Terence 'Terry' J Bartlett (born 2 December 1963) is a male retired English gymnast.

Gymnastics career

Bartlett was educated at The Mountbatten School And Language College in

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, Hampshire. At the age of 17, Bartlett moved to the United States, where, after graduating, he was offered a scholarship to

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. He competed for Great Britain at the Olympic Games in 1984, 1988, and 1992, captaining the gymnastics team at the latter event. He represented England and won a

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in the team event, at the

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in Auckland, New Zealand.

Later career

He has since been performing with the Canadian circus troupe Cirque du Soleil. He trained

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for her part in the movie '' Æon Flux'', and is a former boyfriend of Gabby Logan's sister.

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1963 births British male artistic gymnasts Cirque du Soleil performers Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics Commonwealth Games silver medallists for England Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics Living people Medallists at the 1990 Commonwealth Games Olympic gymnasts for Great Britain Penn State Nittany Lions men's gymnasts Pennsylvania State University alumni English male artistic gymnasts {{UK-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub

Gymnastics career

Later career

See also

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