Joanna Sime

Joanna Sime
Born (1962-05-31) 31 May 1962
Sheffield, England
Height5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 United Kingdom
(5 yrs GBR Team)
College teamPenn State University
ClubSteel City
Head coach(es)Judy Markell Avener
Former coach(es)Maxwell Sime, Gregor Weiss
Retired1985
Medal record
Gymnastics
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
1978 Edmonton team

Joanna Sime (born 31 May 1962) is a junior and senior international gymnast who represented Great Britain in the late 1970s.[1]

Competition record

Major championships competed in:

  • World School Games, Orleans, France, 1976. Gold medalist team event, bronze medal on balance beam.
  • Commonwealth Games, Edmonton, Canada. England team silver medalist. 1978 1978 Commonwealth Games
  • World Championships, Strasbourg, France, 1978
  • World Championships, Fort Worth, Texas, US 1979
  • European Championships, Copenhagen, Denmark, 1979

Invitational competitions:

  • Golden Sands Tournament, Varna, Bulgaria 1976,
  • Golden Sands Tournament, Varna, Bulgaria 1978 (bronze medal balance beam)
  • National High School All Around Invitational, Chicago, US, 1978
  • Hungarian Invitational, Pecs, Hungary, 1979
  • Romanian Invitational, Bucharest, Romania, 1980.
  • Moscow News Tournament, Russia, 1981 Riga Tournament, Latvia, 1981

National championships:

  • British National Junior Champion 1976
  • British National Apparatus Champion 1978
  • British Uneven Bar Champion 1978
  • British Floor Champion 1978

Career

Honors: The first unanimous decision in the history of the Tournament; Joanna was voted "Miss Moskovski Novosti" by 250 International journalists as the most charming and beautiful gymnast at the Moscow News Tournament, Russia, 1981.[2]Gymn Forum: 1981 Moscow News Tournament

Awarded the Honor of Master Gymnast by the British Amateur Gymnastics Association for participation in three world-level events.[3]

Sime participated as celebrity sportswomen in children's TV show We are the Champions with Ron Pickering in 1978. We Are the Champions (TV series).

NCAA: Received a full athletic scholarship to the Pennsylvania State University from 1981 to 1985. Received the NCAA Team bronze medal in 1982, coached by Judy Markell Avener. NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship[4]Sime sparkles for lady gymnasts | Archived News | Daily Collegian | psucollegian.com

Professional gymnastics: Took part in the Kurt Thomas's Professional Gymnastics show in Orlando, Florida, 1985. "Gymnastics America".

Biography

Sime was coached by her late father, Max E. Sime, a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, and a well-known psychologist for his innovative work in cognitive ergonomics and human-computer interaction.[5][6] He was funded by the Medical Research Council (UK) and was based at the University of Sheffield, at the Department of Applied Psychology, founded by Harry Kay (psychologist)[7][8][9][10] where he headed a scientific research team and collaborated with computer scientists Thomas R. G. Green[11][12][13][14][15] and Peter B. Warr amongst others, on research into the psychology of programming.[16][17][18][19][20][21] 11508.pdf Designing for human-computer communication: M.E. Sime and M.J. Coombs Academic Press, London, pp 338 + x, £29.00 - ScienceDirect

Max Sime was awarded the title of Master Coach by the British Amateur Gymnastics Association, for producing several international gymnasts for Britain, another being Joanna's sister, Katie Sime. He was also made an Honorary Life Member for his contributions to the Woman's Technical Committee and the Board of Control. The "Max Sime Memorial" is awarded each year at the English National Championships to the most artistic and stylish Gymnast to commemorate his considerable contribution to the sport.[22]

Joanna Sime also trained in Washington, D.C., with Margie and Gregor Weiss, parents to top US figure skater, Michael Weiss and also coaches to several National US Champions, notably Stephanie Willem, Shari Mann and Jackie Casello.

As a result of a Sports Aid Foundation Scholarship, while competing at The European Championships in Copenhagen, Sime arranged with then president of the FIG, Yuri Titov, a training trip to the Soviet Union at the Central Army Club in Moscow, where she worked with reigning world champion, Elena Mukhina and became good friends. There she was coached by Mikhail Klimenko and Victor Razumov and began her studies in Russian, for which she received an honors degree from Pennsylvania State University later in her career.[23]

Penn State Nittany Lions NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship

