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{{short description|English artistic gymnast (born 1985)}}
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{{Use dmy dates|date=March 2021}}
{{Infobox gymnast
| name            = Elizabeth Tweddle
<br /><small>[[Order of the British Empire|MBE]]</small>
| image           = Elizabeth Tweddle FIG 2012.jpg
| image_size      = 200px
| caption         = Tweddle in March 2012
| full_name       = Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle
| nickname        =
| country         = {{GBR2}}<br />{{ENG}}
| formercountry   = 
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|df=yes|1985|04|01}}
| birth_place     = [[Johannesburg]], South Africa
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| height          = 160 cm<ref name="BOA">{{cite web |title=Elizabeth Tweddle |url=http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/elizabeth-tweddle |publisher=British Olympic Association |access-date=15 July 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150403081840/http://www.teamgb.com/athletes/elizabeth-tweddle |archive-date=3 April 2015 |url-status=live}}</ref>
| discipline      = WAG
| natlteam        = 1994–2013 ([[Great Britain women's national gymnastics team|GBR]])<ref name=timeline>{{cite web|url=https://www.itv.com/news/granada/2013-08-06/timeline-of-beth-tweddles-career-as-a-gymnast|title=Timeline of Beth Tweddle's career as a gymnast|work=[[ITV (TV network)|ITV]]|date=August 6, 2013}}</ref>
| club            = [[City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club|City of Liverpool]]
| gym             = 
| collegeteam     = 
| headcoach       = [[Amanda Reddin]]
| assistcoach     = Zoltan Jordanov
| formercoach     = 
| choreographer   = Corina Morosan, Adriana Pop
| eponymousskills = Tweddle: sole circle backward with counter straddle hecht with 1/2 turn on high bar in mixed L-grip
| retired         = 6 August 2013
| show-medals     = yes
| medaltemplates  = <!-- see [[Template:MedalRelatedTemplates]] -->
{{MedalCount
| [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] | 0|0|1
| [[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] | 3|0|2
| [[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] | 6|4|1
| [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup Final]] | 1|2|0
| [[Universiade|Summer Universiade]] | 3|0|2
| [[Commonwealth Games]] | 1|2|0
| '''Total'''|'''14'''|'''8'''|'''6'''
}}
{{Medal|Country | {{GBR2}} }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]] }}
[[File:Olympic rings.svg|center|80px]]
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012 London]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006 Aarhus]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2009 London]] | Floor Exercise }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2010 Rotterdam]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2003 Anaheim]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2005 Melbourne]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup Final]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | 2006 São Paulo|Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Silver | 2004 Birmingham|Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Silver | 2006 São Paulo|Floor Exercise }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | 2006 Volos|Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2009 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2009 Milan]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2009 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2009 Milan]] | Floor Exercise }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2010 Birmingham]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2010 Birmingham]] | Floor Exercise }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2011 Berlin]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Silver | 2004 Amsterdam|Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Silver | 2007 Amsterdam|Floor Exercise }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2008 Clermont]] | Floor Exercise }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2010 Birmingham]] | Team }}
{{Medal|Bronze | 2002 Patras|Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Competition | [[Universiade|Summer Universiade]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[Gymnastics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|2005 İzmir]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[Gymnastics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]] | Uneven Bars }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[Gymnastics at the 2009 Summer Universiade|2009 Belgrade]] | Floor Exercise }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[Gymnastics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|2005 İzmir]] | All-Around }}
{{Medal|Bronze | [[Gymnastics at the 2005 Summer Universiade|2005 İzmir]] | Balance Beam }}
{{Medal|Country | {{ENG}} }}
{{Medal|Comp | [[Gymnastics at the Commonwealth Games|Commonwealth Games]] }}
{{Medal|Gold | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2002 Commonwealth Games|Uneven Bars]] }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | Team }}
{{Medal|Silver | [[2002 Commonwealth Games|2002 Manchester]] | All-Around }} 
}}

'''Elizabeth Kimberly Tweddle''' (born 1 April 1985) is a retired English [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]. Renowned for her uneven bar and floor routines, she was the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the [[Rhythmic Gymnastics European Championships|European Championships]], [[Rhythmic Gymnastics World Championships|World Championships]], and [[Olympic Games]]. Tweddle, known for her consistency and longevity as an elite gymnast, is regarded as a pioneer of the renaissance of British gymnastics at the beginning of the twenty-first century that saw the country's gymnastics programme progress from 'also ran' to consistent global competitiveness, and along with peers such as [[Vanessa Ferrari]] of Italy and [[Isabelle Severino]] of France, helped begin a period of significant success for western European gymnasts globally.<ref>{{Cite web|date=2009-12-07|title=Pioneer spirit keeps Beth Tweddle fighting for first until 2012 {{!}} Anna Kessel|url=http://www.theguardian.com/sport/blog/2009/dec/07/beth-tweddle-bbc-sports-personality|access-date=2021-10-16|website=the Guardian|language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|last=Davis|first=Mike|date=2020-12-15|title=Beth Tweddle: The Most Under-Rated Gymnast of the Last 50 Years.|url=https://themedalcount.com/2020/12/15/beth-tweddle-the-most-under-rated-gymnast-of-the-last-50-years/|access-date=2021-10-16|website=An Old School Gymnastics Blog|language=en}}</ref>

Tweddle represented [[Great Britain]] at three [[Olympic Games]]. She is the [[2012 Olympic Games|2012 Olympic]] bronze medalist on uneven bars, the [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2006]] and [[2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2010]] World Champion on the uneven bars, the [[2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2009 World Champion]] on floor exercise, a four-time European Champion on the uneven bars, and a two-time European Champion on the floor exercise. She is a Commonwealth Games gold medalist, and a three-time champion in the [[Universiade]].

Tweddle retired in August 2013.<ref name=":0">{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gymnastics/23585987 |title=Olympic medallist Beth Tweddle announces retirement |date=6 August 2013 |access-date=6 August 2013 |publisher=BBC Sport |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130806151101/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/gymnastics/23585987 |archive-date=6 August 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Following retirement, Tweddle took on a variety of media and sporting work. On 10 March 2013, she won the [[Dancing on Ice (series 8)|eighth series]] of ''[[Dancing on Ice]]'' along with [[Daniel Whiston]], who won the show for the third time. In 2014, she took part in the ninth and (at the time) last series of ''Dancing on Ice'', the [[Dancing on Ice (series 9)|"All-Stars" series]], with her new skating partner [[Łukasz Różycki]], making the final and coming third.

