placing fourth and eighth respectively.
2025 At Welsh Championships Roper competed only on beam where she won bronze. At the 2025 British Championships Roper finished 14th in the all-around and won bronze on vault.
Roper attended the Koper Challenge Cup where she made the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise finals. She won bronze on vault and floor exercise, and placed 5th on uneven bars.
2026 Roper competed in the all-around competition at Welsh Championships, winning gold in the national competition and bronze in the open competition. She was named in the Welsh team for the 2026 Commonwealth Games alongside Ruby Evans, Frances Stone, Jemima Taylor and her sister Emily Roper. Roper helped the team finish fourth and individually qualified to the vault final. She made history by picking up a bronze medal on vault, the same day as her sister Emily Roper won bronze on uneven bars.
Competitive record +Competitive history of Abigail RoperYearEvent 2018 British Team Championships (junior) 26 2019 English Championships (junior) 38 British Team Championships (junior) 19 2021 British Championships 14 5 2022 English Championships 22 British Championships 25 British Team Championships 4 Northern European Championships 10 5 4 2023Welsh Championships 7 British Championships 17 7 Leverkusen Cup 4 Northern European Championships 5 2024Welsh Championships English Championships (guest) British Championships 10 5 4 4 Szombathely World Challenge Cup 4 8 8 Rushmoor Rose Bowl 4 2025 Welsh Championships British Championships 14 Koper World Challenge Cup 5 2026Welsh Championships Welsh Championships (open) Commonwealth Games 4 Szombathely World Challenge Cup
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