[4] Pinches started training at the City of Liverpool Gymnastics Club in 2006 after her family moved to the North-West of England.

[3] Pinches was a member of the British national squad throughout her elite career, competing in the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 2010 and 2011 and the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Following the Olympics, Pinches announced her retirement from elite gymnastics and completed her A level examinations at the King's School, Macclesfield.

In September 2013, after a 13-month break from training, she began attending the University of California, Los Angeles and competed for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team in the NCAA.

[12] In October, Pinches competed for Great Britain at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands.

[14] At the beginning of April, Pinches competed at the 2011 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Berlin, Germany.

[15] In July, Pinches competed at the British Championships in Liverpool, placing third in the all-around competition with a score of 52.850.

[27] At the end of July, Pinches competed for Great Britain at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom.

[1] The former British national team member Lisa Mason proposed that the statement be labelled with the hashtag #GymnastAlliance.

[36][37] “We support all survivors of abuse and condemn the culture that didn’t put athlete health and wellbeing first, and allowed Nassar to act,” it said.

Success built on trust, science and communication, not control and fearful obedience, even through pain.” Over subsequent weeks and months, current and former gymnasts in countries including Australia, Belgium, the Netherlands, the UK and the US posted statements on social media under the #gymnastalliance hashtag detailing their own experiences of mistreatment by coaches.

[39] Its interim report, published on 8 February 2021, stated that evidence had been received from nearly four hundred individuals, including 126 current and former gymnasts.

[41] On 21 June 2021, Pinches announced that she had married her long-term boyfriend, James McIlveen, after their wedding had been delayed due to COVID-19.