{{Short description|British trampoline gymnast (born 1998)}} {{Infobox sportsperson | name = Kim Beattie | birth_date = {{birth year and age|1998}} | birth_place = Aberdeen, Scotland, United Kingdom | death_date = | death_place = | alma_mater = University of Aberdeen | sport = Trampolining }}
'''Kim Beattie''' (born 1998) is a British athlete who competes in trampoline gymnastics.<ref>{{Cite web |title=BEATTIE Kim - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=41728&type=licence |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.gymnastics.sport}}</ref>
== Personal life == Beattie is from the town of Banchory in Aberdeenshire.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-08 |title=Banchory's Kim Beattie raring to make 'nostalgic' return to Trampoline, Tumbling and DMT World Championships |url=https://www.pressandjournal.co.uk/fp/sport/other/5001340/banchorys-kim-beattie-raring-to-make-nostalgic-return-to-trampoline-tumbling-and-dmt-world-championships/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Press and Journal |language=en-GB}}</ref> Beattie studied Electrical and Electronic Engineering at the University of Aberdeen.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2017-11-15 |title=Kim's on a high after trampoline World Championship success |url=https://www.abdn.ac.uk/news/11319/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.abdn.ac.uk |language=en-GB}}</ref> She works as a control systems engineer.<ref>{{Cite web |title=Engineering success: Kim Beattie talks juggling World Championship training with her career as an engineer |url=https://www.british-gymnastics.org/articles/engineering-success-kim-beattie-talks-juggling-world-championship-training-with-her-career-as-an-engineer |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=www.british-gymnastics.org |language=en}}</ref> She is a member of the Banchory Trampoline & DMT Club.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Parsons |first=Jack |date=2026-02-19 |title='Honoured and humbled': Aberdeenshire gymnastics duo land prestigious prizes |url=https://www.dailyrecord.co.uk/sport/other-sports/honoured-humbled-aberdeenshire-gymnastics-duo-36750062 |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Daily Record |language=en}}</ref>
In 2023, Beattie competed at the DMT World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2022-11-15 |title=Leap of faith: Kim Beattie ready for DMT World Championships |url=https://www.thenational.scot/sport/23124767.susan-egelstaff-kim-beattie-ready-dmt-world-championships/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=The National |language=en}}</ref> In the 2025 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships in Pamplona, she won a silver team medal in double mini-trampoline alongside Molly McKenna, Kirsty Way and Emily Lock.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Meiklem |date=2025-11-10 |title=Double Mini-Trampoline {{!}} Silver success in DMT for Great Britain at the 2025 Trampoline World Championships |url=https://www.scottishgymnastics.org/double-mini-trampoline-silver-success-in-dmt-for-great-britain-at-the-2025-trampoline-world-championships/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Scottish Gymnastics |language=en|first=Amy}}</ref> In February 2026, she was awarded MT Athlete of the Year.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2026-02-19 |title=Kim Beattie and Melanie Stewart-Wills land DMT awards |url=https://www.freepressseries.co.uk/news/25869737.kim-beattie-melanie-stewart-wills-land-dmt-awards/ |access-date=2026-04-27 |website=Free Press Series |language=en}}</ref>
== Awards == {| class="wikitable center col2izq" style="text-align:center;width:445px;" ! colspan="4" |World Championship |- !Year !Place !Medal !Event |- |<bdi>2017</bdi> |Sofia (Bulgaria) |{{Silver medal}} |Double Mini Team |- |<bdi>2019</bdi> |Tokyo (Japan) |{{Silver medal}} |Double Mini Team |- |<bdi>2022</bdi> |Sofia (Bulgaria) |{{Bronze medal}} |Double Mini Team |- |<bdi>2025</bdi> |Pamplona (Spain) |{{Silver medal}} |Double Mini Team |- ! colspan="4" |European Championship |- !Year !Place !Medal !Type |- |<bdi>2022</bdi> |Rimini (Italy) |{{Gold medal}} |Double Mini Team |}
== References == {{Reflist}}
{{DEFAULTSORT:Beattie, Kim}} Category:1998 births Category:Living people Category:Sportspeople from Aberdeen Category:Scottish gymnasts Category:Scottish female artistic gymnasts Category:British female trampolinists Category:Alumni of the University of Aberdeen Category:Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Category:European Trampoline Championships medalists Category:21st-century British sportswomen Category:21st-century Scottish sportswomen
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