Occupation
Athlete
Education
Biochemistry - Oxford University, England
Spoken languages
English
Club
Andover Gymnastics Club [England]
Coach
Paddy Lavelle [personal]
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 British male gymnast to win an individual tumbling world title when he claimed 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 Kryjanovsky. (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
OTHER ACTIVITIES
He has served as a national talent development officer at British Gymnastics. (LinkedIn profile, 01 Jan 2020)
Last update : 2021-11-04
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