Alia Leat
Alia Neve Leat is an English artistic gymnast and Great [Britain women's national artistic gymnastics team|British national team member]. She was all-around and floor champion at the 2025 British Gymnastics Championships. She has represented Great Britain at the 2025 European [Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2025 European Championships] and the 2025 [World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2025 World Championships]. As a junior Leat competed at the 2019 Junior World Championships alongside Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova.
She trains at Heathrow Gymnastics Club.
Junior gymnastics career
Espoir: 2018
In February 2018, Leat competed in the English Championships as an espoir. She finished second in the all-around behind Ruby Stacey as well as first on vault and second on floor exercise in the apparatus finals. Later at the 2018 British Championships, Leat placed first in the all-around, vault and beam finals as well as second on floor exercise.Junior: 2019
In March 2019, Leat competed at the English Championships, where she placed sixth in the all-around. She then competed at the British Championships, where she placed third in the all-around behind Ondine Achampong and Annie Young.Leat was selected to represent Great Britain at the inaugural Junior World Championships in Győr, Hungary, alongside twin sisters Jessica and Jennifer Gadirova. The trio finished sixth in the team final.
Senior gymnastics career
2021–2022
At the 2021 British Championships, Leat finished seventh in the all-around and fourth on vault. The following year, she finished 25th at English Championships and 24th at British Championships.2025
After a 2-year break, Leat returned to competition in February 2025 at the Welsh Championships placing third in the all-around, behind Ruby Evans and Frances Stone as well as first on the balance beam. Later that month, she finished first in the all-around, floor exercise and balance beam competition at the 2025 English Championships. She was crowned British all-around champion at the 2025 British Championships and went on to place first on floor exercise in the apparatus finals. Leat was selected to represent Great Britain at the 2025 FIG [Artistic Gymnastics World Cup series|2025 Osijek World Cup] alongside Jemima Taylor.She was named in the British squad for the 2025 European Championships alongside Frances Stone, Emily Roper, Ruby Evans and Ruby Stacey. She competed on vault, balance beam and floor exercise and helped the team place sixth. In late September Leat was selected to make her World Championships debut at the 2025 World Championships alongside Ruby Evans, Abigail Martin, and Shantae-Eve Amankwaah. In qualification she competed on balance beam, however a fall meant she did not proceed to the event finals.
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
| 2021 | British Championships | 7 | 4 | ||||
| 2022 | English Championships | 25 | |||||
| 2022 | British Championships | 24 | |||||
| 2025 | Welsh Championships | ||||||
| English Championships | - | ||||||
| British Championships | - | ||||||
| 2025 FIG Artistic [Gymnastics World Cup series|Osijek World Cup] | - | ||||||
| European Championships | 6 | - | |||||
| World Championships | - |