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. (sportsaid.org.uk, 06 Sep 2014; bioch.ox.ac.uk, 25 Nov 2013)
Reason for taking up the sport
"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." (british-gymnastics.org, 08 Sep 2015)
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
General
COACHING
He works as a junior level coach at Andover Gymnastics Club in England. (Facebook profile, 05 Oct 2022; Instagram profile, 03 Oct 2022)
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a national talent development officer at British Gymnastics. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2021)
Last update : 2022-11-07
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