Jordan Ramos (born 18 July 1995 in
Rio de Janeiro
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,
Brazil
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) is a
British
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sprinter, former British Gymnast, five-times British
Tumbling (gymnastics)
Tumbling, sometimes referred to as power tumbling, is a gymnastics discipline in which participants perform a series of acrobatic skills down a long sprung track. Each series, known as a pass, comprises eight elements in which the athlete jump ...
Champion, a European Silver Medallist, a
Guinness World Records
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Breaker for the longest slam dunk from a trampoline. Jordan Ramos also entered into the 2011 edition of the Guinness World Records book, for the farthest basketball slam dunk from a trampoline.
Biography
Family
Jordan is the son of
Brazilian Stuntman "Marcelo The Daredevil" and
Acrobat
Acrobatics () is the performance of human feats of balance, agility, and motor coordination. Acrobatic skills are used in performing arts, sporting events, and martial arts. Extensive use of acrobatic skills are most often performed in acro d ...
and Keep Fit Instructor Anita Grosvenor Ramos. He's the eldest son of the Ramos Family, having 2 younger brothers, gymnast Samuel Ramos and Rio Ramos. Jordan also participates in the family act
The Ramos Acrobats alongside mum Anita, dad Marcelo and brother Samuel.
Sports
Gymnastics
Jordan began training
gymnastics
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and
acrobatics with his dad at the age of 2, and by the time he had reached his 10th birthday he became a British
Tumbling (gymnastics)
Tumbling, sometimes referred to as power tumbling, is a gymnastics discipline in which participants perform a series of acrobatic skills down a long sprung track. Each series, known as a pass, comprises eight elements in which the athlete jump ...
Champion. Jordan has represented Great Britain in 2 World Junior Championships and 1
European Championship. Ranking top six in two of the World
Tumbling (gymnastics)
Tumbling, sometimes referred to as power tumbling, is a gymnastics discipline in which participants perform a series of acrobatic skills down a long sprung track. Each series, known as a pass, comprises eight elements in which the athlete jump ...
Championships and winning a gold medal at the Loule World Cup in Portugal in 2007. He also went on to win a Silver European medal in France in 2010.
Reality TV
Guinness World Record Smashed
Because of his amazing
gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...
ability, in 2008 he was set a challenge by Sky1 to try and beat the
Record for the longest slam dunk ever performed from a trampoline. He rose to the challenge and live on TV at
Pinewood Studio, Jordan at just 13 became the Guinness World Record Breaker. He held onto his Record for 3 Years performing on programs such as
Blue Peter,
China Central Television and also on Italian TV. In 2011 he entered the Guinness Book of Records.
Wife Swap Controversy
On 29 June 2009 Jordan, his mum, dad and brother Samuel appeared on the last series of the British
Reality TV program
Wife Swap on Channel 4.
In the program the swapping mum was not happy because at the time, 13-year-old Jordan and five-year-old Samuel spend over nine hours each week training
trampolining
Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle position to more co ...
and
tumbling (gymnastics)
Tumbling, sometimes referred to as power tumbling, is a gymnastics discipline in which participants perform a series of acrobatic skills down a long sprung track. Each series, known as a pass, comprises eight elements in which the athlete jump ...
. On the rule change, she made the boys stay at home to bake cakes instead of training
gymnastics
Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, s ...
.
References
External links
Jordan Ramos official websiteAcrobats – Jordan is part of The Ramos Acrobats
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Living people
Sportspeople from Liverpool
British male trampolinists
1995 births
Male gymnasts
People from Rio de Janeiro (city)
Brazilian emigrants to the United Kingdom