References

  1. ^ Sime Joanna, "Sports Woman Summer Fashion", Published by Womansports Ltd. Editor: Lyn Guest-de Swarte, 1985 Page 36-37
  2. ^ Butsenin Alexander, Razin Konstantin, "Our Miss prefers Russian", Published by MN Moscow News, Weekly No.14, Sunday April 5, 1981, page 16
  3. ^ "Honorary Awards". Archived from the original on 17 July 2011. Retrieved 10 July 2009.
  4. ^ Martino, Maria (25 January 1983). "Sime sparkles for lady gymnasts". The Daily Collegian. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  5. ^ Designing for Human-Computer Communication – via www.alibris.co.uk.
  6. ^ Teaching machines and programmed instruction. Pelican book. Penguin. 1968.
  7. ^ Sime, M. E.; Kay, H. (1 January 1962). "Inter-problem Interference and Age". Journal of Gerontology. 17 (1): 81–87. doi:10.1093/geronj/17.1.81. ISSN 0022-1422.
  8. ^ Wright, P. L.; Kay, H.; Sime, M. E. (1963). "The establishment of learning sets in rats". Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 56 (1): 200–203. doi:10.1037/h0048385. ISSN 0021-9940. Archived from the original on 10 June 2018.
  9. ^ Wright, P. L.; Kay, H.; Sime, M. E. (1963). "The establishment of learning sets in rats". Journal of Comparative and Physiological Psychology. 56 (1): 200–203. doi:10.1037/h0048385. ISSN 0021-9940.
  10. ^ Kay, Harry; Dodd, Bernard; Sime, M. E. (Max E.) (1968). Teaching machines and programmed instruction. Pelican books. Penguin Books.
  11. ^ Arblaster, A. T. (1 February 1979). "Jumping to some purpose". The Computer Journal. 22 (2): 105–109. doi:10.1093/comjnl/22.2.105. ISSN 0010-4620.
  12. ^ Payne, S. J.; Sime, M. E.; Green, T. R. G. (1 July 1984). "Perceptual structure cueing in a simple command language". International Journal of Man-Machine Studies. 21 (1): 19–29. doi:10.1016/S0020-7373(84)80036-X. ISSN 0020-7373.
  13. ^ Sime, M. E.; Green, T. R. G.; Guest, D. J. (1 August 1999). "Psychological Evaluation of Two Conditional Constructions Used in Computer Languages". International Journal of Human-Computer Studies. 51 (2): 125–133. doi:10.1006/ijhc.1972.0302. ISSN 1071-5819.
  14. ^ "Sage Journals: Discover world-class research". Sage Journals. doi:10.1080/00335557243000021. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  15. ^ "Sage Journals: Discover world-class research". Sage Journals. doi:10.1080/00335557243000012. Retrieved 13 March 2026.
  16. ^ Sime, M. E.; Green, T. R. G.; Guest, D. J. (1 January 1973). "Psychological evaluation of two conditional constructions used in computer languages". International Journal of Man-Machine Studies. 5 (1): 105–113. doi:10.1016/S0020-7373(73)80011-2. ISSN 0020-7373.
  17. ^ Sime, M. E.; Green, T. R. G.; Guest, D. J. (1 January 1977). "Scope marking in computer conditionals—a psychological evaluation". International Journal of Man-Machine Studies. 9 (1): 107–118. doi:10.1016/S0020-7373(77)80045-X. ISSN 0020-7373.
  18. ^ Sime, M. E.; Arblaster, A. T.; Green, T. R. G. (1977-09). "Structuring the programmer's task". Journal of Occupational Psychology. 50 (3): 205–216. doi:10.1111/j.2044-8325.1977.tb00376.x. ISSN 0305-8107. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  19. ^ Kay, H.; Sime, M. E. (1 January 1962). "Discrimination Learning With Old and Young Rats". Journal of Gerontology. 17 (1): 75–80. doi:10.1093/geronj/17.1.75. ISSN 0022-1422.
  20. ^ Sime, M. E.; Arblaster, A. T.; Green, T. R. G. (1 January 1977). "Reducing programming errors in nested conditionals by prescribing a writing procedure". International Journal of Man-Machine Studies. 9 (1): 119–126. doi:10.1016/S0020-7373(77)80046-1. ISSN 0020-7373.
  21. ^ Green, T. R. G.; Sime, M. E.; Fitter, M. J. (1980-09). "The problems the programmer faces". Ergonomics. 23 (9): 893–907. doi:10.1080/00140138008924799. ISSN 0014-0139. {{cite journal}}: Check date values in: |date= (help)
  22. ^ "British Photos2". www.gymnasticsonline.co.uk. Archived from the original on 18 November 2007.
  23. ^ Pearson Simon, "Moscow a Magnet for Jo", Published by The Morning Telegraph, Sheffield, September 14, 1979
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