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Country represented
  
Canada

Head coach(es)
  
Vali Stan

Level
  
Senior International

Name
  
Scott Morgan


Role
  
Gymnast

Club
  
Flicka Gymnastics Club

Height
  
1.60 m

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Born
  
20 June 1989 (age 34) North Vancouver, Canada, North America (
1989-06-20
)

Discipline
  
Men's Artistic Gymnastics

Years on national team
  
2009-Present

Scott morgan floor routine men s qualification 2013 world gymnastics championships


Scott Morgan (born 20 June 1989) is an elite level Canadian artistic gymnast who represented Canada in the 2014 Commonwealth Games, winning two gold medals. Morgan is coached by Vali Stan and a member of the Flicka gymnastics club.

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Scott morgan interview 2013 world gymnastics championships


Career

Morgan began gymnastics when he was four years old at the Flicka gymnastics club. His parents were the first to get him involved. However, while at high school he quit gymnastics for four years.

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In 2007, he returned to the sport, saying: "Pretty much within the first week back I was like, 'man, why did I ever leave?' It was just so much fun." At the 2011 Puerto Rico cup, Morgan won silver in the Vault, and bronze on Floor. Next Morgan attended the 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Morgan came eighth on Floor and nineteenth on Rings.

During the 2014 Commonwealth Games Morgan contributed a score of 44.799 for Canada in the Team Finals. He qualified for the Floor finals with a score of 14.933, the rings finals with a score of 15.200 and the Vault final with a score of 14.666. On 30 July, Morgan won gold in the Rings final with a score of 15.100, and silver in the Floor final with a score of 15.133. He came second to England's Max Whitlock. He won gold in the Vault final on 1 August, with a score of 14.733. Morgan stated at the Glasgow games that it was his ambition to go to the 2016 Summer Olympics held in Rio de Janeiro.

References

Scott Morgan (gymnast) Wikipedia