Brinn Bevan
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| Country represented |  Great Britain England | |||||||||||||||||
| Born | 16 June 1997 Southend-on-Sea, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Benfleet, Essex, England | |||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior international elite | |||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Essex Gymnastics Club | |||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Scott Hann | |||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brinn John Bevan (born 16 June 1997 in Southend-on-Sea)[1] is a British artistic gymnast. He was part of the first men's team to win a team medal at a World Gymnastics Championships for Great Britain in Glasgow on 28 October 2015. He was part of the British team to compete in the Rio de Janeiro Olympics 2016.
Junior career
In 2012, Brinn was part of the gold winning team at the 2012 European Gymnastics Championships in Montpelier.
In 2014, he was again chosen for the junior team at the European Gymnastics Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria, where, besides helping to secure another gold for the British team, individually won silver medals on parallel bars and still rings, and bronze in the all-around behind his teammate Nile Wilson who won gold and Valentin Starikov of Russia.
Senior career
In 2015, Brinn made his senior debut for the international squad competing at the European Games in Baku where he won a bronze medal on the pommel horse.
Later that year he was chosen to compete at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Glasgow, Scotland where he helped the team qualify for the 2016 Olympic Games. The team went on to win silver in the team finals, which was Britain's first team medal for the men (the women's team had made history by winning Britain's first ever team medal when they secured the bronze the previous evening).[2] On 21 November Bevan was training on vault and after an odd landing he broke his fibula and tibia on his left leg and had to undergo surgery and months of physical therapy.[3]
On 12 July 2016 he was selected for the 2016 British Olympic team along with Louis Smith, Nile Wilson, Kristian Thomas and Max Whitlock.
References
- ^ "Brinn Bevan profile". British gymnastics. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Results: 2015 World Championships Men's Team Finals". Gymnastike. Retrieved 28 October 2015.
- ^ "Gymnast Brinn Bevan breaks leg to put Rio 2016 hopes in doubt". BBC. 24 November 2015. Retrieved 1 August 2016.