Daniel Keatings is a British gymnast born on January 4th 1990 in Kettering. He starts Gymnastics at the age of 5 and shows rapidly real skills in his sport. He joins the national team and becomes a specialist in pommel horse. An apparatus on which he gets most of his medals: silver in 2009 World Championships, gold in 2010 and 2013 World Championships. He is now one of the best gymnast of the British team and pretends naturally, this year, to a podium in pommel horse.
What made you start Gymnastics?
When I was 5 years old my Father had wanted me to follow him into kickboxing but I was too young. So I started doing Gymnastics!
What is a typical day like?
I have training from Monday to Saturday: two days in my club and the four others in the National Center. It is located 1h30 driving from home so when I train there I live there.
What is your Gymnastics’ best memory?
The silver medal I won in Birmingham World Championships (2009) in all-around and the two European titles I won on pommel horse.
Your best event is pommel horse but you are also good in the all-around. What is your main goal for this European Championships ?
I am definitely focused on pommel horse.
Thomas Bouhail about Daniel: « I am admiring that he came back to compete after he was not selected for the London Games. To me he really had the level to be part of the team. It is great that he has still that motivation in order to compete in Rio. »
2014 World Championships – Nanning
8th place (15,133 pts)
6th European Women's and Men's Artistic Gymnasti 