In 2016, Tweddle participated in the [[The Jump (series 3)|third series]] of [[Channel 4]] reality contest show ''[[The Jump (2014 TV series)|The Jump]]''.<ref name=":1">{{cite web |url=http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-jump/news/a780180/the-jump-2016-s-full-lineup-is-confirmed-see-all-the-photos-from-sarah-harding-to-sid-owen/ |title=The Jump 2016: Get the FULL lineup of brave celebs here |website=[[Digital Spy]] |date=16 January 2016 |access-date=24 March 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20171119004707/http://www.digitalspy.com/tv/the-jump/news/a780180/the-jump-2016-s-full-lineup-is-confirmed-see-all-the-photos-from-sarah-harding-to-sid-owen/ |archive-date=19 November 2017 |url-status=live}}</ref> However, on 7 February, two weeks into the show, Tweddle suffered a back injury and withdrew. It was reported on 8 February 2016 that she had undergone successful surgery to fuse two vertebrae.<ref name=":2">{{cite web |url=https://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/beth-tweddle-olympian-airlifted-to-hospital-after-crash-during-filming-of-the-jump-a6858981.html |title=Beth Tweddle airlifted to hospital after accident on The Jump |website=[[Independent.co.uk]] |date=7 February 2016 |access-date=19 September 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180306220937/http://www.independent.co.uk/sport/general/others/beth-tweddle-olympian-airlifted-to-hospital-after-crash-during-filming-of-the-jump-a6858981.html |archive-date=6 March 2018 |url-status=live}}</ref> As of 2023, she remains a regular analyst on her sport for the [[BBC]] and [[Eurosport]].

== Early life and education ==
Tweddle was born on 1 April 1985 in [[Johannesburg]], South Africa and moved with her family to [[Bunbury, Cheshire]], England when she was 18 months old.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/14209469 |title=BBC Sport – 100 Team GB contenders for London 2012: Beth Tweddle |publisher=Bbc.co.uk |date=26 July 2011 |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120831110247/http://www.bbc.co.uk/sport/0/olympics/14209469 |archive-date=31 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> After trying several different sports, Tweddle began competing in gymnastics at the age of seven at Crewe and Nantwich Gymnastics Club.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662373/Beth-Tweddle-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html |title=Beth Tweddle – Team GB – London 2012 Olympics |publisher=Telegraph |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806212659/http://www.telegraph.co.uk/sport/olympics/Team-GB/competitors/8662373/Beth-Tweddle-Team-GB-London-2012-Olympics.html |archive-date=6 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref> In 1997, she moved to the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club to train with coach [[Amanda Reddin]].

Tweddle attended [[The Queen's School, Chester]]<ref>{{cite news |last=Wheelock |first=Paul |title=Olympics 2012: Beth Tweddle aiming to end glorious career with London Games gold |url=http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/need_to_read/2012/08/06/olympics-2012-beth-tweddle-aiming-to-end-glorious-career-with-london-games-gold-59067-31559938/ |newspaper=[[Chester Chronicle]] |date=6 August 2012 |access-date=6 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721072513/http://www.chesterchronicle.co.uk/chester-news/need_to_read/2012/08/06/olympics-2012-beth-tweddle-aiming-to-end-glorious-career-with-london-games-gold-59067-31559938/ |archive-date=21 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> and completed a foundation degree with the [[University of Liverpool]].<ref>{{cite book |title=University of Liverpool Insight – 2012 edition |year=2012 |page=2}}</ref> In 2007, she graduated from [[Liverpool John Moores University]] with a degree in sports science.  She was accepted to the [[University of Liverpool]]'s [[physiotheraphy|physiotherapy]] programme and began to attend after the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].  Tweddle is also involved with Total Gymnastics.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.totalgymnastics.co.uk/about |title=About |publisher=Total Gymnastics |access-date=25 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130122223109/http://www.totalgymnastics.co.uk/about |archive-date=22 January 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> She said, "I have a sports science degree, and I'll be continuing my studies in the future – I have place at the University of Liverpool to study Physiotherapy in 2012. I've also started Total Gymnastics with the help of former Olympic swimmer [[Stephen Parry (swimmer)|Steve Parry]]. We go into schools and leisure centres to help give children a chance to try gymnastics – which I'm enjoying because so many gymnastics clubs are overbooked.".<ref>{{cite web |author=Eurosport |url=http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30032011/58/london-2012-beth-tweddle-q.html |title=London 2012 – Beth Tweddle Q & A – Yahoo! Eurosport |publisher=Uk.eurosport.yahoo.com |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131221082439/http://uk.eurosport.yahoo.com/30032011/58/london-2012-beth-tweddle-q.html |archive-date=21 December 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Tweddle is a keen football fan and is a supporter of [[Chester F.C.]] She is also a patron of [[Alder Hey Children's Hospital]] charity.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.alderheycharity.org/what-we-do/our-patrons/ |title=Our Patrons |first=Alder Hey Children's |last=Charity |access-date=8 April 2015 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160711203337/http://www.alderheycharity.org/what-we-do/our-patrons/ |archive-date=11 July 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

== Senior career ==

=== 2001 ===
At the end of October, Tweddle competed at the [[2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Ghent, Belgium.  She helped the British team place ninth and individually she placed twenty-fourth in the all around final with a score of 34.892.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/144 |title=Events :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=4 November 2001 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005642/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/144 |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

=== 2002 ===
In April, Tweddle competed at the European Championships in Patras, Greece.  She helped the British team place sixth and individually she placed fourteenth in the all around final with a score of 34.242.  In event finals, she placed third on uneven bars with a score of 9.287.<ref>{{cite web |title=24th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results |url=http://www.ueg.org/media/results/79/Results_ECh_WAG_Patras%20GRE%202002.pdf |publisher=European Union of Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Patras, Greece |date=19 April 2002 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728090053/http://www.ueg.org/media/results/79/Results_ECh_WAG_Patras%20GRE%202002.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref> This was the first medal ever won by a female British gymnast at the European Championships.  Tweddle said, "When I saw my name on the scoreboard in third place I just started to cry and couldn't stop. I'm just so happy."<ref name=history>[http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/949/ "Tweddle makes history at European champs"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20081111043229/http://www.uksport.gov.uk/news/949/ |date=11 November 2008 }} Rob Burgess, UK Sport, 22 April 2002.</ref>

In July, Tweddle competed for England at the [[2002 Commonwealth Games]] in Manchester, United Kingdom.  She placed second in the all around final with a score of 36.387.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=GY_INDAR_W&content=GY_INDAR_W_dr_1&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus |title=Results |access-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160821193728/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=GY_INDAR_W&content=GY_INDAR_W_dr_1&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus |archive-date=21 August 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>  In event finals, she placed seventh on vault scoring 8.887 and first on uneven bars scoring 9.550.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=GY_VAULT_W&content=GY_VAULT_W_dr_1&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus |title=Results |access-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304201635/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=GY_VAULT_W&content=GY_VAULT_W_dr_1&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=GY_UBARS_W&content=GY_UBARS_W_dr_1&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus |title=Results |access-date=9 August 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160304194706/http://m2002.thecgf.com/results/default.asp?ID=GY_UBARS_W&content=GY_UBARS_W_dr_1&type=event&title=Phase%5EStatus |archive-date=4 March 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In November, Tweddle competed at the [[2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Debrecen, Hungary.  She placed fourth on uneven bars scoring 9.312.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/w2002w.html |title=2002 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Women's Finals |publisher=Gymnasticsresults.com |date=4 December 2003 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100305161556/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/w2002w.html |archive-date=5 March 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 2003 ===
In August, Tweddle competed at the [[2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Anaheim, United States.  She placed third in the uneven bars final with a score of 9.512.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/149 |title=Events :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=24 August 2003 |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120807020259/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/149%23 |archive-date=7 August 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In October, Tweddle competed at the [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] event in Glasgow, United Kingdom.  She placed first on uneven bars scoring 9.450 and third on balance beam scoring 8.800.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/500 |title=Events :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=26 October 2003 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803005841/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/500 |archive-date=3 August 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In November, Tweddle competed at the World Cup event in Stuttgart, Germany.  She placed second on uneven bars with a score of 9.475.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/262 |title=Events :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=30 November 2003 |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806195805/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/262 |archive-date=6 August 2012 |df=dmy}}</ref>

