Emma Slevin

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Emma Slevin is an Irish gymnast. She is the first female gymnast representing her country to qualify for a senior all around final.

## Jr Career

### 2016-2017

Emma competed at nationals, winning the AA & beam gold, placed 3rd on floor, & 6th on bars. In 2017 she again competed at the national championships, winning silver on every event except vault, where she won gold. At the FIT challenge, she finished 24th individually & 7th with her team. She then competed at the European Youth Olympic festival, but didn’t make a single final.

### 2018

Slevin competed at the English Championships. There, she won gold on both bars & all around. She defended her national title later, and at the Irish super championships, slevin placed 2nd on bars & won the floor final. After an unsuccessful euros, Slevin was selected for the Youth Olympic Games.

In qualifications, she qualified 7th AA, on bars, 4th on beam, and 8th on vault. She also competed on floor, but did not make the final. In the AA, Emma delivered a terrific performance, finishing 6th, the best for Ireland.

During the vault final, Emma injured her ankle but still finished 8th on vault & bars, and additional placed 5th on beam. Later on, the injury was revealed as a torn ligament & tendon, and in December had surgery.

## Sr career

### 2019

Slevin made her senior debut at the British championships. She only competed on bars, due to the injury. She wasn’t 100% by the European Championships, but recovered in may, and returned to the European Games. In both European competitions, she did not qualify for the finals. In late August & early September, she competed at the Mersin World Cup along with her teammates Megan Ryan, Kate Molloy and Jane Heffernan.

Slevin competed on bars & beam only due to an ankle injury. While she qualified for the beam final as the first reserve, and didn’t on bars due to the two-per-country rule, her teammates Ryan and Heffernan finished 2nd and 3rd on the bars. Molloy didn’t make the finals. Slevin was later selected for the world championships.

Ireland looked good until the beam. Kate replaced Jane who withdrew with a torn Achilles, and Megan, fell once. Emma was a favorite to qualify for Tokyo 2021, but fell twice. She finished 96th, just 2 tenths shy of making her goal. After the world championships, it was revealed that Slevin had torn her meniscus days before competition. In November, she had surgery and took time off to recover. Despite this, she still qualified as both a guest & reserve for the 2021 olympics.

### 2020

Emma competed at the Baku World Cup, initially qualifying for the beam final in 8th place. However, the finals were canceled due to the coronavirus pandemic. Additionally, the Birmingham & Paris World Cups were canceled for that same year. Slevin then was subbed in for the European championships to replace Jane Heffernan, who tore her ACL in podium training, but didn’t make the finals. Luckily, she was selected for the 2020 Christmas Cup and 2020 Nicosia World Cup, winning bronze on bars on the latter.

At the Christmas cup, Slevin competed on all 4 events. She qualified for every final, but missed the podium by 0.383. She was visibly upset, but still placed 4th.

In event finals, Emma had solid scores on vault & bars, where she finished 2nd & 3rd. She again narrowly missed the podium on beam & placed 4th. She then fell on floor & placed 7th.

### 2021

After qualifying for every world challenge cup, Slevin placed 7th on beam & 5th on floor. She also qualified for Tokyo & won a bronze medal on beam at the 2021 Olympic test event. She competed at the European championships. Despite a bad fall on bars, she still qualified for the all around in 27th place, the first for an Irish gymnast, placing 19th. She later competed at the Koper World Cup, where she placed 8th on bars & 4th on beam. She then competed at the world championships in Miami. She qualified for the all around, the first Irish female gymnast to do so. Despite a fall on bars, she finished 19th.

### 2022

Slevin took to the European championships, where she finished 48th in the all around, qualifying for the world championships. She later that year competed at the Paris World Cup, but did not make any finals.

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Slevin at the 2018 youth olympicsSlevin at the 2018 European ChampionshipsSlevin at the 2019 European ChampionshipsSlevin at the 2019 European gamesSlevin at the 2019 world championshipsSlevin in qualifications at the 2021 European championshipsSlevin in the all around at the 2021 European championshipsSlevin in qualifications at the 2021 world championshipsSlevin in the all around final at the 2021 world championshipsSlevin at the 2022 European championshipsSlevin at the 2022 Paris World Cup