Athlete, Business Owner

English

Southern Canberra Gymnastics Club: Australia

2015

He underwent two surgical procedures at the end of 2016. (canberratimes.com.au, 07 Sep 2022)

He got involved in the sport in 1997 as soon as he could walk. He grew up in Canberra, ACT, Australia, where he trained at the Woden Gymnastics Centre before being selected to train with the Australian Institute of Sport [AIS].

"My mother enrolled me as I was very energetic."

To win gold at the 2024 Olympic Games in Paris. (canberratimes.com.au, 07 Sep 2022)

He trains at the National Centre of Excellence in Canberra, ACT, Australia.

Winning bronze in vault at the 2022 Commonwealth Games in Birmingham, England. (canberratimes.com.au, 07 Sep 2022)

Chinese gymnast and coach Zou Li Min, who died in 2015 while rock fishing in Australia. (gymnastics.org.au, 01 Jan 2016)

Coach Zou Li Min. (the-riotact.com, 18 Jul 2022)

In 2010 he received the Australian Capital Territory [ACT] Sport Star of the Year award for his results at the Australian national championships the same year. (wodenvalley.wordpress.com, 23 Aug 2010)

COACHING EXPERIENCE
In 2016 he gained his Advanced Coaching Accreditation. He served as assistant coach for the Australian Capital Territory [ACT] men's artistic gymnastics team at the 2016 National Championships in Melbourne, VIC, Australia. (gymnastics.com.au, 05 May 2016)

BUSINESS
He runs Bacueti Visuals, a videography and photography services company in Canberra, ACT, Australia. (Instagram profile, 03 Oct 2022; Belubula Endurance Riders Facebook page, 27 Jun 2022)

COACH LOSS
In 2022 he spoke about the influence of his former coach, Zou Li Min, who passed away in 2015. Min coached Bacueti for eight years between age 12 and 20. "In 2015 one of my coaches who was a really big part of my life passed away, so I was dealing with that for a couple of years. He was an incredible part of my life inside and beyond the gym. He was always about dreaming big." (canberratimes.com.au, 07 Sep 2022; the-riotact.com, 18 Jul 2022)