Kristian Thomas
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Kristian James Thomas (born 14 February 1989 in Wolverhampton) is a British former artistic gymnast. A long-standing member of both the England and Great Britain men's teams, he was a member of the British team that won gold in the 2012 European Championships team event, and a historic bronze in the same event at the 2012 Summer Olympics. He won his first global individual medal in the 2013 World Championships, a bronze in vault; it was also the first global medal ever won in vault by a British male gymnast. In 2015 he won his first major international title, gold in the floor exercise at the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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Full name | Kristian James Thomas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Great Britain England | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | (1989-02-14) 14 February 1989 (age 35) Wolverhampton, Staffordshire, United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 180 cm (5 ft 11 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2006–2017 (GBR) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Earls Gymnastics Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Michelle Bradley, Andrei Popov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas was coached by Michelle Bradley and Alexei Popov, and is a member of the Earls gymnastics club.[2] He was born in Wolverhampton.
On 19 October 2017 Kristian announced his retirement from gymnastics.[citation needed]