Daniel Purvis
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| Full name | Daniel Scott Purvis | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Dan | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 13, 1990 Liverpool | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Southport | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's Artistic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Southport YMCA | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Jeff Brookes & Andrei Popov | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Daniel Scott Purvis (born 13 November 1990 in Liverpool, England) is an international elite gymnast from the UK from Crosby, Liverpool, and 2-time British all-around champion in Men's Artistic Gymnastics. He trains at Southport YMCA and is coached by Jeff Brookes and Andrei Popov.
Junior Career
During his time as a Junior he came 4th in the team for Great Britain at the Junior European Championships in Greece in 2006. Two years later in Lausanne he helped the British team win the Gold medal, and individually won the All-Around silver at the Junior European Championships again. [1]
Senior career
In 2010, Dan became the British Men's All Around champion with Samuel Hunter. In the same year, Purvis attended the European Gymnastics Championships in Birmingham, UK, and won a silver medal as part of the British team, and a bronze medal on floor. At the World Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, he won another bronze medal on floor.[2] In 2011, he once again won the All-Around title in the British Championships. He obtained a bronze medal in the all-around competition at the European Gymnastics Championships in Berlin, Germany; and won the 2011 FIG World Cup Event in Glasgow, beating Philipp Boy who later pipped him to 4th place at the World Championships in Tokyo[3] At the World Championships In October, Great Britain's Mens team hoped to qualify to the 2012 Summer Olympics but had a surprisingly awful time in the Preliminary rounds. Despite his teammates making several costly mistakes and falls, Dan was a steady rock for the team performing consistently in every event, qualifying for the all-around finals. [4] Purvis came fourth in the All-Around competition, missing out on a medal by 0.323 marks.[5]
References
- ^ http://www.british-gymnastics.org/site/index.php?option=com_docman&task=doc_download&gid=2730&Itemid=27 British Gymnastics Media Guide for 2011 Worlds
- ^ "Daniel Purvis takes bronze at the World Gymnastics Championships". Southport Visiter. 29 October 2010. Retrieved 4 December 2010.
- ^ Glasgow 2011 Results FIG ART World Cup 2011, Glasgow (GBR) 2011 Apr 14-17, Artistic Gymnastics Results, Men and Women
- ^ http://news.bbc.co.uk/sport1/hi/gymnastics/15236835.stm BBC Sport - British men fail to qualify for London 2012
- ^ "Daniel Purvis narrowly misses out on world gymnastics medal". The Guardian. 14 October 2011. Retrieved 14 October 2011.
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