Louis Smith

Artistic Gymnastics

Individual Competition, Pommel Horse

Date of Birth: 22/04/1989
Lives: Peterborough
Born: Peterborough
Country of Birth: England
Height: 179
Weight: 76
Club: Huntingdon Gymnastics Club
Coach: Paul Hall
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Section heading - Biography

At the Beijing 2008 Olympic Games Louis Smith won a bronze medal in the men’s pommel horse, becoming the first Briton to win an Olympic medal in individual gymnastics since Walter Tysall in 1908.

Smith began gymnastics aged four and quickly progressed at the sport and particularly on the pommel horse, which has become his most successful event.

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Commonwealth Games Champion, Pommel Horse, 2006

Two-time Junior European Champion on Pommel Horse (2004, 2006)

2006 British Champion, Pommel Horse

Bronze Medal Glasgow Grand Prix, 2005, Pommel Horse.

2006, World Cup Final, Brazil, 5th Pommel Horse.

2007, 2nd, Pommel Horse, World Cup, Ghent.

2007, 4th,Pommel Horse, European Championships and World Cup events         (Paris and Moscow)

2007, World Championships (Stuttgart), Bronze, Pommel Horse

2008, Silver, Moscow World Cup Event

2008, Bronze, Beijing Olympic Games, Pommel Horse

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