Ruby Evans

Ruby Grace Evans (born 17 March 2007) is a Welsh artistic gymnast and a member of the British national team. She represented Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is the 2025 World Championships silver medallist on floor exercise, becoming the first Welsh gymnast to win an individual medal at the World Championships. She was part of the silver-medal-winning team at the 2024 European Championships and the silver-medal-winning mixed team at the 2025 European Championships.

Representing Wales, she won the floor exercise title at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and is a five-time Northern European champion.

Early life Evans was born in Cardiff in 2007. She began training in gymnastics when she was four years old.

Junior gymnastics career 2019–21 Evans competed at her first Welsh Championships in 2019, placing third in the all-around in the espoir division. The following month, she competed at the British Championships, where she placed seventh in the all-around and second on floor exercise.

Due to the global COVID-19 pandemic, most competitions were cancelled or postponed in 2020. Evans competed at Elite Gym Massilia in late 2021, where she placed thirteenth in the all-around and seventh on vault. She next competed at the 2021 British Championships, where she won the junior all-around title.

2022 Early in the year, Evans competed at the Welsh and British Championships, winning the junior titles at both. In July, she competed at the European Youth Olympic Festival, where she helped Great Britain finish sixth. Individually, she won silver on vault behind Helen Kevric. The following month, Evans competed at the European Championships, where she helped Great Britain finish fourth. Individually, she placed thirteenth in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise.

In November, Evans competed at the Northern European Championships. She helped Wales win the team competition. Individually, she won gold on vault. Evans ended the year at the Top Gym Tournament, where she placed second in the all-around.

Senior gymnastics career 2023 Evans became age-eligible for senior competition in 2023. She made her senior debut for Great Britain at the Cottbus World Cup, where she won silver on vault behind Manila Esposito and bronze on floor exercise behind Azuki Kokofugata and Esposito. At the Welsh Championships, Evans placed second behind Poppy-Grace Stickler. At the British Championships, she placed fifth in the all-around but won gold on vault.

In September, Evans was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2023 World Championships alongside Jessica Gadirova, Alice Kinsella, Ondine Achampong and Georgia-Mae Fenton. With her selection, Evans became the first Welsh gymnast in 17 years to be named to a Great Britain team at the World Championships. The last Welsh gymnasts to do so were Olivia Bryl and Lynette Lisle in 2006.

Evans ended the year at the Northern European Championships. She helped Wales win the team competition and individually won gold in the all-around and on floor exercise.

2024 Evans began the year at the Welsh Championships, placing first in the all-around, vault, uneven bars and floor exercise. She competed as a guest at the English Championships, placing first on floor exercise and second on balance beam. At the British Championships, she placed second in the all-around. Evans was named to the European Championships team alongside Ondine Achampong (later replaced by Abigail Martin), Alice Kinsella, Becky Downie and Georgia-Mae Fenton. There, she helped Great Britain win the silver medal behind Italy.

In June, Evans was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2024 Summer Olympics alongside Downie, Kinsella, Fenton and Martin. Evans became the first Welsh female gymnast to be selected for the British Olympic team since Sonia Lawrence, who competed at the 1996 Olympic Games. During the qualification round at the Olympic Games, Evans helped Great Britain qualify for the team final. During the team final, Evans contributed scores on vault and floor exercise to Great Britain's fourth-place finish.

2025 Evans returned to the Welsh Championships, where she retained her all-around, uneven bars and floor exercise titles. She also won silver on balance beam. She was due to compete at the Cottbus World Cup. However, she suffered an injury while performing a vault and withdrew from the competition. This injury also prevented her from competing at the British Gymnastics Championships. She was named in the British squad for the 2025 European Championships alongside Alia Leat, Frances Stone, Emily Roper and Ruby Stacey. She competed in the all-around, helping Great Britain finish sixth. Individually, she qualified for the mixed team final, where she won silver alongside Jake Jarman; the all-around final, where she finished tenth; and the floor exercise final, where she placed fourth.

In late September, Evans was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 World Championships alongside Leat, Abigail Martin and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah. She qualified for the all-around and floor exercise finals in eleventh and third respectively. During the all-around final, she performed cleanly on all four apparatuses and finished tenth. During the floor exercise final, she won the silver medal behind Aiko Sugihara of Japan and ahead of teammate Martin. This medal made Evans the first Welsh gymnast to win an individual medal at the World Championships.

2026 Evans competed at the 2026 British Championships, where she won gold in the all-around, becoming the first Welsh athlete to win the title in over 60 years. She represented Wales at the 2026 Commonwealth Games, where she helped the team finish fourth and qualified individually for the all-around, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise finals. During the all-around final, she fell off the balance beam and finished sixth. She withdrew from the uneven bars final in order to allow teammate Jemima Taylor to compete. On the final day of the competition, she finished seventh on the balance beam before winning gold on floor exercise. She was the first Welsh athlete to win a gold medal at the 2026 Commonwealth Games and became the first Welsh gymnast in history to win a gold medal in any Commonwealth Games event.

Competitive history +Competitive history of Ruby Evans at the junior levelYearEvent 2019 Welsh Championships British Championships 7 2021 Elite Gym Massilia 5 13 7 British Championships 2022 Welsh Championships British Championships 6 6 International GymSport European Youth Olympic Festival 6 European Championships 4 13 4 Northern European Championships Top Gym Tournament