FACTOIDS
Full Name: Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle
Nickname: Elizabeth
Birthday: April 1, 1985
Height: 5’3’’
Hometown: Johannesburg, South Africa
Sports: Gymnastics
PROFILE
Tweddle is known not only for her accomplishments on bars, but also for competitive misfortunes. At the 2005 Europeans, she qualified in second place to the all-around and had the potential to medal in all four event finals, but she injured herself during the AA competition and had to withdraw, leaving with nothing. At the 2005 World Championships, she injured her knee immediately before the bars finals. While she competed on the event and won a medal, she had to withdraw from the floor competition the next day. Tweddle was also forced to withdraw from the 2006 Commonwealth Games when she suffered an ankle injury in training. With hit performances, several medals were possible and she would have been the clear favourite for golds on bars, floor and in the all-aruond. Understandably therefore, Beth was disappointed. However, later in 2006 her luck was to change spectacularly.
