Marcus Faulks

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Marcus Faulks
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NationalityAustralian
Born (1937-08-03) 3 August 1937 (age 81)
Sport
Sport Gymnastics

Marcus Faulks (born 3 August 1937) is an Australian gymnast. He competed in eight events at the 1964 Summer Olympics. [1]

Gymnastics is a sport that includes exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, shoulders, back, chest, and abdominal muscle groups. Alertness, precision, daring, self-confidence, and self-discipline are mental traits that can also be developed through gymnastics. Gymnastics evolved from exercises used by the ancient Greeks that included skills for mounting and dismounting a horse, and from circus performance skills.

At the 1964 Summer Olympics, fourteen different artistic gymnastics events were contested, eight for men and six for women. All events were held at the Tokyo Metropolitan Gymnasium in Tokyo from 18 October through 23 October.

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References

  1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill. "Marcus Faulks Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC . Retrieved 1 August 2019.