=== 2004 ===
In March, Tweddle competed at the [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] event in Cottbus, Germany.  She placed first on uneven bars scoring 9.587.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/526 |title=Cottbus World Cup Results |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |date=7 March 2004 |access-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728073656/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/526 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>

Later in March, Tweddle competed at the World Cup event in Lyon, France.  She placed first on uneven bars with a score of 9.500.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/553 |title=Lyon World Cup Results |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |date=14 March 2004 |access-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728073809/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/553 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>

In April, Tweddle competed at the European Championships in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  She placed eleventh in the all around final with a score of 35.124 and second in the uneven bars final with a score of 9.587.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/247# |title=European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |date=2 May 2004 |access-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120806195318/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/247 |archive-date=6 August 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

==== Athens Olympics ====
In August, Tweddle competed at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in Athens, Greece.  She contributed an all around score of 36.912 toward the British team's eleventh-place finish.  In the [[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around|all around final]], Tweddle placed nineteenth with a score of 35.761.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/150 |title=Events :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=29 August 2004 |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120803000908/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/150 |archive-date=3 August 2012 |df=dmy}}</ref>

=== 2005 ===
In February, Tweddle competed at the [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] event in New York City, United States.  She placed fourth on uneven bars scoring 9.487 and third on floor scoring 9.412.<ref>{{cite web |title=American Cup Event Finals Results |url=http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/americancup_results_2005.pdf |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=30 August 2012 |location=New York City, United States |date=26 February 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140312024719/http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/americancup_results_2005.pdf |archive-date=12 March 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In May, Tweddle competed at the World Cup event in Paris, France.  She placed second on uneven bars scoring 9.450 and seventh on floor scoring 8.225.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2005/wcup2005fraw.html |title=14th French International Paris – Women's Artistic Gymnastics |publisher=Gymnasticsresults.com |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130721072306/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2005/wcup2005fraw.html |archive-date=21 July 2013 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In October, Tweddle competed at the World Cup event in Glasgow, United Kingdom.  She placed first on uneven bars scoring 9.687, third on balance beam scoring 9.012, and first on floor scoring 9.475.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2005/wcup2005ggpw.html |title=Glasgow Grand Prix 2005 Artistic Gymnastics |publisher=Gymnasticsresults.com |date=23 October 2005 |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120830181023/http://gymnasticsresults.com/2005/wcup2005ggpw.html |archive-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In November, Tweddle competed at the [[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Melbourne, Australia.  She placed fourth in the all around final with a score of 36.936 and third in the uneven bars final with a score of 9.575.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2005/w2005w.html |title=38th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Melbourne (AUS) |publisher=Gymnasticsresults.com |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100117233823/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2005/w2005w.html |archive-date=17 January 2010 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

=== 2006 ===
In March, Tweddle injured her right ankle and was unable to compete in the [[2006 Commonwealth Games]].  She said, "It's a big disappointment as I was looking forward to the Games but as team captain I'll stay in Melbourne and cheer the team on.  It will be difficult watching but I'll have to put the injury behind me now.  We were doing podium training when I landed badly after a vault.  I knew straight away that something was wrong.  The injury is not too severe it is a bruised bone and the doctors have said I will be back in time for the Europeans in April.  In the back of my mind I was still hoping to do bars but the doctors advised me to leave it if I wanted to be fit for the Europeans.  The Beijing Olympics are still in the back of my mind but I've still not decided whether I will carry on yet."<ref name="bbc4805840">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/4805840.stm |title=Injury forces Tweddle to pull out |author=Sarah Holt |publisher=BBC Sport |date=15 March 2006 |access-date=1 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060523183751/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/commonwealth_games/4805840.stm |archive-date=23 May 2006 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In April, Tweddle competed at the European Championships in Volos, Greece.  She won the uneven bars final with a score of 16.050.  Her victory was the first at a European Championships for a British gymnast.<ref>{{cite web |title=26th Women's European Championships Artistic Gymnastics Results |url=http://www.ueg.org/media/results/34/Results_ECh_WAG_Volos%20GRE%202006.pdf |publisher=European Union of Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Volos, Greece |date=30 April 2006 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728074328/http://www.ueg.org/media/results/34/Results_ECh_WAG_Volos%20GRE%202006.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In July, Tweddle competed at the British Championships in Guildford, United Kingdom.  She won the all around competition with a score of 60.750.  In event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 15.850, first on balance beam scoring 14.850, and first on floor scoring 15.350.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2006/gbr2006w.html |title=2006 British Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Guildford |publisher=Gymnasticsresults.com |date=9 July 2006 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120623184404/http://gymnasticsresults.com/2006/gbr2006w.html |archive-date=23 June 2012 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

In October, Tweddle competed at the [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Aarhus, Denmark.  She placed eighth in the all around final with a score of 59.450.  In event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 16.200 and fourth on floor scoring 15.425.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2006/w2006w.html |title=30th Women's Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Aarhus (DEN) |publisher=Gymnasticsresults.com |date=30 December 2005 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121126064656/http://www.gymnasticsresults.com/2006/w2006w.html |archive-date=26 November 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Her gold medal was the first Britain ever earned at a World Championships.  Tweddle said, "I knew that I could do the routine, it was just whether I could pull it out for that moment.  I went into the gym on Friday morning and did exactly the same routine as I would do that night.  I went through first time and that brought my confidence back up again, and my coach knew that from then on she just had to keep me calm and let me get on with it.  All my hard work has finally paid off and I'm absolutely ecstatic.  A lot of people told me it would come, but I didn't think it ever actually would. It hasn't sunk in yet.  I've had the bronze medal at the last two world championships and to come out today after the fall yesterday and get through it is an achievement.  I didn't know if I'd win because I hadn't seen Liukin's routine, but I've seen her in training and she was pretty spectacular."<ref name="bbc6071832">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/gymnastics/6071832.stm |title=Super Tweddle wins landmark gold |publisher=BBC Sport |date=20 October 2006 |access-date=1 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090325161410/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/gymnastics/6071832.stm |archive-date=25 March 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In November, Tweddle competed at the [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] event in Glasgow, United Kingdom.  She placed first on uneven bars scoring 16.025 and seventh on floor scoring 14.550.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/1242 |title=Events :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=12 November 2006 |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120312104926/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/1242 |archive-date=12 March 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In December, Tweddle competed at the World Cup final in São Paulo, Brazil.  She placed first on uneven bars scoring 16.300 and second on floor scoring 15.200.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/1527 |title=Sao Paulo World Cup Final Results |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=17 December 2006 |access-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120527170149/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/1527 |archive-date=27 May 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

