Avril Lennox

{{Short description|British gymnast (born 1956)}} {{Use dmy dates|date=August 2019}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Avril Lennox | full_name = | image = | caption = | nationality = British | sport = Gymnastics | birth_date = {{birth date and age|1956|4|26|df=yes}} | birth_place = Leicester, England | death_date = | death_place = }}

'''Avril Lennox''' (born 26 April 1956) is a British gymnast. She competed at the 1972 Summer Olympics and the 1976 Summer Olympics.<ref name="SportsRef">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/avril-lennox-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015521/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/le/avril-lennox-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=18 April 2020 |title=Avril Lennox Olympic Results |accessdate=7 August 2019}}</ref>

==Early life== She lived on Curzon Avenue in Birstall. She attended Stonehill High School until the age of 14, then Longslade Community College.<ref>''Leicester Chronicle'' Friday 18 August 1972, page 11</ref> She studied Textile Design at Leicester Polytechnic, and trained in the gym at Charles Keene College.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Saturday 28 June 1975, page 22</ref>

==Career== She had an ankle injury in 1977 and had to leave gymnastics. Gymnastics was introduced into the Commonwealth Games in 1978.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Friday 11 April 1980, page 53</ref>

==Personal life== She gave birth to a son in July 1985 at Leicester General Hospital.<ref>''Leicester Mercury'' Wednesday 24 July 1985, page 5</ref>

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