Giarnni Regini-Moran
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, then the family moved to the Europa Centre in Crayford where Giarnni trains with coach Pete Etherington. Regini -Moran began competitive gymnastics in 2004. His younger brother, Ricco, has competed in artistic gymnastics at the national junior level. Regini-Moran studied at St John's Catholic School. In 2014, Regini-Moran was named Young Sportsperson of the Year at the Great Britain Pride of Sport Awards. 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. He was a member of the British Team (together with teammates Brinn Bevan, Joe Fraser, Gaius Thompson 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. He qualified for four event finals and won two gold medals (vault, floor) and two bronze (parallel bars , high bar). 2016. On 25–29 May 2016, Regini-Moran competed at the 2016 European Junior Championships where Team Great Britain (together with Donell Osbourne, Joe Fraser, Jamie Lewis, 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." 2019. In May, Regini-Moran competed at the European Games in Minsk, Belarus, where he placed second on floor exercise. In October, he competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. 2021. In April, Regini-Moran competed at the European Championships in Basel, Switzerland, where he placed third  on vault. 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.