At the end of the year, Tweddle was nominated for, and finished in third place, for the 2006 [[BBC Sports Personality of the Year]], the only British gymnast ever to make the short list for the award.<ref name="bbc6196898">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/6196898.stm |title=Sports Personality contenders |publisher=BBC Sport |date=4 December 2006 |access-date=1 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070126075632/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/tv_and_radio/sports_personality_of_the_year/6196898.stm |archive-date=26 January 2007 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2007 ===
In January, Tweddle had surgery on her shoulder.<ref name="intlgymnast1">{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |title=International Gymnast Magazine Online – Ferrari Leads Qualifying at Europeans |publisher=Intlgymnast.com |date=25 April 2007 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728083208/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=100&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In April, she competed at the [[2007 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in Amsterdam, the Netherlands.  She placed second in the floor final with score of 15.250.<ref>{{cite web |title=2nd European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships |url=http://www.ueg.org/media/results/27/Results_ECh_WAG_Amsterdam%20NED%202007.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Amsterdam, the Netherlands |date=29 April 2007 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728084215/http://www.ueg.org/media/results/27/Results_ECh_WAG_Amsterdam%20NED%202007.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref> Tweddle said, "It was quite hard, but it was a case of not competing at Europeans, or do a couple of events and getting back on the international stage again. Obviously, later in the year is more important than this. It wasn't worth pushing the injury, which could make it worse for later in the year."<ref name="intlgymnast1" />

In July, Tweddle competed at the British Championships in Guildford, United Kingdom.  She won the all around competition for the seventh straight time with a score of 59.750.  In event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 16.350.  Tweddle said, "It's a bit spooky to win my seventh title on the seventh of the seventh 2007. I was really happy with how things went today. I made the decision to alter my second floor tumble just to help my foot and make sure I didn't injure it before the Worlds, but everything else was fine."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=157:tweddle-takes-lucky-number-seven&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |title=International Gymnast Magazine Online – Tweddle Takes Lucky Number Seven |publisher=Intlgymnast.com |date=8 July 2007 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728073802/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=157:tweddle-takes-lucky-number-seven&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In September, Tweddle competed at the [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Stuttgart, Germany.  She contributed an uneven bars score of 14.175 toward the British team's seventh-place finish, meaning that they qualified a full team to the Olympics.  In event finals, she placed fourth on uneven bars scoring 16.125 and seventh on floor scoring 14.900.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/242 |title=Events :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=9 September 2007 |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120728041541/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/242%23 |archive-date=28 July 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In November, Tweddle competed at the [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] event in Glasgow, United Kingdom.  She placed seventh on uneven bars scoring 14.025 and first on floor scoring 14.550.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/1243 |title=Glasgow World Cup Results |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |date=11 November 2007 |access-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120815055442/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/1243 |archive-date=15 August 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Tweddle said, "I went for broke with my bars routine as I wasn't happy with my qualifying routine. I know that I would have to be perfect if I want to get gold at the Olympics next year."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |title=International Gymnast Magazine Online – British Women, Dutch Men Golden in Glasgow |publisher=Intlgymnast.com |date=10 November 2007 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728081555/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=233&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2008 ===
In April 2008, Tweddle competed at the [[2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in Clermont-Ferrand, France.  She contributed a score of 16.075 on uneven bars toward the British team's sixth-place finish.  In event finals, she placed fourth on uneven bars scoring 15.475 and second on floor scoring 15.525.<ref>{{cite web |title=27th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results |url=http://www.ueg.org/media/results/30/Results_ECh_WAG_Clermont-Ferrand%20FRA%202008.PDF |publisher=European Union of Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Clermont-Ferrand, France |date=6 April 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160220061651/http://www.ueg.org/media/results/30/Results_ECh_WAG_Clermont-Ferrand%20FRA%202008.PDF |archive-date=20 February 2016 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In June, Tweddle competed at the British Championships in Guildford, United Kingdom.  She placed second on uneven bars with a score of 14.550 and was unable to compete on any other apparatus due to an ankle injury.  She said, "I've only been able to train on the bars for the past couple of weeks so I've had to do a lot of visualisation with the other apparatus.  But hopefully this week I'll be able to train on the floor, beam and vault.  I've had a few ankle injuries before so it's just a case of having physio, doing lots of exercises and just keeping on top of it.  It's just a case of working with it and looking after it."<ref name="bbc7471364">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7471364.stm |title=Tweddle to miss GB Championships |publisher=BBC Sport Olympics |date=24 June 2008 |access-date=1 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110125215222/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7471364.stm |archive-date=25 January 2011 |url-status=live}}</ref> Afterwards, Tweddle was selected to compete for the United Kingdom at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]].  She said, "I'm really excited and just looking forward to getting there and doing the best job I can."<ref name="bbc7480366">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7480366.stm |title=Tweddle and Downie lead GB team |publisher=BBC Sport Olympics |date=29 June 2008 |access-date=1 January 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091219040857/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7480366.stm |archive-date=19 December 2009 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== Beijing Olympics ====
In August, Tweddle competed at the [[2008 Summer Olympics]] in Beijing, China.<ref>{{cite Sports-Reference}}</ref>  She contributed scores of 15.650 on uneven bars and 14.950 on floor toward the British team's ninth-place finish.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Qualification Results |url=http://www.figbeijing2008.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,5195-191244-208467-139136-0-file,00.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Beijing, China |date=10 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728081331/http://www.figbeijing2008.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C5195-191244-208467-139136-0-file%2C00.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> In the [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars|uneven bars final]], she placed fourth with a score of 16.625.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Event Finals Results |url=http://www.figbeijing2008.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0,11040,5195-191483-208706-139896-0-file,00.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Beijing, China |date=17 August 2008 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728081237/http://www.figbeijing2008.sportcentric.com/vsite/vfile/page/fileurl/0%2C11040%2C5195-191483-208706-139896-0-file%2C00.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2013}}</ref> Tweddle said, "I'm going to continue, I don't see myself quitting now, although I will have some time off.  I was pleased just to be in the final.  My dismount is normally not a problem but I just didn't get enough height and to be honest I thought I was going to end up on my face.  My dream has been to be in the final. Now I'll have to leave it to London in 2012 to get a medal.  I came into this final in last place, so I just had to go out there and do it and I am pleased with my performance. It was a good result, I am not disappointed with fourth."<ref name="ubarsfinal">{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7568051.stm |title=China win as Tweddle misses out |access-date=18 August 2008 |publisher=BBC Sport |date=18 August 2008 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120323155207/http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport2/hi/olympics/gymnastics/7568051.stm |archive-date=23 March 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2009 ===
After the Beijing Olympics, Tweddle decide to concentrate her training on uneven bars and floor.  She said, "I thought I would retire this year but then I was so close in Beijing that there is still some unfinished business. Now I don't really know when I'll stop. To be honest 2012 is in my sights now which it wasn't this time last year. We will just have to see how my body holds up but that's the goal. As long as I'm still enjoying it and still up there challenging then I'll keep going. I want to try to prove everyone wrong and get that Olympic medal. I've been working closely with both my coach and my physio to keep my body going. My training has changed a lot and I only do bars and floor seriously now. Beam and vault are the ones which hurt my feet and I can't really upgrade enough to be up there to contend for the all around anymore. I've also changed my training partner and now I train with [[Hannah Whelan]]. The variety has given me a new lease of life."<ref>{{cite web |author=James Pearce |url=http://www.liverpoolecho.co.uk/sport/other-sports/2009/06/04/retirement-plans-on-hold-as-liverpool-s-beth-tweddle-eyes-dream-2012-finale-100252-23795339/ |title=Sport – Other Sports – Retirement plans on hold as Liverpool's Beth Tweddle eyes dream 2012 finale |date=3 June 2009 |publisher=Liverpool Echo |access-date=11 March 2013}}</ref>

