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![]() Dominic Smith and Alice Upcott at the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | 23 August 1993 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Rainham | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Discipline | Acrobatic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Club | Heathrow Gym Club | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Dominic Smith (born 23 August 1993) is a British male acrobatic gymnast. [1] With Alice Upcott, he was awarded the gold medal in the 2013 World Games, [2] the gold medal at the 2013 Acrobatic Gymnastics European Championships [3] and the silver medal in the 2014 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships. [4]
Since June 2012, Smith is a member of Spelbound, the gymnastic group who rose to fame in 2010, winning the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent . [5] [6] [7] The prize was £100,000 and the opportunity to appear at the 2010 Royal Variety Performance.
Over 19million TV viewers flinched as they watched Edward Upcott soar over the heads of Piers Morgan, Amanda Holden and Simon Cowell.
Having been the bookies' favourite for most of the series, the gymnast troupe beat comic dance duo Twist & Pulse.
Judge Simon Cowell said "the right boys and girls won on the night". He likened Spelbound's routine to an Olympic gold medal-winning performance and said it was one of the most astonishing things he had ever seen on live TV.
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