Mark Holyoake
{{short description|New Zealand gymnast}}
{{Use dmy dates|date=August 2018}}
{{Use New Zealand English|date=August 2018}}
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Mark Holyoake (born 1 March 1983) is a New Zealand gymnast from Wellington.{{cite web |url= http://www.gymsportsnz.com/files/Mark_Holyoake.pdf |title=Mark Holyoake.pdf (application/pdf Object)|work=gymsportsnz.com |year=2010|access-date=24 October 2011}} He was placed 25th at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 11th at the 2006 Commonwealth Games. He was part of the New Zealand team that placed 4th at the 2010 Commonwealth Games and, also, he placed 4th on the parallel bars at the same event.{{cite web |url= https://olympic.org.nz/athletes/mark-holyoake |title=Mark Holyoake | olympic.org.nz|work=olympic.org.nz|access-date=2 November 2012}} In 2010, he retired and is now owner and head coach{{cite web|url=https://www.carbonmethodcrossfit.co.nz/coaches|title=Carbon Method Crossfit|publisher=Carbon Method Crossfit|access-date=1 October 2023}} at Carbon Method Crossfit.
Pommel horse world record
In 2009, Holyoake broke the record for the Most Rotations on a Pommel Horse in 60 seconds with 65.Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/nrfSbV7PYaA Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20160702042456/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrfSbV7PYaA Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=nrfSbV7PYaA| title = Mark Holyoake GWR 2009 Pommel | website=YouTube}}{{cbignore}}{{cite news |url=http://tvnz.co.nz/nz-smashes-guinness-world-records/mark-holyoake-3173550 |title=Mark Holyoake Smashes Guinness World Records |work=Television New Zealand |access-date=20 October 2011}}
Education
Holyoake obtained a BSc Sport and Exercise Science degree from Auckland University.{{cite web|url=http://www.lesmills.co.nz/pt_details.cfm?&ptid=648|title=Les Mills Gyms - Your Gym For Fitness - Weight Loss - Exercise|work=lesmills.co.nz|year=2011|quote=BSc Sport & Exercise Science|access-date=24 October 2011|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111105232942/http://lesmills.co.nz/pt_details.cfm?&ptid=648|archive-date=5 November 2011}}
See also
References
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External links
{{Wikiquote}}
- {{FIG|bio=21816}}
- {{NZOC profile|mark-holyoake}}
- {{CGF profile}}
- [https://web.archive.org/web/20110217192637/http://nzgymnastics.sitesuite.ws/page/athlete_profiles.html Mark Holyoake athlete profile]
- [http://www.zimbio.com/pictures/3qZD-2hwPuN/19th+Commonwealth+Games+Day+1+Artistic+Gymnastics/3vPRzHZe_Sw/Mark+Holyoake Mark Holyoake at 19th Commonwealth Games]
{{2010 New Zealand Commonwealth Games team}}
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Category:New Zealand male artistic gymnasts
Category:Commonwealth Games competitors for New Zealand
Category:Gymnasts at the 2006 Commonwealth Games
Category:Gymnasts at the 2010 Commonwealth Games
Category:University of Auckland alumni