[[File:ETweddle2009.JPG|left|thumb|Tweddle during her win in the floor final of the [[2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2009 World Championships]]]]
In April, Tweddle competed at the [[2009 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in Milan, Italy.  In event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 15.575 and first on floor scoring 15.150.<ref>{{cite web |title=3rd European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Results |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/system/files/53/original/WAG%20Result%20Finals.pdf |publisher=European Union of Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Milan, Italy |date=5 April 2009}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Tweddle said, "It is nice to be back. Since 2006 I have had my share of fourth positions, and all week I have been so focused on getting everything right. I was a touch short on the Tkatchev-half, and I think it was pure determination that got me through."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=840:tweddle-reclaims-uneven-bars-title&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |title=International Gymnast Magazine Online – Tweddle Reclaims Uneven Bars Title |publisher=Intlgymnast.com |date=5 April 2009 |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120609181726/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=840:tweddle-reclaims-uneven-bars-title&catid=5:competition-reports&Itemid=221 |archive-date=9 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In May, Tweddle competed at the [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] event in Glasgow, United Kingdom.  She placed first on uneven bars scoring 15.275 and first on floor scoring 14.900.<ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow World Cup Uneven Bars Final Results |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/6600/Final_-_Asymmetric_Bars.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Glasgow, United Kingdom |date=16 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722045028/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/6600/Final_-_Asymmetric_Bars.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Glasgow World Cup Floor Final Results |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/6600/Final_-_Womens_Floor.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Glasgow, United Kingdom |date=16 May 2009 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120722045053/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/6600/Final_-_Womens_Floor.pdf |archive-date=22 July 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Later in May, Tweddle participated at the British Teams competition in Guildford, United Kingdom.  She contributed scores of 15.700 on uneven bars and 15.450 on floor toward her club, City of Liverpool's, first-place finish.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Teams Results |url=https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/CRM/Library/Samantha%20Harding/2009%20British%20Teams%20Results.pdf |publisher=British Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Guildford, United Kingdom |date=24 May 2009}}</ref>

In October, Tweddle competed at the [[2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in London, United Kingdom.  She won the floor final with a score of 14.650.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/1153 |title=Events :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |access-date=30 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120926155219/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/1153 |archive-date=26 September 2012 |df=dmy-all}}</ref> Tweddle said, "I was renowned for bars.  This is my first medal in floor and it's the best feeling ever."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/other_sports/gymnastics/8313297.stm |work=BBC News |title=Tweddle claims superb World gold |date=18 October 2009 |access-date=26 April 2010}}</ref>

=== 2010 ===
[[File:Tweddle-Paris.JPG|right|thumb|Tweddle in 2010 at the Paris World Cup]]
In April 2010, Tweddle competed at the [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] event in Paris, France.  She placed second on uneven bars scoring 15.650 and first on floor scoring 15.025.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/4740# |title=Paris World Cup Results |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=28 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130215092228/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/events/4740 |archive-date=15 February 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In May, Tweddle competed at the [[2010 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in Birmingham, United Kingdom.  She contributed scores of 15.850 on uneven bars and 14.925 on floor toward the British team's second-place finish.  In event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 15.875 and first on floor scoring 14.825.<ref>{{cite web |title=28th European Artistic Gymnastics Championships Results |url=http://www.ueg.org/media/results/29/Results_ECh_WAG_Birmingham%20GBR%202010.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Birmingham, United Kingdom |date=2 May 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131031212148/http://www.ueg.org/media/results/29/Results_ECh_WAG_Birmingham%20GBR%202010.pdf |archive-date=31 October 2013 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In July, Tweddle competed at the British Championships in Guildford, United Kingdom.  She placed first on uneven bars with a score of 15.000.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Championships Results |url=https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/CRM/Library/Samantha%20Harding/2010%20Junior%20&%20Senior%20British%20Championships%20Results%20.pdf |publisher=British Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Guildford, United Kingdom |date=4 July 2010 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140529052919/https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/CRM/Library/Samantha%20Harding/2010%20Junior%20%26%20Senior%20British%20Championships%20Results%20.pdf |archive-date=29 May 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In October, Tweddle competed at the [[2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Rotterdam, The Netherlands.  She contributed scores of 15.733 on uneven bars and 14.666 on floor toward the British team's seventh-place finish.  In event finals, she placed first on uneven bars with a score of 15.733.<ref>{{cite web |title=42nd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships |url=http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/Rotterdam/results/files/RESULTSBOOK.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Rotterdam, The Netherlands |date=24 October 2010}}{{dead link|date=July 2017 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}</ref> Tweddle said, "It means everything to me to regain the bars title. I have worked so hard day in day out in the gym for this so I'm very proud. I wasn't watching the previous routines but from the noise of the crowd I could tell the two Chinese girls ahead of me had fallen and so I tried to remain calm, but knew at that point that if I went clean I had a great chance of winning the title."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1621:2010-artistic-gymnastics-world-championships-apparatus-finals-day-one&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |title=2010 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships – Apparatus Finals, day one |publisher=British-gymnastics.org |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819130919/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=1621:2010-artistic-gymnastics-world-championships-apparatus-finals-day-one&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |archive-date=19 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

