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British artistic gymnast

Abigail Martin

Full name	Abigail Anne Martin
Nickname
Born	(2008-04-19) 19 April 2008 (age 17)
Country represented	Great Britain (2022–present)
Club	South Devon School of Gymnastics
Head coach	Rachel Wignall

Abigail “Abi” Martin (born 19 April 2008) is a British artistic gymnast and women’s national team member. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Olympic Games and was part of the team that won silver at the 2024 European Championships. Individually she is the 2025 World Championships bronze medalist on floor exercise.

Martin was born in Paignton in 2008. She began gymnastics at age 5.^[1]

Martin competed at the 2022 DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart where she helped the British team finish sixth. Individually she finished fifth on floor exercise.^[2] In July she competed at the 2022 European Youth Olympic Festival where she helped Great Britain finish sixth.^[3] The following month Martin competed at the European Championships where she helped Great Britain finish fourth. Individually she placed sixth in the all-around.^[4]

Martin competed at the 2023 Junior World Championships alongside Jemima Taylor and Ema Kandalova. Individually she placed fifth in the all-around and on vault and fourth on floor exercise.^[5]

Martin became age-eligible for senior competition in 2024. At the British Championships she placed third in the all-around behind Ondine Achampong and Ruby Evans.^[6] Early in the year she competed at the Cottbus World Cup and the Osijek World Challenge Cup. She qualified to the vault and floor exercise event finals at both competitions; she won bronze on floor exercise in Osijek.^[7]

Martin was originally named as a reserve athlete for the European Championships team; however Achampong later withdrew due to an ACL tear and Martin was added to the team.^[8] While there she helped the British team finish second behind Italy. Individually she qualified to the floor exercise final where she finished seventh.

In June Martin was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Becky Downie, Ruby Evans, Georgia-Mae Fenton, and Alice Kinsella.^[9] During qualifications at the Olympic Games, Martin helped Great Britain qualify to the team final. During the team final Martin competed on floor exercise, scoring 13.466 towards Great Britain’s fourth place finish.^[10]

Martin made her return to competition following the Olympics in September 2025 when she was selected to compete at the 2025 Paris World Challenge Cup. She qualified for the vault and floor exercise finals, winning gold on vault.^[11] Later that month she was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 World Championships alongside Ruby Evans, Alia Leat, and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah.^[12] She qualified for the all-around final, where she finished 8th, and the floor exercise final, where she won her first world medal, a bronze.^[13] She was joined on the podium by teammate Ruby Evans, who took silver.^[13]

In November 2025, she competed at the Memorial Arthur Gander tournament where she placed second.^[14]