Hobbies
Surfing, cycling, restoring cars. (bryonypage.wordpress.com, 17 Sep 2017)
Occupation
Athlete
Spoken languages
English
Club
OLGA Poole: England
Coach
Tracy Whittaker-Smith [national]
International senior debut
2011
Injuries
He suffered from a back injury in the lead-up to the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (bournemouthecho.co.uk, 18 Jul 2016)
At age 14 he broke both of his arms and shattered his elbow. He required six months to recover from the injuries. (bournemouthecho.co.uk, 18 Jul 2016)
Start sporting career
He was first introduced to gymnastics at age three and began trampolining at age six at Bournemouth Trampoline Club in Dorset, England.
Reason for taking up the sport
His parents took him to mini gym, a children's gymnastics class, at age three and he was identified as having potential in the sport. He practised both artistic gymnastics and trampolining until age 12 when he chose to focus on trampolining.
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (nathanbailey.co.uk, 09 Apr 2016)
Most memorable sporting achievement
Competing at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (bryonypage.wordpress.com, 17 Sep 2017)
Hero / Idol
Canadian trampoline gymnast Jason Burnett. (Athlete, 05 Aug 2010)
Philosophy / Motto
"Enjoy what you do, and listen to feedback." (bryonypage.wordpress.com, 17 Sep 2017)
Additional information
RETURN TO SYNCHRO
In 2017 he returned to synchronised trampolining with Luke Strong at the World Cup event in Belarus. "It felt so good competing in synchronised trampolining with Luke again, we last competed back in 2013. So it was so nice giving it another go, and a fresh focus trying something we hadn't done in quite some time." (bryonypage.wordpress.com, 17 Sep 2017)
TATTOO
He has a greyscale tattoo of the Olympic rings on the back of his neck. (Instagram profile, 06 Oct 2018)
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