Tweddle was appointed [[Order of the British Empire|Member of the Order of the British Empire]] (MBE) in the [[New Year Honours 2010|2010 New Year Honours]].  She said, "It's been totally surreal to get an MBE. I didn't really believe it at first.  I waited for the letter telling me I was coming to the palace before I did.  I was surprisingly quite nervous before the ceremony – I was worried about tripping up when I walked in. Everyone kept saying to me 'you are not going to cartwheel in'. I train to win gymnastic medals but away from gymnastics the MBE is a massive honour."<ref>{{cite news |url=http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8698609.stm |title=Cheshire gymnast Beth Tweddle honoured with MBE |work=BBC News |date=22 May 2010 |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20100525114325/http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/uk_news/england/merseyside/8698609.stm |archive-date=25 May 2010 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2011 ===
In April, Tweddle competed at the [[2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in Berlin, Germany despite having an injured [[Tibia|shin]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2456:tweddle-readies-for-two-title-defense-in-berlin&catid=2:news&Itemid=53 |title=International Gymnast Magazine Online – Tweddle Readies for Two-Title Defense |publisher=Intlgymnast.com |date=7 April 2011 |access-date=1 September 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120612074343/http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2456:tweddle-readies-for-two-title-defense-in-berlin&catid=2:news&Itemid=53 |archive-date=12 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref> In event finals, she placed first on uneven bars scoring 15.100 and fourth on floor scoring 14.300.<ref>{{cite web |title=4th European Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Results Book |url=http://www.ueg.org/media/results/15/Results_ECh_Berlin%20GER%202011.pdf |publisher=European Union of Gymnastics |access-date=27 August 2012 |location=Berlin, Germany |date=10 April 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140728043341/http://www.ueg.org/media/results/15/Results_ECh_Berlin%20GER%202011.pdf |archive-date=28 July 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In May, Tweddle participated in the British Team Championships in Guildford, United Kingdom.  She contributed scores of 14.900 on uneven bars and 14.300 on floor toward her club, City of Liverpool's, first-place finish.<ref>{{cite web |title=British Teams Results |url=https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/CRM/Library/Samantha%20Harding/British%20Team%20Results.pdf |publisher=British Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Guildford, United Kingdom |date=22 May 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140814162817/https://memberportal.british-gymnastics.org/CRM/Library/Samantha%20Harding/British%20Team%20Results.pdf |archive-date=14 August 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In July, Tweddle competed at the British Championships in Liverpool, United Kingdom.  She placed first on uneven bars scoring 15.200 and first on floor scoring 15.250.<ref>{{cite web |title=WAG British Championships Senior Uneven Bars Final Results |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7031/Senior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Uneven_Bars_Results.pdf |publisher=British Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Liverpool, United Kingdom |date=10 July 2011}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=WAG British Championships Senior Floor Final Results |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7031/Senior_Apparatus_Finals_-_Floor_Results.pdf |publisher=British Gymnastics |access-date=28 August 2012 |location=Liverpool, United Kingdom |date=10 July 2011}}</ref>

In October, Tweddle competed at the [[2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Tokyo, Japan.  She contributed scores of 15.666 on uneven bars and 14.533 on floor toward the British team's fifth-place finish.  This was the team's highest placement ever and qualified a full team for the Olympics. In the floor final, Tweddle placed seventh with a score of 14.500.<ref>{{cite web |title=43rd Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Results Book |url=http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/11Tokyo/Results/PDF/GA_Result_Book_Tokyo-Press.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=27 August 2012 |location=Tokyo, Japan |date=16 October 2011 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130531071800/http://www.fedintgym.com/microsites/11Tokyo/Results/PDF/GA_Result_Book_Tokyo-Press.pdf |archive-date=31 May 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref> She said, "The week has been a great success as we achieved our number one aim and we've got the British women's team qualified for 2012 so that's now the focus."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2263:artistic-worlds-7th-for-beth-in-floor-final&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |title=Artistic Worlds – 7th for Beth in floor final |publisher=British-gymnastics.org |access-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120819155904/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2263:artistic-worlds-7th-for-beth-in-floor-final&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |archive-date=19 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== 2012 ===
In March, Tweddle competed at the [[Artistic Gymnastics World Cup|World Cup]] event in Doha, Qatar.  She won the uneven bars final with a score of 15.175.<ref>{{cite web |title=5th FIG Artistic Gymnastics Challenge Cup Women's Uneven Bars Final Results |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/system/files/5396/original/Final_1st_day.pdf?1333117247 |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=27 August 2012 |location=Doha, Qatar |format=PDF |date=29 March 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130728074143/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/system/files/5396/original/Final_1st_day.pdf?1333117247 |archive-date=28 July 2013 |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

In April, Tweddle had [[Arthroscopy|keyhole surgery]] on her knee and was unable to compete at the [[2012 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]] in May.  She said, "I'm disappointed not to be in a position to attend the European's but also thankful that this gives me the opportunity to get myself fully fit and ready for the rest of the season, certainly it's much better for this process to happen now rather than later in the year! I am very much still in the gym every day and will continue to work alongside the British Gymnastics medical team to ensure I manage my recovery. The line-up for the European Championship demonstrates the strength in depth that we have, and I'm sure the girls will do a great job in Brussels."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2516:2012-wag-europeans-team-announcement&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |title=2012 WAG Europeans – Team announcement |publisher=British-gymnastics.org |access-date=30 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817030456/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2516:2012-wag-europeans-team-announcement&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |archive-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

In June, Tweddle competed at the British Championships in Liverpool, United Kingdom.  She won the uneven bars final with a score of 15.850.<ref>{{cite web |title=WAG British Championships Senior Uneven Bars Final Results |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7170/Results_-_WAG_Senior_Uneven_Bars_Final.pdf |publisher=British Gymnastics |access-date=27 August 2012 |location=Liverpool, United Kingdom |date=24 June 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120627074636/http://www.british-gymnastics.org/results/7170/Results_-_WAG_Senior_Uneven_Bars_Final.pdf |archive-date=27 June 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

At the beginning of July, Tweddle was selected to compete for the United Kingdom at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]].  She said, "It is of course a massive honour to be selected to [[Team GB]] for the Olympic Games. This is my third Olympics and with it being on home soil it's definitely the most special. The build-up has been totally different and you really feel the support of the whole country. Everyone knows everything about the Games this year and people are really interested in all the events and all the team members. From Beijing to here has been a long journey. After 2008 I wasn't even sure I would carry on, but the huge support for London and the enthusiasm of the public has really motivated me and inspired me to carry on training hard. Everything about competing in the Olympic Games is exciting, the moment you get the official letter, the kitting out, the multi-sport atmosphere, it's all a huge honour to be a part of and I can't wait."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2682:eighteen-gymnasts-selected-to-team-gb-for-london-2012-olympics&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |title=18 gymnasts selected to Team GB for 2012 Olympics |publisher=British-gymnastics.org |access-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817025927/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2682:eighteen-gymnasts-selected-to-team-gb-for-london-2012-olympics&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |archive-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==== London Olympics ====
[[File:Elizabeth Tweddle with her bronze.jpg|thumb|Tweddle (left) with the [[Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars|uneven bars]] medalists at the 2012 London Olympics]]
At the end of July, Tweddle competed at the [[2012 Summer Olympics]] in London, United Kingdom.  During qualifications Tweddle helped Great Britain advance to the team final in fifth place and individually she qualified to the uneven bars final in first place and was the first reserve for the floor exercise final.

