Nationality British, Brazilian Coached by Alan Prescott Name Jordan Ramos | Sport Track and Field Country United Kingdom | |
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Born 18 July 1995 (age 28) ( 1995-07-18 ) Rio de Janeiro, Brazil Residence Liverpool, Merseyside, England Event(s) 60 metres, 100 metres, 200 metres Club Liverpool Harriers & Athletic Club | ||
Jordan ramos british gymnast world tumbling championship trials
Jordan Ramos (born 18 July 1995 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil) is a British sprinter, former British Gymnast, five-times British Tumbling (gymnastics) Champion, a European Silver Medallist, a Guinness World Records Breaker for the longest slam dunk from a trampoline. Jordan received national media attention after one of his videos was featured on the website YouTube in 2007. Jordan Ramos also entered into the 2011 edition of the Guinness World Records book, for the farthest basketball slam dunk from a trampoline.
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- Jordan ramos british gymnast world tumbling championship trials
- 12 years old wakefield tumblers jordan ramos
- Family
- Gymnastics
- Guinness World Record Smashed
- Wife Swap Controversy
- References
12 years old wakefield tumblers jordan ramos
Family
Jordan is the son of Brazilian Stuntman "Marcelo The Daredevil" and Acrobat and Keep Fit Instructor Anita Grosvenor Ramos. He's the eldest son of the Ramos Family, having 2 younger brothers, gymnast Samuel Ramos and Rio Ramos. Jordan also participates in the family act The Ramos Acrobats alongside mum Anita, dad Marcelo and brother Samuel.
Gymnastics
Jordan began training gymnastics and acrobatics with his dad at the age of 2, and by the time he’d reached his 10th birthday he became a British Tumbling (gymnastics) Champion. Jordan has since gone onto to win this title 5 times and has represented Great Britain in 2 World Junior Championships and 1 European Championship. Ranking top six in two of the World Tumbling (gymnastics) Championships and winning a Gold medal at the Loule World Cup in Portugal in 2007. He also went on to win a Silver European medal in France in 2010.
Guinness World Record Smashed
Because of his amazing gymnastics ability, in 2008 he was set a challenge by Sky1 to try and beat the Record for the longest slam dunk ever performed from a trampoline. He rose to the challenge and live on TV at Pinewood Studio, Jordan at just 13 became the Guinness World Record Breaker, it was outstanding for someone so young! He held onto his Record for 3 Years performing on programs such as Blue Peter, China Central Television and also on Italian TV. In 2011 he entered the Guinness Book of Records.
Wife Swap Controversy
On 29 June 2009 Jordan, his mum, dad and brother Samuel appeared on the last series of the British Reality TV program Wife Swap on Channel 4. In the program the swapping mum was not happy because at the time, 13-year-old Jordan and five-year-old Samuel spend over nine hours each week training trampolining and tumbling (gymnastics). On the rule change, she made the boys stay at home to bake cakes instead of training gymnastics.