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Kris Burley Full name Kristan A. Burley Country represented Canada Born (1974-01-29 ) January 29, 1974 (age 50 ) Truro , Nova Scotia , Canada
Kristan "Kris" A. Burley (born January 29, 1974) is a Canadian gymnast, who has represented Canada at the Commonwealth Games , the Pan American Games and the Olympic Games .[1]
Originally from Truro, Nova Scotia, he was based in Richmond Hill , Ontario [2] and Fredericton , New Brunswick [3] during his competitive career.
Competition
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He was a competitive athlete from 1989 to 1999,[1] winning four national championships in gymnastics during his career[1] and representing Canada at the World Championships in Gymnastics , the Commonwealth Games, the Pan American Games and the Olympics.[1]
In his first national championship, he won the junior-level all around with 108.1 points to 101.6 for his nearest competitor.[4] He also qualified for several senior-level events despite being just 16 years old at the time, and won the vault and floor events at that level as well.[4] He won the national senior men's all-around in 1995.[5]
Commonwealth Games
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At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria , British Columbia , Burley won three silver medals as a solo competitor in floor, vault and parallel bars.[6] In the men's team event, he was the last floor performer after teammates Alan Nolet , Richard Ikeda and Travis Romagnoli ; in what he would later describe as one of the best performances of his life, he scored 9.55 to secure the gold medal for the Canadian team.[3]
At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur , Malaysia , he won a silver medal in the men's horizontal bar, and a bronze medal in the men's team event.
Pan American Games
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Burley won two bronze medals as a solo competitor and one bronze medal with the Canadian team at the 1995 Pan American Games in Mar del Plata , Argentina ,[7] and one bronze medal at the 1999 Pan American Games in Winnipeg , Manitoba .
Olympics
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He competed at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta , Georgia , finishing 69th in the artistic individual all-around .[8]
Honours
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He was named male athlete of the year by Sport New Brunswick in 1997,[3] and by Gymnastics Canada in 1996 and 1998.[3]
Post-competition
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Burley announced his retirement from competition in 1999,[3] and subsequently worked as a television production assistant[3] and served on the board of directors of the Association of Canada's National Team Athletes.[1] He worked with Cirque du Soleil for several years as a performer in Alegría and as assistant artistic director of Dralion .[1] He later worked on the communications and media team for Toronto 's bid to host the 2015 Pan American Games .[1]
Openly gay ,[9] he is also a spokesperson for the Canadian Olympic Committee 's program to combat homophobia in sport.[9]
References
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^ "Ontarians on mat team". Vancouver Sun , May 31, 1996.
^ a b c d e f "Burley decides to retire". The Telegraph-Journal , October 28, 1999.
^ a b "Young gymnast Burley shines at nationals". The Globe and Mail , May 21, 1990.
^ "Burley, Exaltacion put exclamation points on all-around titles". Vancouver Sun , May 29, 1995.
^ "High bar the high point for Canadian daredevils". Vancouver Sun , August 23, 1994.
^ "Nova Scotian has slim lead". Vancouver Sun , May 25, 1995.
^ "Kris Burley" . Sports Reference Olympic Sports Database.
^ a b "Gay ex-Olympic gymnast Kris Burley remembers the isolation, fear" . Outsports , December 3, 2014.
R e t r i e v e d f r o m " https://en.wikipedia.org/w/index.php?title=Kris_Burley&oldid=1217935593 "
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