During the [[Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|team final]] Tweddle contributed scores of 15.833 on the uneven bars and 14.166 on floor exercise toward the British team's sixth-place finish.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Team Final Results |url=http://www.fig-docs.com/microsites/london12/results/files/res/wag/wag_team_f.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=27 August 2012 |location=London, United Kingdom |date=31 July 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131202221409/http://www.fig-docs.com/microsites/london12/results/files/res/wag/wag_team_f.pdf |archive-date=2 December 2013 |df=dmy}}</ref>

In the [[Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars|uneven bars final]], Tweddle won the bronze medal with a score of 15.916, finishing behind [[Aliya Mustafina]] of Russia and [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars|reigning Olympic champion]] on the event [[He Kexin]] of China.<ref>{{cite web |title=Gymnastics Artistic Women's Uneven Bars Final Results |url=http://www.fig-docs.com/microsites/london12/results/files/res/wag/wag_unevenb_f.pdf |publisher=Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique |access-date=27 August 2012 |location=London, United Kingdom |date=6 August 2012 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20121022070905/http://www.fig-docs.com/microsites/london12/results/files/res/wag/wag_unevenb_f.pdf |archive-date=22 October 2012 |df=dmy}}</ref> She said, "It's the best feeling in the world to win the bronze medal, there was one point today I thought I'd end in 4th like in [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars|Beijing 08]], so I'm really happy. This was the one medal missing from my collection; this is the one I really wanted. I tried to keep calm and do what I do best and the crowd were amazing, as soon as I walked into the arena it was incredible. I haven't made any future plans yet, I definitely won't be in [[Gymnastics at the 2016 Summer Olympics|Rio]] but I'm happy to go home now and have a bit of a holiday and get back into the gym; if my heart's in it I will continue. I had a step on my dismount but at the end of the day I had to go for the difficult dismount to challenge for a medal. To be honest I could say 'what if' but I'm not disappointed in the slightest, any medal, any colour is what I always said I wanted, so I'm extremely happy."<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2738:2012-olympic-games-bronze-for-beth&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |title=2012 Olympic Games – Bronze for Beth |publisher=British-gymnastics.org |access-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120817030855/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2738:2012-olympic-games-bronze-for-beth&catid=321:latets-news&Itemid=770 |archive-date=17 August 2012 |url-status=live}}</ref>

=== Post-retirement ===
Tweddle retired in August 2013, saying "It's been a hard decision. Gymnastics has been and always will be a massive part of my life. Following the Olympics I've had a lot of projects on and recently I've had a bit more time to get back into the gym and decide whether I could put 100% into it. I know now deep down that I can't commit to the hours and training to remain at the very top. I don't think my achievements will ever really sink in but, when I do look back, I can be very proud of what I've done and how I've done it."<ref name=":0" /> [[Sebastian Coe]] labelled her "an inspiration and a role model for a generation", saying she had set a new bar for British gymnastics.

Tweddle regularly works for the BBC as an analyst for gymnastics events. She has worked on the [[Glasgow 2014]], [[Gold Coast 2018]] and [[Birmingham 2022|Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games.]]<ref>{{Cite web |title=Glasgow 2014 Television Coverage on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/cwg/television/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Gold Coast 2018 Commonwealth Games on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/commonwealth-games-2018#:~:text=The%20TV%20line-up%20includes,Paula%20Radcliffe%20and%20Katharine%20Merry. |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Birmingham 2022 Commonwealth Games on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/birmingham-2022-commonwealth-games-on-the-bbc#:~:text=Daily%20coverage%20will%20begin%20on,for%20all%20the%20athletics%20events. |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> In addition, she has worked on the [[Rio 2016]], [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo 2020]] and [[Paris 2024 Olympics|Paris 2024 Olympic Games]].<ref>{{Cite web |title=Rio 2016 on the BBC - TV |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/rio/tv/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Tokyo 2020 on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.com/mediacentre/mediapacks/tokyo-2020/ |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.bbc.com |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |title=Fall in love with the Paris 2024 Olympic Games on the BBC |url=https://www.bbc.co.uk/mediacentre/mediapacks/olympic-games-paris-2024-on-the-bbc |access-date=2025-05-02 |website=www.bbc.co.uk |language=en}}</ref> Tweddle has also worked on [[Gymnastics World Championships]] and [[European Gymnastics Championships]] for the BBC.

Following retirement, Tweddle took on a variety of media and sporting work. On 10 March 2013, she won the [[Dancing on Ice (series 8)|eighth series]] of ''[[Dancing on Ice]]'' along with [[Daniel Whiston]], who won the show for the third time. In 2014, she took part in the ninth and (at the time) last series of ''Dancing on Ice'', the [[Dancing on Ice (series 9)|"All-Stars" series]], with her new skating partner [[Łukasz Różycki]], making the final and coming third.

In 2016, Tweddle participated in the [[The Jump (series 3)|third series]] of [[Channel 4]] reality contest show ''[[The Jump (2014 TV series)|The Jump]]''.<ref name=":1" /> However, on 7 February, two weeks into the show, Tweddle suffered a back injury and withdrew. It was reported on 8 February 2016 that she had undergone successful surgery to fuse two vertebrae.<ref name=":2" />

==Competitive history==
''Results as per Tweddle's official competition record at the [[International Gymnastics Federation]] athlete profile page.''<ref>{{cite web |url=http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/1471 |title=Athletes :: Show |publisher=Fig.lx2.sportcentric.com |date=25 April 2000 |access-date=28 August 2012 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120327182556/http://fig.lx2.sportcentric.com/athletes/1471 |archive-date=27 March 2012 |url-status=dead |df=dmy-all}}</ref>

