James Hall

James Robert Hall (born 6 October 1995) is an English former artistic gymnast. He was a member of the English and British Senior teams from 2014–2025. He represented Great Britain at the 2020 Summer Olympics. Hall was the alternate for the silver medal-winning team at the 2015 World Championships and was part of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2022 World Championships. Additionally, he was part of three medal-winning teams at the European Championships and two gold medal-winning teams at the Commonwealth Games. Individually, Hall is the 2017 European all-around bronze medalist, a two-time all-around silver medalist at the Commonwealth Games (2018, 2022), and is the 2018 Commonwealth Games silver medalist on the horizontal bar.

Early life Hall was born on 6 October 1995 in Bankstown, New South Wales, Australia. His family moved to Kent, England in 1997.

He began gymnastics at age six after a coach encouraged him to do so.

2018 At the 2018 Commonwealth Games, Hall was part of the team that won gold in the team event. He also won silver on the individual all-around competition as well as horizontal bar, both behind Nile Wilson.

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Hall won a silver as part of the team.

2019 In March 2019, Hall won the All-Around title at the British Championships.

He also competed at the European Championships in Szczecin, Poland, as well as the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.

2022 At the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, Hall was again part of the England team that won gold in the team event. Despite sustaining an ankle injury during the competition, Hall also won silver in the individual all-around behind compatriot Jake Jarman.

2024 At the 2024 European Championships, Hall helped Great Britain finish second as a team behind Ukraine. He was named as the reserve athlete for the Paris 2024 Olympic Games

2025 At the 2025 Doha World Cup, he competed his eponymous skill, a 5/4 salto straddled with ½ turn to upper arms, which was added to the Code of Points.

2026 In January 2026, Hall announced his retirement from gymnastics after more than a decade representing Great Britain.

Personal life In 2018, Hall became an ambassador for the Young Lives Foundation, a charity that helps disadvantaged youth in Kent, England.

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Added to the Code of Points Parallel bars Hall 5/4 salto straddled with ½ turn to upper arms E (0.5) 2025 Doha World Cup

Competitive history +Competitive history of James HallYearEvent 2014 Glasgow World Cup 6 2015 Varna World Challenge Cup World Championships 2016 Cottbus World Cup 9 2017 Stuttgart World Cup 5 European Championships 4 World Championships 29 21 2018 American Cup Birmingham World Cup Commonwealth Games 5 5 European Championships 5 World Championships 5 8 2019 American Cup 5 European Championships 7 8 World Championships 5 14 2020 American Cup 2021 Olympic Games 4 8 2022 Commonwealth Games 5 5 European Championships 4 World Championships 2023 World Championships 4 9 2024 European Championships 5 2025 Doha World Cup 7