Elizabeth "Beth" Tweddle is regarded as a pioneer of British gymnastics in the early 2000's, helping England become consistently competitive on a global scale. Renowned for her daring and innovative uneven bar and floor routines, Tweddle is recognized as the first female gymnast from Great Britain to win a medal at the European, World and Olympic Games.

Beth Tweddle was born on April 1, 1985, in Johannesburg, South Africa, and moved with her family to Bunbury, Chesire, England, when she was 18 months old. After trying several different sports, Tweddle began competing in gymnastics at the age of seven at Crewe and Nantwich Gymnastics Club. In 1997, she moved to begin training at the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club.

Tweddle made her first of three Olympic teams as she competed at the 2004 Olympics in Athens, where the British team placed eleventh. Two years later in Aarhus, Denmark, Tweddle was victorious on the uneven bars and she became Britain's first ever gold medal winning gymnast at a World Championships.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China, she contributed to the British team's ninth-place finish. In the uneven bars final, she placed fourth, just missing out on the medals. Tweddle said, "I don't see myself quitting now, although I will have some time off. Now I'll have to leave it to London in 2012 to get a medal." After Beijing, her international success continued and she won the 2009 World Championships on floor exercise, and the 2010 World title on her specialty, the uneven bars. That same year, Tweddle was appointed a Member of the British Empire (MBE). She said, "It's been totally surreal to get a MBE. I train to win gymnastics medals but away from gymnastics the MBE is a massive honour."

Beth Tweddle was always known for pushing the boundaries of gymnastics. One of her key innovations was a complex bar routine that included high-difficulty elements such as the "Tweddle" – a difficult skill on the uneven bars, which was named after her. Tweddle performed her eponymous skill on the uneven bars at the 2012 Olympics in London, dazzling the crowd in the O2 arena to earn the bronze medal.

Beth Tweddle retired from competitive gymnastics after the 2013 season with one Olympic medal, five World Championship medals, three gold, and 11 European Championship medals, six gold, and transitioned to a career in media and sports commentary, and remains a popular figure in the British sports world.

She opened her own Beth Tweddle gymnastics clubs, and academies, and then in 2023, she merged with Gymfinity Kids which, as of today, has eleven centers in England that offer a fun, positive learning environment for children to experience the benefits of gymnastics.

Beth Tweddle is known for her guts, resilience, consistency, and groundbreaking performances and she continues her legacy in the sport by "paying it forward" to the next generation and today she joins the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame as an inductee in the Class of 2025.