Rhian Pugh (born 16 April 1989) is a British gymnast. Born in Wales, she is also a member of the Welsh National Squad and part of British Gymnastics World Class Potential Programme.
Pugh became British Junior Bar Champion for 2003 and was selected for the Great Britain Junior National Squad from 2003 to 2004. First competing for Great Britain in Canada in March 2003 where she achieved silver on bars & team silver in the Jurassic Classic plus silver on beam at the Bluewater International.
In 2004, Rhian became champion on
asymmetric bars
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and
balance beam at the Junior British National Championships. She also won gold on the bars at the European Junior Championships with a routine described as "uniquely original" by the judges.
She later joined the senior squad representing
Wales
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at the
2006 Commonwealth Games
The 2006 Commonwealth Games, officially the XVIII Commonwealth Games and commonly known as Melbourne 2006 (Boonwurrung/Woiwurrung: ''Narrm 2006'' or ''Naarm 2006''), was an international multi-sport event for members of the Commonwealth held ...
.
Pugh says Russian gymnast,
Svetlana Khorkina is her favourite gymnast. She said "''I'd love, like Khorkina has, to develop my own style & progress to the level where I could include some unique elements of my own''".
References
The British Gym Net
External links
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1989 births
Living people
British female artistic gymnasts
Gymnasts at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Commonwealth Games competitors for Wales
21st-century British women
Welsh female artistic gymnasts
Sportspeople from Newport, Wales
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