Hobbies
Supporting English football club Wolverhampton Wanderers. (sports-insight.co.uk, 27 Apr 2015)
Occupation
Athlete, Personal Trainer
Spoken languages
English
Club
Earls Gymnastics Club [Halesowen, ENG]
Coach
Andrei Popov [personal]; Michelle Bradley [personal]; Eddie van Hoof [national], GBR (british-gymnastics.org, 16 May 2016)
International senior debut
2006 for England, Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia (british-gymnastics.org, 30 Mar 2014)
Injuries
A fractured tibia in March 2013 ruled him out of the 2013 European Championships in Moscow, Russian Federation. (shropshirestar.com, 07 Oct 2013; wv11.co.uk, 07 Oct 2013)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age five when his mother took him to a recreational gymnastics session at Earls Gymnastics Club. (kristianthomas.co.uk, 13 Aug 2012)
Reason for taking up the sport
He was clumsy as a child and his family thought gymnastics would aid his co-ordination. (thetimes.co.uk, 27 Jul 2012)
Trainings
He trains for 30 hours per week, six hours per day at the British gymnastics national centre in Mildenhall. (sports-insight.co.uk, 27 Apr 2015)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Winning a bronze medal in the team competition at the 2012 Olympic Games in London. (metro.co.uk, 09 Oct 2013)
Rituals
He always puts his right hand guards on before his left. (thetimes.co.uk, 27 Jul 2012)
Philosophy / Motto
"I'm in it for the thrill." (BBC, 15 Sep 2011)
Additional information
General
NATIONAL FIRST
He won Britain's first medal in the vault discipline at the world championships, when he claimed the bronze medal at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium. (dailystar.co.uk, 07 Oct 2013; shropshirestar.com, 07 Oct 2013)
BREAKING THE DROUGHT
He was a member of the British men's team that won a bronze medal in the team all-around at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, which was the first Olympic medal for Great Britain in men's gymnastics since 1912. (bbc.co.uk, 31 Jul 2012)
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