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Friday, 16 October 2009

Olympic hopeful Rachel Tullett lands award

Rachel Tullett, Prize winner

Trampolinist Rachel Tullett won the Junior Disabled Prize at last night's Kingston Borough Sports Awards capping off a very successful debut year within the sport, having reached the British Trampoline Finals in July.

Despite suffering from cystic fibrosis, the 17-year-old gymnast trains at least three times a week at Kingston College’s Trampoline Academy.

Tullett has experienced a great start to her trampolining career, which has been further boosted by the news that she has been selected for the 2009/10 Great Britain GMPD TRA National Development Squad.

Here two experienced national squad coaches, Paul Coates and Justine Abraham, will be challenging Tullett to fight for a place in the 2012 Olympic squad.

Tullett was delighted:

"This is my ultimate dream and I now have the chance to train alongside 15 other gymnasts who are the very best in my discipline."