Joe Fraser
| Joe Fraser | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 6 December 1998 Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Birmingham, England | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | City of Birmingham GC | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Lee Woolls | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Last updated on: 13 October 2019. | |||||||||||||||||||||
Joe Fraser (born 6 December 1998)[1] is an English artistic gymnast. He is the 2019 world champion on the parallel bars, the first British gymnast to ever win gold on the apparatus at the world championships. As a member of the British Senior team since 2017, he has also won Team silver in the European Artistic Gymnastic Championships.
Career
Fraser won the All-Around title at the 2017 British Championships. He also won a gold medal on the high bar, silver medal on rings and bronze medal on parallel bars.[2]
At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Fraser won a silver as part of the team.[3]
In March 2019, Fraser won a silver medal on the high bar and bronze medal on parallel bars at the British Championships. At the 2019 European Championships, Fraser narrowly missed out on a bronze medal by 0.033 marks in the all-around final.[4]
In October 2019, Fraser won gold at the Gymnastics World Championships for his performance on the parallel bars with a score 15.000. He was the youngest competitor on the apparatus and his win was Great Britain's first gold medal on the apparatus.[5]
External links
- Joe Fraser at British Gymnastics
- Joe Fraser at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Joe Fraser on Twitter
- Joe Fraser on Instagram
- Joe Fraser on Facebook
References
- ^ "Joe Fraser". British Gymnastics.
- ^ "Joe Fraser and Ellie Downie take 2017 British all-around titles". British Gymnastics. 25 March 2017.
- ^ "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
- ^ "Joe Fraser 4th and James Hall 7th in European all-around final". British Gymnastics. 12 April 2019.
- ^ "World Gymnastics Championships: Joe Fraser wins Britain's first parallel bars gold". BBC Sport. 13 October 2019.
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