Mark Fyson
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| Born | 21 August 1981[1] Orpington, England[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.69 m (5 ft 7 in)[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Acrobatic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  Great Britain | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Spelthorne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Spelthorne[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2009[2] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Mark Fyson (born 21 August 1981)[2] is a British former acrobatic gymnast.
Fyson won the bronze medal in the men's pairs discipline at the World Games in 2005, and a further bronze at the European Acrobatic Gymmnastics Championships, both in partnership with Chris Jones.
Fyson later partnered Edward Upcott to win bronze in the 2008 world championships men's pairs discipline in Glasgow. He retired in 2009.[2]
He studied at Durham University.[3]
References
[edit]- 1 2 3 4 5 Mark Fyson at World Gymnastics
- 1 2 3 "2010 Wroclaw ACRO World Championships : News". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. 8 June 2010. Retrieved 26 September 2012.
After the retirement of his partner Mark Fyson in 2009, 18-year-old British acrobatic gymnast Edward Upcott teamed up with Douglas Fordyce (20) to build the country's new number one Men's Pair.
{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: deprecated archival service (link) - ↑ "College sport". Palatinate. No. 658. 7 October 2004. p. 29. Retrieved 8 December 2023.
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