Occupation
Athlete, Coach
Education
Biochemistry - Oxford University: England
Family
Partner Jenna
Spoken languages
English
Club
Andover Gymnastics Club: England
Coach
Paddy Lavelle [personal]
Sporting relatives
His partner Jenna Barrett represented Great Britain in trampolining at the 2014 European Junior Championships in Guimaraes, Portugal. She has also worked as coach at Andover Gymnastics Club in England. (SportsDeskOnline, 07 Nov 2022; Jenna Barrett Facebook profile, 05 Nov 2022; andoveradvertiser.co.uk, 07 May 2014)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age four, and started tumbling at age 10 in Gloucester, England.
Reason for taking up the sport
"My mum used to take my sister Annelies to a tumbling class in Gloucester. I was four at the time and she [Annelies] was two years older than me. I'd be sat on the side but I had so much energy that I'd be rolling around all the time. They let me have a go and I found out I really liked it even though not many boys did it. It was a way to release all that extra energy. I have a huge love for the entire sport of trampolining and tumbling, but loved the adrenaline rush of hurtling at top speeds that tumbling offers the most."
Milestones
He became the first male gymnast representing Great Britain to win an individual tumbling world title by claiming gold at the 2013 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria. (SportsDeskOnline, 04 Oct 2018; bioch.ox.ac.uk, 25 Nov 2013)
Hero / Idol
British heptathlete Jessica Ennis-Hill, Russian tumbling gymnast Alexei Kryzhanovskiy. (sportsaid.org.uk, 06 Sep 2014)
Awards
In 2013 he received the Senior Sportsmen Award from the Basingstoke Voluntary Sports Council in England. (hugofox.com, 18 Jan 2019)
Additional information
COACHING
He works part-time as a gymnastics coach for juniors at Andover Gymnastics Club in England. (Andover Gymnastics Club Facebook page, 17 May 2023; Facebook profile, 05 Oct 2022; Instagram profile, 03 Oct 2022)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He serves as a board member of the Gymnasts' Representative Group [double mini trampoline and tumbling] with British Gymnastics. He has also served as a national talent development officer at British Gymnastics. (British Gymnastics, 01 May 2023; british-gymnastics.org, 01 Jan 2023; LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2022)
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