Sonia Lawrence

Sonia Lawrence (born 19 January 1980) is a British gymnast and later pole vaulter, who competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics.

Biography Lawrence grew up in Bedwas and joined the Heol Ddu Gymnastics Club in Bargoed at a young age. At the age of 12 Lawrence moved to Staines near London in order to gain full-time coaching.

After gaining selection for the British squad, she went to a pre-Olympic campand also represented Wales at the 1994 Commonwealth Games, where she won a silver medal in the vault. Injury problems hampered her ability to compete for medals at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia before retiring from gymnastics at the age of just 16.