Rio 2016: The North East Olympians
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
The 2016 Olympic Games in Rio
"These past three weeks have been incredible... Thank you to everyone who has made this Olympics so special & I couldn't have asked to spend the last few months with better people.... Rio you've been great"
It's an incredible sixth Games for one of Great Britain's most successful Paralympians, and one of our region's true sporting heroes.
The 16-year-old became the second woman in British History to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics.
Team GB's youngest athlete, Amy Tinkler, produced the "routine of her life" to win a medal at the Rio Games, her proud coach has said.