Tyson Bull

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Tyson Bull
Full nameTyson Leigh Bull
Nickname(s)Tys
Born (1993-05-21) 21 May 1993 (age 32) [1]
Wantirna, Victoria, Australia
Height173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Flag of Australia (converted).svg Australia
College team Illinois Fighting Illini (2014–18)
ClubKnox Gymnastics Club
Medal record
Representing Flag of Australia (converted).svg  Australia
Commonwealth Games
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Birmingham Horizontal bar
FIG World Cup
Event1st2nd3rd
World Challenge Cup100
Total100

Tyson Leigh Bull (born 21 May 1993) is an Australian retired artistic gymnast. He is the 2022 Commonwealth Games horizontal bar silver medalist. He competed at the 2020 Summer Olympics and became the first Australian male artistic gymnast to advance to an Olympic final.

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Early life

Bull was born on 21 May 1993 in Wantirna to parents Richard and Christine. He has two older brothers, Mitchell and Jayden. He was inspired to start gymnastics by Jayden when he was five years old. [1] [2]

Gymnastics career

Bull made his international debut at the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships with the Australian team that placed fourth. [3] [4] Individually, he won a silver medal on the horizontal bar behind John Orozco. [5] He won the silver medal in the still rings at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held on the Isle of Man, and he won a bronze medal in the team event. [3] [6] At the 2011 Japan Junior International, he placed sixth on the parallel bars and fourth on the horizontal bar. [7]

Bull left Australia in 2014 to begin competing for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics team. During his freshman season, he competed on five different apparatuses throughout the year, [1] helping the Illini finish second at the Big Ten Championships. [8] At the 2015 Australian Championships, he placed ninth in the all-around and won the national titles on the pommel horse and horizontal bar. [9] He then competed at the 2015 World University Games with the Australian team that placed 15th. [1]

Bull placed sixth on the horizontal bar at the 2016 NCAA Championships and earned All-American status. [10] He placed third on the horizontal bar at the 2017 Big Ten Championships. [11] He then won the horizontal bar title at the 2017 Australian Championships. [12] He competed on the horizontal bar for Australia at the 2017 World Championships, finishing 23rd. [13]

During his senior season at Illinois, Bull won the horizontal bar at five meets. [1] At the 2018 Australian Championships, he won a bronze medal on the pommel horse and also placed fifth on the parallel bars and fourth on the horizontal bar. [3] He competed on the horizontal bar at the 2018 World Championships held in Doha, Qatar, and was the third reserve for the final after finishing 11th in qualifications. [14]

Bull qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan, after finishing in seventh place in the horizontal bar event at the 2019 World Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany. [15] [16] At the Olympics, he advanced to the horizontal bar final in seventh place, becoming the first Australian male artistic gymnast to advance into an Olympic final. [17] He went on to finish fifth in the final. [18]

Bull won the horizontal bar title at the 2022 Koper World Challenge Cup. [19] He then represented Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games despite competing on an injured ankle and helped the team place fourth, only 0.650 away from a medal. [20] He initially did not advance to the horizontal bar final due to a mistake in the qualifications, but when teammate Clay Stephens withdrew, he was given the chance to compete. He won the silver medal behind Cypriot Ilias Georgiou. [21] He finished eighth in the horizontal bar final at the 2022 World Championships. [22]

Bull announced his retirement from the sport in 2025. [17]

Personal life

In 2023, Bull graduated with a master's degree in physiotherapy from the Swinburne University of Technology. [2] He spent ten weeks training at the Cirque du Soleil headquarters in Montreal. [17]

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "Tyson Bull - 2017-18 - Men's Gymnastics". Illinois Fighting Illini . Retrieved 11 December 2020.
  2. 1 2 "Bull Tyson - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation . Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  3. 1 2 3 "Tyson Bull". Gymnastics Australia . Archived from the original on 4 August 2020. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  4. ↑ "2010 Pacific Rim Championships Team Results Men" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . 29 April 2010. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  5. ↑ "2010 Pacific Rim Championships Finals H Bar Rankings Men - Junior" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . 1 May 2010. p. 6. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  6. ↑ "Tyson Bull". 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games. Archived from the original on 16 March 2016. Retrieved 25 July 2020.
  7. ↑ "2011 International Junior Competition Apparatus Finals for Men" (PDF). USA Gymnastics . 25 September 2011. p. 2. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  8. ↑ Collins, Daniel (10 May 2015). "Illinois men's gymnastics fails to place at NCAAs". The Daily Illini . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  9. ↑ "Bull Wins High Bar and Pommel Horse Competitions at Australian Gymnastics Championships". Illinois Fighting Illini . 24 May 2015. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  10. ↑ "@IlliniMGym Brings Home Fourth Place from NCAA Championships". Illinois Fighting Illini . 17 April 2016. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  11. ↑ Gerard, Will (10 April 2017). "Illinois men's gymnastics finishes on high note at Big Ten championship". The Daily Illini . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  12. ↑ "Golden final day for Brown at Australian Championships". Austrian Olympic Committee . Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  13. ↑ "Tyson Bull Has Strong Showing at 2017 World Championships". Illinois Fighting Illini . 20 October 2017. Retrieved 20 August 2025.
  14. ↑ "Illini Gymnasts Wrap Up Qualifications at 2018 World Championships". Illinois Fighting Illini . 26 October 2018. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  15. ↑ "Gymnast Bull qualifies for Tokyo Olympics". Hepburn Advocate. 14 October 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  16. ↑ "Bull qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics following World Championships". The Daily Illini. 10 October 2019. Archived from the original on 22 June 2020. Retrieved 22 June 2020.
  17. 1 2 3 "Bullseye: Tyson calls time on history-making career". Gymnastics Australia . Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  18. ↑ "Bull stamps his name in the record books with fifth placed finals finish". Australian Olympic Committee . 3 August 2021. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  19. ↑ "Golden girl Zsofia Kovacs steals the show in Koper". International Gymnastics Federation . 20 June 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  20. ↑ Lorenzin, Zoe (30 July 2022). "Aussie men's artistic gymnastics finish agonising fourth on Day 1". Commonwealth Games Australia . Retrieved 26 May 2024.
  21. ↑ Shalala, Amanda (2 August 2022). "Australia's Kate McDonald produces stunning gold, Tyson Bull defies injury for silver on final day of artistic gymnastics". ABC. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
  22. ↑ "2022 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships apparatus finals – Results Sunday 6 November". International Olympic Committee . 6 November 2022. Retrieved 21 August 2025.
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