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The Dan Keatings Story | Episode 25

Jul 24, 20231 hr 4 minSeason 1Ep. 25
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In 2009 Dan Keatings made history becoming the first British man to win an all around World Championships medal. Incredibly he made his senior debut at just sixteen years of age when he represented Scotland at the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne. After Leading Great Britain to their first ever team gold medal at the 2008 junior European championships in Switzerland. Dan represented TeamGB at the Beijing Olympic Games finishing 12th all around at just eighteen. He was the first British man to ever win a European gold medal and perhaps his most memorable achievement was taking the gold in front of a home crowd for Scotland at the 2014 Glasgow Commonwealth Games. Daniel Keatings legacy can still be seen today in the continued success of the men's British Gymnastics program and this is his story. 

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