Abigail Roper
Abigail 'Abbie' Roper is a Welsh Artistic gymnast and member of the Great Britain women's national [artistic gymnastics team|British national team]. She won gold with the Welsh national team at the 2022 and 2023 Northern European Championships and has won two world cup medals representing Great Britain.
Roper trains at Pipers Vale Gymnastics Club alongside her twin sister Emily Roper who is also an artistic gymnast.
Early life and education
Roper attended Copleston High School in Ipswich alongside her sister, Emily. In 2025 Roper and her sister began studying Sports and Exercise Science at the University of Essex, on the Colchester campus.Senior gymnastics career
2022
Roper switched to the Welsh national team and competed at her first 2022 [Northern European Gymnastics Championships|Northern European Championships] in Jyväskylä, where Wales finished first in the team competition.2023
At her first Welsh Championships Roper won silver on vault and finished seventh in the all-around.She competed at the 2023 Leverkusen Cup alongside her sister, Emily Roper. The duo placed second in the team competition and individually Roper won gold on vault and placed fourth in the all-around.
Roper was selected to compete at the 2023 Northern [European Gymnastics Championships] in Halmstad alongside Ruby Evans, Poppy-Grace Stickler, Evie Flage-Donovan, Annais Kamanga and her sister Emily Roper. She helped Wales win the team competition and individually won bronze in the all-around and on vault.
2024
At the 2024 Welsh Championships Roper won silver in the all-around behind Ruby Evans and ahead of her sister. She also won gold on balance beam, silver on uneven bars and bronze on vault. Later at British Championships Roper placed tenth in the all-around, and finished fourth in the balance beam and floor apparatus finals.Roper then competed at the 2024 2024 FIG [Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|Szombathely Challenge Cup] alongside Charlotte Booth. She made vault and balance beam finals, placing fourth and eighth respectively.
2025
At Welsh Championships Roper competed only on beam where she won bronze. At the 2025 British Championships Roper finished 14th in the all-around and won bronze on vault.Roper attended the 2025 FIG Artistic [Gymnastics World Cup series|Koper Challenge Cup] where she made the vault, uneven bars and floor exercise finals. She won bronze on vault and floor exercise, and placed 5th on uneven bars.