Carl Beynon
British gymnast (born 1964)
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Carl Richard Beynon (born 1964) is a former Welsh gymnast and British Olympian. He represented the United Kingdom at the European Championships, the World Championships and the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.[1][2]
30 June 1964
represented
Great Britain| Carl Benyon | |
|---|---|
| Born | Carl Richard Benyon 30 June 1964 |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics |
| Country represented | Great Britain |
Biography
Beynon was born in Gwent, Wales on 30 June 1964,[2] the son of Mr & Mrs. Colin Beynon.[3] He attended Olchfa Comprehensive School in Swansea.[2]
In 1982, aged 17, he represented Great Britain at the 3rd European Junior Championships in Ankara, Turkey.[4] However, Beynon only managed a 32nd place finish.[5]
Beynon represented Britain at the 1984 Summer Olympics where he competed in eight events.[6]
For much of the 1980s, Beynon was Britain's no. 2 male gymnast behind his Swansea and British teammate, Andrew Morris.[7] In 1986, Beynon had a chance to win the Gold Top Champions Cup, when his long-term rival, Morris, fell from the horizontal bar. However, Beynon failed to seize his opportunity when he took a tumble of his own.[8] In 1987, Beynon succeeded in winning the Gold Top Champions Cup at the Albert Hall.[9][10]
In 1988, he won gold in the rings at the British national championships.[11]
Beynon was bound for the 1990 Commonwealth Games when doctors discovered a lump in his stomach and he had to drop out to obtain treatment.[1][12] Later that year, he married fiancée and fellow gymnast,[2] Joanne Higginson.[3]
