ESSEX-BORN Alice Kinsella has won a bronze medal at the Olympic Games.

The 20-year-old, the daughter of Colchester United legend Mark and granddaughter of U’s stalwart and former vice-chairman and director John Schultz, was part of the Team GB women’s artistic team that took third place in Tokyo.

Along with Amelie Morgan and the Gadirova twins, Jennifer and Jessica, the quartet looked out of contention at the halfway stage but fought their way back to claim Great Britain's first women's gymnastics team medal for 93 years.

Britain's women last won a medal in the Olympic team gymnastics event at the 1928 Games in the Netherlands.

Kinsella and Co eventually amassed 164.096 points.

The Russian Olympic Committee team won gold, with silver going to the United States.

A strong competitor across all apparatus as showcased by her top-12 finish at the 2019 World Championships, Kinsella is the most experienced gymnast in the women’s team.

Her greatest success has come on the beam, though, winning European gold in 2019 - a triumph Kinsella insists has only made her more determined to make her mark on the global stage.

Basildon-born gymnast Kinsella's brother is Walsall footballer Liam Kinsella.