Tyson Bull
{{Short description|Australian artistic gymnast}}
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Tyson Bull (born 21 May 1993) is an Australian artistic gymnast. He competed at both the 2018 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
Career
Bull won the silver medal in the rings at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games held on the Isle of Man.{{Cite web|title=Tyson Bull|url=https://www.gymnastics.org.au/GA/Ga/High_Performance/National_Team/Profiles/MAG/Tyson_Bull.aspx|access-date=25 July 2020|website=Gymnastics Australia}}{{Cite web|title=Tyson Bull|url=http://www.cyg2011results.com/Competitor.aspx?RegID=21450|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316041251/http://www.cyg2011results.com/Competitor.aspx?RegID=21450|archive-date=16 March 2016|access-date=25 July 2020|website=2011 Commonwealth Youth Games}}
In 2018, he competed in the horizontal bar event at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Doha, Qatar; he did not qualify to compete in the final.
In 2019, Bull qualified to represent Australia at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo, Japan after finishing in 7th place in the horizontal bar event at the 2019 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships held in Stuttgart, Germany.{{cite news| url=https://www.hepburnadvocate.com.au/story/6436868/gymnast-bull-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics/ |publisher=Hepburn Advocate |title=Gymnast Bull qualifies for Tokyo Olympics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622003452/https://www.hepburnadvocate.com.au/story/6436868/gymnast-bull-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics/ |archive-date=22 June 2020 |date=14 October 2019 |access-date=22 June 2020}}{{Cite news |url=https://dailyillini.com/sports/2019/10/10/bull-qualifies-for-2020-tokyo-olympics-following-world-championships/ |publisher=The Daily Illini |date=10 October 2019 |title=Bull qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics following World Championships |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622004227/https://dailyillini.com/sports/2019/10/10/bull-qualifies-for-2020-tokyo-olympics-following-world-championships/ |archive-date=22 June 2020}}
Bull qualified for the Tokyo 2020 Olympics. He competed on the horizontal bar and qualified for the final. In the final his total of 12.566 was just off the pace and he finished fifth. Bull also competed on the parallel bars but failed to make the cut.{{Cite web |title=Australian Olympic Team for Tokyo 2021 |url=https://www.theroar.com.au/olympics/australian-olympic-team/ |access-date=2022-05-01 |website=The Roar |language=en-US}} Full details.
At the 2022 Commonwealth Games, Bull won the silver medal in the Horizontal bar.
Competition results
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|+INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS |Year |Event |Team |AA |FX |PH |RG |VT |PB |HB |
| 2017
|World Championships, CAN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |23rd |
| 2015
|World University Games, KOR |15th |40th |81st |70th |55th | - |53rd |18th |
| 2011
|Japan Junior, JPN |N/A |11th | - | - | - | - |6th |4th |
| 2011
|Youth Commonwealth Games, IOM |3rd | - |17th |8th |2nd |6th |21st |5th |
| 2010
|Pacific Rim Championships, AUS |4th |13th | - | - | - | - |6th |2nd |
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|+INTERNATIONAL CHAMPIONSHIP RESULTS |Year |Event |Team |AA |FX |PH |RG |VT |PB |HB |
| 2017
|World Championships, CAN | - | - | - | - | - | - | - |23rd |
| 2015
|World University Games, KOR |15th |40th |81st |70th |55th | - |53rd |18th |
| 2011
|Japan Junior, JPN |N/A |11th | - | - | - | - |6th |4th |
| 2011
|Youth Commonwealth Games, IOM |3rd | - |17th |8th |2nd |6th |21st |5th |
| 2010
|Pacific Rim Championships, AUS |4th |13th | - | - | - | - |6th |2nd |
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|+MOST SIGNIFICANT | colspan="5" |Best National Performance: | colspan="5" |2015 National Championships |
| colspan="5" |Best International Performance:
| colspan="5" |2017 World championships |
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|+MAJOR EVENTS HISTORY | colspan="5" |Commonwealth Games: | colspan="5" |N/A |
| colspan="5" |World Championships:
| colspan="5" |2017 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, CAN |
| colspan="5" |Olympic Games:
| colspan="5" |N/A |
References
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Category:Gymnasts from Melbourne
Category:Australian male artistic gymnasts
Category:Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic gymnasts for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Australia
Category:Commonwealth Games silver medallists in gymnastics
Category:Gymnasts at the 2022 Commonwealth Games
Category:21st-century Australian sportsmen