Jennifer Pinches

Jennifer Pinches
Full nameJennifer Elizabeth Mary Pinches
Nickname(s)Jenni
Born (1994-05-25) 25 May 1994
Royal Tunbridge Wells, Kent, United Kingdom
Height1.6 m (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
 United Kingdom
College teamUniversity of California, Los Angeles
ClubCity of Liverpool
Head coach(es)Valorie Kondos-Field
Former coach(es)Amanda Reddin, Claire Duffy
MusicPaint It Black
Retired2015

Jennifer McIlveen (née Pinches) (born 25 May 1994) is a retired artistic gymnast who competed for Great Britain in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and subsequently for the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team in the NCAA. In 2020, Pinches emerged as a prominent figure in the campaign against abusive coaching practices in gymnastics. becoming a co-founder of the charity Gymnasts for Change with athlete rights advocate, Claire Heafford.