Rhian Pugh

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Rhian Pugh is a British gymnast. Born in April 16, 1989 in Wales she is also a member of the Welsh National Squad and part of British Gymnastics World Class Potential Programme.

Pugh became British Junior Bar Champion for 2003 and was selected for the Great Britain Junior National Squad from 2003 to 2004. First competing for Great Britain in Canada in March 2003 where she achieved silver on bars & team silver in the Jurassic Classic plus silver on beam at the Bluewater International.

At the 2004 European Junior Championships, her routine on the asymmetric bars was described by the judges as "uniquely original"fig|id=5733|name=Rhian Pugh]

She later joined the senior squad representing Wales at the 2006 Commonwealth Games.

Pugh says Russian gymnast, Svetlana Khorkina is her favourite gymnast. She said "I'd love, like Khorkina has, to develop my own style & progress to the level where I could include some unique elements of my own".

References

* [http://www.british-gym.com/gymnasts.htm The British Gym Net]

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