{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:centr"
|-
! Year
! Competition description
! Location
! Apparatus
! Rank-final
! Score-final
! Rank-qualifying
! Score-qualifying
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2001
| rowspan="2" | [[2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | Ghent
| All Around
| 24
| 34.892
| 23
| 35.061
|-
| Team
|
|
| 9
| 138.671
|-
| rowspan="5" | 2002
| [[2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| Debrecen
| Uneven Bars
| 4
| 9.312
| 5
| 9.387
|-
| rowspan="4" | European Championships
| rowspan="4" | Patras
| All Around
| 14
| 34.242
| 7
| 35.686
|-
| Balance Beam
| 7
| 8.550
|
|
|-
| Team
| 6
| 102.772
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:#c96;" | 3
| 9.287
|
|
|-
| rowspan="8" | 2003
| rowspan="2" | [[2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | Anaheim
| Team
|
|
| 9
| 143.046
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:#c96;" | 3
| 9.512
|
|
|-
| World Cup
| Stuttgart
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:silver;" | 2
| 9.475
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup
| rowspan="2" | Paris
| Balance Beam
|
|
| 15
| 8.250
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:silver;" | 2
| 9.450
| 2
| 9.400
|-
| World Cup
| Cottbus
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 9.400
| 1
| 9.375
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup
| rowspan="2" | Glasgow
| Balance Beam
| style="background:#c96;" | 3
| 8.800
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 9.450
|
|
|-
| rowspan="13" |2004
| rowspan="2" | [[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan="2" | Athens
| All Around
| 19
| 35.761
| 19
| 36.912
|-
| Team
|
|
| 11
| 145.797
|-
| rowspan="3" | European Championships
| rowspan="3" | Amsterdam
| All Around
| 11
| 35.124
|
|
|-
| Team
| 5
| 107.009
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:silver;" | 2
| 9.587
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup
| rowspan="2" | Cottbus
| Balance Beam
|
|
| 10
| 8.600
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 9.587
| 2
| 9.550
|-
| World Cup
| Lyon
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 9.500
| 2
|  9.400
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup Final
| rowspan="2" | Birmingham
| Floor Exercise
| 5
| 9.550
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:silver;" | 2
| 9.612
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | World Cup
| rowspan="3" | Glasgow
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:#c96;" | 3
| 9.475
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:silver;" | 2
|  9.450
|
|
|-
| Vault
|   4
| 8.912
|
|
|-
| rowspan="14" | 2005
| rowspan="4" | [[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| rowspan="4" | Melbourne
| All Around
|  4
|  36.936
|  4
|  36.937
|-
| Balance Beam
| 18
|
|
| 8.800
|-
| Floor Exercise
|
|
| 5
| 9.425
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:#c96;" | 3
|  9.575
|  3
|  9.537
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup
| rowspan="2" | Paris
| Floor Exercise
|  7
|  8.225
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:silver;" | 2
| 9.450
|
|
|-
| European Championships
| Debrecen
| All Around
| 24
| 9.175
| 2
| 36.725
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup
| rowspan="2" | Ghent
| Floor Exercise
| 4
| 9.100
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
|  9.600
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup
| rowspan="2" | New York
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:#c96;" | 3
| 9.412
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| 4
| 9.487
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | World Cup
| rowspan="3" | Glasgow
| Balance Beam
| style="background:#cc9966;" |   3
|  9.012
|
|
|-
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:gold;" | 1
|  9.475
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
|  9.687
|
|
|-
| rowspan="12" |2006
| rowspan="5" | [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| rowspan="5" | Aarhus
| All Around
| 8
| 59.450
| 4
| 59.975
|-
| Balance Beam
|
|
| 29
| 14.800
|-
| Floor Exercise
|   4
|  15.425
| 6
|  15.100
|-
| Team
|
|
| 11
|  226.575
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 16.200
| 5
| 15.675
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup
| rowspan="2 " |Glasgow
| Floor Exercise
| 7
| 14.550
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 16.025
|
|
|-
| rowspan="3" | European Championships
| rowspan="3" | Volos
| All Around
| 98
|
|
| 15.850
|-
| Team
| 7
| 162.725
| 7
| 167.225
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 16.050
| 1
| 15.850
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup Final
| rowspan="2" | São Paulo
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:silver;" | 2
| 15.200
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 16.300
|
|
|-
| rowspan="9" | 2007
| rowspan="5" | [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| rowspan="5" | Stuttgart
|  All Around
| 11
| 58.725
| 4
|  60.775
|-
| Balance Beam
|
|
| 25
| 14.925
|-
| Floor Exercise
| 7
| 14.900
| 3
| 15.250
|-
| Team
| 7
| 169.175
| 6
| 233.025
|-
| Uneven Bars
| 4
| 16.125
| 3
|  16.075
|-
| rowspan="2" | World Cup
| rowspan="2" | Glasgow
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 14.550
|
|
|-
| Uneven Bars
| 7
| 14.025
|
|
|-
| rowspan="2" | [[2007 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]
| rowspan="2" | Amsterdam
| All Around
| 82
|
|
|  14.725
|-
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:silver;" | 2
| 15.250
| 5
|  14.725
|-
| rowspan="7" | 2008
| rowspan="3" | [[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
| rowspan="3" | Beijing
| Team
|
|
| 9
| 232.425
|-
| All Around
|
|
| 80
| 30.700
|-
| Uneven Bars
| 4
| 16.625
| 8
| 15.650
|-
| rowspan="4" | [[2008 European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]
| rowspan="4" | Clermont-Ferrand
| All Around
|
|
| 77
| 31.400
|-
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:silver;" | 2
| 15.525
| 2
| 15.475
|-
| Team
| 6
| 174.050
| 5
| 174.050
|-
| Uneven Bars
| 4
| 15.475
| 1
| 15.925
|-
| rowspan="9" | 2009
| rowspan="3" | [[2009 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships|European Championships]]
| rowspan="3" | Milan
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 15.575
| 1
| 15.275
|-
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 15.150
| 1
| 14.975
|-
| rowspan="3" | World Cup
| rowspan="3" | Glasgow
|-
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 15.275
| 1
| 14.850
|-
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 14.900
| 1
| 15.025
|-
| rowspan="3" | [[2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| rowspan="3" | London
|-
| Uneven Bars
|
|
| 16
| 13.850
|-
| Floor Exercise
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 14.650
| 4
| 14.075
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2010
| rowspan="3" | [[2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| rowspan="3" | Rotterdam
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 15.733
| 3
| 15.600
|-
| Team
| 7
| 166.828
| 5
| 224.921
|-
| Floor
|
|
| 17
| 14.000
|-
| rowspan="3" | 2011
| rowspan="3" | [[2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]
| rowspan="3" | Tokyo
| Uneven Bars
|
|
| 13
| 14.433
|-
| Team
| 5
| 169.670
| 8
| 220.553
|-
| Floor
| 7
| 14.500
| 7
| 14.433
|-
| rowspan="2" | 2012
|| World Cup
|| Doha
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:gold;" | 1
| 15.175
| 1
| 15.800
|-
|| [[Gymnastics at the 2012 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]
|| London
| Uneven Bars
| style="background:#c96;" | 3
| 15.916
| 1
| 16.133
|}

==Eponymous skill==
Tweddle has one eponymous skill listed in the [[Code of Points (gymnastics)|Code of Points]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=22 January 2022 |pages=98, 208 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Apparatus  !! Name  !! Description  !! [[Code of Points (gymnastics)#Table of elements|Difficulty]]{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}}
|-
| Uneven bars || Tweddle || Pike sole circle (toe-on), counter straddle reverse hecht with half turn over high bar to catch in mixed L-grip || D (0.4)
|}
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==Artistic recognition==

In 2012 Tweddle was one of five Olympians chosen as part of a series of body-casting artworks by [[Louise Giblin]] exhibited in London and copies being sold in aid of the charity [[Headfirst (charity)|Headfirst]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.louisegiblin.co.uk/ |title=Louise Giblin body cast sculptor |access-date=20 August 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140625122524/http://www.louisegiblin.co.uk/ |archive-date=25 June 2014 |url-status=live}}</ref>

==See also==
* [[List of Olympic female gymnasts for Great Britain]]
* [[List of female artistic gymnasts with the most appearances at Olympic Games]]

==References==
{{Reflist|3}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Elizabeth Tweddle}}
* {{FIG|bio=18290|lic=1471|name=Elizabeth Tweddle}}
* [https://web.archive.org/web/20131124015605/https://www.british-gymnastics.org/gymnast-profiles/163582/elizabeth-tweddle-mbe Elizabeth Tweddle] at [[British Gymnastics]] (archived)
* {{Olympics.com|elizabeth-tweddle|Elizabeth Tweddle}}
* {{Team GB}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{CGF profile}}

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