London Olympics At the end of July, Tunney competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, England where she was Team GB's youngest athlete at the games, aged 15. She helped the British team qualify in fifth place and individually she qualified to the all around final with a score of 56.391. In the team final, Tunney contributed scores of 14.866 on vault and 14.766 on uneven bars toward the British team's sixth-place finish. She said, "First Olympic Games and we're getting into the team final and finishing sixth, you can't ask for anything bigger. It was inspiring to see the men get a medal. They did their best yesterday and so did we, even though we didn't medal." In the all around final, Tunney placed thirteenth with a score of 56.932. She said, "It's been an amazing experience here in London; the best week of my life. To compete at a home Games in front of this crowd has been incredible. To be the youngest in Team GB I'm very proud and I've learnt so much. The rest of the Games I'm looking forward to the atmosphere and cheering on Team GB." 2015 On 23 April, it was announced by the British Olympic Association that Tunney was to represent Great Britain at the first ever European Games alongside 2014 Commonwealth champion Kelly Simm and senior newcomer Tyesha Mattis, although due to perpetual injuries with Tunney and a recent operation with Mattis they were both withdrawn from the competition and replaced by double 2014 Commonwealth bronze medalist Georgina Hockenhull and 2014 World Championships reserve athlete Charlie Fellows. 2016 Tunney was named alternate for the 2016 Rio Olympics along with Kelly Simm and Gabby Jupp. 2017 On 6 April, Tunney announced that she had retired from competitive international gymnastics to concentrate on university work and potentially coaching in the future. References External links Rebecca Tunney on Twitter Rebecca Tunney at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique Rebecca Tunney at British Gymnastics Living people British female artistic gymnasts 1996 births Gymnasts at the 2012 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of Great Britain Sportspeople from Ashton-under-Lyne