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| Nationality | British | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | 12 July 1977 [1] Middleton, Greater Manchester | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Children | Millie Smethurst, sofi Hodgson, holly burns, Olivia burns, Jamie burns, millie burns | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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Smethurst represented England and won a gold medal in the team event and a bronze medal on the floor, at the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur, Malaysia. [2] [3] Four years later he repeated the success of winning team gold and secured another bronze in the parallel bars at the 2002 Commonwealth Games in Manchester. [4]
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