Giarnni Regini-Moran

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Giarnni Regini-Moran
Full nameGiarnni Regini-Moran
Country represented Great Britain
Born (1998-08-02) 2 August 1998 (age 23)
Great Yarmouth, England, United Kingdom
HometownGravesend
ResidenceKent, England
Height1.66 m (5 ft 5 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior Elite
Years on national teamGreat Britain
ClubEuropa Gym Centre CIC
Medal record
Representing  Great Britain
Men's artistic gymnastics
European Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Basel Vault
European Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Minsk Floor
Youth Olympic Games
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing Floor
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanjing Vault
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing Parallel Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Nanjing Horizontal Bar
European Junior Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sofia Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Sofia Floor
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bern Team
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bern All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2016 Bern Floor
Silver medal – second place 2014 Sofia Vault
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bern Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 2016 Bern Vault
European Youth Olympic Festival
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tbilisi Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Tbilisi Floor
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tbilisi Vault
Silver medal – second place 2015 Tbilisi High Bar

Giarnni Regini-Moran (born 2 August 1998) is a British artistic gymnast. He is the 2014 Youth Olympic All-around, floor and vault champion, the 2016 European Junior All-around and floor champion and 2014 European Junior floor champion.

Personal life[]

Regini-Moran was born 2 August 1998 in Great Yarmouth, Great Britain to Glenn Moran and Kerri Regini. His father is of Irish descent and his mother is of Italian descent.

Regini-Moran began gymnastics at age three,[1] then the family moved to the Europa Centre in Crayford where Giarnni trains with coach Pete Etherington. Regini-Moran began competitive gymnastics in 2004.[1] His younger brother, Ricco, has competed in artistic gymnastics at the national junior level.[1]

Regini-Moran studied at St John's Catholic School and his favourite sportsman is David Beckham.

In 2014, Regini-Moran was named Young Sportsperson of the Year at the Great Britain Pride of Sport Awards.[1]

Career[]

2013[]

In 2013, Regini-Moran's international breakthrough began at the competition in Brasilia, Brazil for the 2013 Gymnasiade, he won gold in floor exercise, bronze in parallel bars and with Team Britain winning the silver medal.

2014[]

In 2014, Regini-Moran won the British Junior all-around title under 16 years.[2] He was a member of the British Team (together with teammates Brinn Bevan, Joe Fraser, and Nile Wilson) that won the gold medal at the 2014 European Junior Championships; he qualified for the floor finals, winning the gold medal.

Regini-Moran was selected to represent Great Britain in men's gymnastics at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China. He won the all-around gold medal ahead of Russia's Nikita Nagornyy and the USA's Alec Yoder.[3] He qualified for four event finals and won two gold medals (vault, floor) and two bronze (parallel bars, high bar).[4]

2016[]

On 25-29 May 2016, Regini-Moran competed at the 2016 European Junior Championships where Team Great Britain (together with , Joe Fraser, , Joshua Nathan) won gold ahead of Russia; he also won gold in the all-around ahead of Russia's Andrey Makolov. In the apparatus finals, Regini-Moran won gold in floor, silver in vault, parallel bars and finished 5th in rings.

In July, Regini-Moran "fell from the high bar while training and snapped his posterior cruciate knee ligament, damaged his medial collateral ligament and strained his anterior cruciate ligament. He also suffered a grade two tear in his hamstring and fractured the top of his tibia bone. He required six hours of reconstructive surgery with four metal screws being inserted into his leg. His recovery took 12 months and he then fractured his ankle on his return to training while attempting a vault."[1]

2019[]

In May, Regini-Moran competed at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus, where he placed second on floor exercise.[1]

In October, he competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany.[1]

2021[]

In April, Regini-Moran competed at the European Championships in Basel, Switzerland, where he placed third on vault.[1]

At the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, Regini-Moran competed for Great Britain. The team took fourth place with a score of 255.76.[5]

References[]

  1. ^ a b c d e f g h "Artistic Gymnastics REGINI-MORAN Giarnni". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-28.
  2. ^ "Wilson and Regini-Moran take men's junior British titles". British Gymnatics. 28 March 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  3. ^ Hope, Nick (19 August 2014). "Youth Olympics: Gymnastics gold for Giarnni Regini-Moran". BBC Sports. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  4. ^ "Regini-Moran and Nagornyy shine again as gymnastics programme ends with a flourish". Olympic.org. 24 August 2014. Retrieved 31 August 2014.
  5. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics - Final Results". Tokyo 2020. Retrieved 2021-07-28.

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