Daniel Keatings
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Daniel Ryan Keatings is a British
artistic gymnast. He trains at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club under coach, Paul Hall alongside teammate Louis Smith
.
Keatings has represented Scotland as the 2006 Commonwealth Games
and Great Britain at both the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
, 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
, 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
and the 2008 Summer Olympics
In April 2009, Keatings won the All-Around Silver Medal in the European Gymnastics Championships in Milan. He also won the Bronze Medal in the Pommel Horse final. In 2009 Keatings became an official ambassador for premium sports nutrition brand Maximuscle.
On 15 October 2009, Daniel made history when he became the first British gymnast to win a medal in the All-Around event at the Artistic World Championships. The event, which was held at the O2 Arena in London, saw Keatings rise to the occasion and record a score of 88.925 taking the silver medal in front of the home crowd.
On 25 April 2010, Daniel made history again when he won Great Britain's first ever Senior European Championship Gold medal on the pommel horse the day after he helped Great Britain to win a historic silver medal in the team competition (their previous highest finish was 9th in 2008).
Returning from a injury, he made a comeback at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
in Tokyo. He did not have a good competition in the preliminary rounds, including a fall off the Pommel Horse and a particularly nasty fall on high bar. He was not the only one of the British men's team to falter, and the team did not qualify through to the team final, finishing in 10th place and Keatings failed to qualify through to any of the individual event finals.
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artistic gymnast. He trains at the Huntingdon Olympic Gymnastics Club under coach, Paul Hall alongside teammate Louis Smith
Louis Smith (gymnast)
Louis Antoine Smith is an English artistic gymnast from Eye near Peterborough. He is a member of the Huntingdon Gymnastics club, training alongside teammate Daniel Keatings under coach, Paul Hall....
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Keatings has represented Scotland as the 2006 Commonwealth Games
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games were held in Melbourne, Victoria, Australia between 15 March and 26 March 2006. It was the largest sporting event to be staged in Melbourne, eclipsing the 1956 Summer Olympics in terms of the number of teams competing, athletes competing, and events being held.The site...
and Great Britain at both the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle in Stuttgart, Germany, from 1 to 9 September 2007.Oldest and youngest competitors- Men :- Women :- Finals :- Qualifications :- Floor :...
, 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 arena in London, United Kingdom, on 12 October to 18 October 2009. Similar to the World Championships in 2005, there were no team competitions...
, 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan, from October 7–16, 2011 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.Due to uncertainty over the nuclear situation following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the International Federation of Gymnastics revealed it was...
and the 2008 Summer Olympics
2008 Summer Olympics
The 2008 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIX Olympiad, was a major international multi-sport event that took place in Beijing, China, from August 8 to August 24, 2008. A total of 11,028 athletes from 204 National Olympic Committees competed in 28 sports and 302 events...
In April 2009, Keatings won the All-Around Silver Medal in the European Gymnastics Championships in Milan. He also won the Bronze Medal in the Pommel Horse final. In 2009 Keatings became an official ambassador for premium sports nutrition brand Maximuscle.
On 15 October 2009, Daniel made history when he became the first British gymnast to win a medal in the All-Around event at the Artistic World Championships. The event, which was held at the O2 Arena in London, saw Keatings rise to the occasion and record a score of 88.925 taking the silver medal in front of the home crowd.
On 25 April 2010, Daniel made history again when he won Great Britain's first ever Senior European Championship Gold medal on the pommel horse the day after he helped Great Britain to win a historic silver medal in the team competition (their previous highest finish was 9th in 2008).
Returning from a injury, he made a comeback at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held in Tokyo, Japan, from October 7–16, 2011 at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium.Due to uncertainty over the nuclear situation following the 2011 Tōhoku earthquake and tsunami, the International Federation of Gymnastics revealed it was...
in Tokyo. He did not have a good competition in the preliminary rounds, including a fall off the Pommel Horse and a particularly nasty fall on high bar. He was not the only one of the British men's team to falter, and the team did not qualify through to the team final, finishing in 10th place and Keatings failed to qualify through to any of the individual event finals.