Occupation
Athlete
Education
Computer Science - University of Nebraska: United States
Spoken languages
English
Club
Laval Excellence: Canada
Coach
Adrian Balan [club]; Ed Van Hoof [national]
Sporting relatives
His brother Colin has competed in artistic gymnastics at national level in Canada. (huskers.com, 01 Jan 2020; cg2019.gems.pro, 01 Jan 2019; Gymnastics Ontario Facebook page, 28 May 2016)
Injuries
In 2017 he began experiencing pain in his right wrist, which then required surgery the following year. "I started getting pain in my wrist, and apparently my ulnar [bone] was longer than my radius [bone], so I had to get that shortened." (CityNews YouTube channel, 17 Sep 2018; Instagram profile, 30 May 2018)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics at age six.
Reason for taking up the sport
"Originally I was in judo, and my mum put me in gymnastics to be stronger for judo, but I ended up liking gymnastics more than judo."
Hero / Idol
Japanese artistic gymnast Kohei Uchimura. (cg2019.gems.pro, 01 Jan 2019)
Last update : 2024-07-22