Dominick Cunningham

Dominick Cunningham
Full name Dominick Adam Cunningham
Born (1995-05-09) May 9, 1995
Birmingham, England
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior Elite
Years on national team 2013–present
Club City of Birmingham GC
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
European Championships
2018 GlasgowFloor Exercise
2018 GlasgowTeam
Representing  England
Commonwealth Games
2018 Gold CoastTeam
2018 Gold CoastVault

Dominick Adam Cunningham (born May 9, 1995) is a British artistic gymnast. He won a team gold at the 2014 Commonwealth Games, and the Individual Floor Gold at the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow.

He attended Bishop Challoner Catholic College in Birmingham until 2013.

Career

Cunningham had success at the junior level at the 2013 Australian Youth Olympic Festival and the 2011 European Youth Olympic Festival.[1]

Cunningham was a member of the British team for the 2017 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Cluj-Napoca, Romania in April 2017, advancing to the floor exercise and vault event finals.[2]

2018

At the 2018 Commonwealth Games held in Gold Coast, Australia, Cunningham was part of the team that won gold on the men's all-around event.[3] Although he finished third in the all-around team event behind Nile Wilson and James Hall, he did not qualify for the individual all-around as only two competitors from each country may qualify.[4] He won a bronze on the vault.[5]

At the 2018 European Championships in Glasgow, Cunningham won gold in the floor exercise.[6] He also won a silver as part of the team.[7]

References

  1. ↑ "Dominick Cunningham Gymnast Profile". British Gymnastics.
  2. ↑ "GB men qualify for six finals on first day of 2017 European Championships".
  3. ↑ Broadbent, Rick (5 April 2018). "England win three gold medals in seven minutes at the Commonwealth Games". The Times.
  4. ↑ "Commonwealth Games: England win gold in men's team final". BBC Sport. 5 April 2018.
  5. ↑ "Australia's Remkes wins gold despite Tulloch brilliance". BBC Sport. 9 April 2018.
  6. ↑ "European Championships 2018: Dominick Cunningham wins gold as Max Whitlock misses out". BBC Sport. 12 August 2018.
  7. ↑ "High bar falls cost British gymnasts as Russia takes European team gold". ESPN. 11 August 2018.
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