1. Louis Smith b. 1989

   Louis Smith began gymnastics aged four and is the first British gymnast to win an individual Olympic medal for one hundred years.

   Specialising in the pommel horse, he has since won medals at the World Championships (2010) and in the World Cup Series (2010 and 2011). Smith started working with Head Coach Paul Hall at Huntingdon Gymnastics Club in 1996. Hall has coached the national team for over ten years and the Olympic squad for the last four years, nurturing some of the most successful gymnasts in British history, including Daniel Keatings and Luke Folwell.

   ‘Louis has been coming here since he was six. He didn’t really stand out until he was thirteen. It’s his mental attitude not just talent and hard work.’ Paul Hall, Head Coach, Huntingdon Gym

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