Grant Gardiner represented Wales at the 2011 Northern European Championship in Uppsala Sweden.

Grant won the title of Northern European Champion in 2010, however in February this year Grant severely twisted his knee dismounting from Rings.  As a result Grant tore his ACL and cartilage and had to have major knee reconstruction.

Grant’s dedication and maturity during his rehabilitation resulted in a speedy recovery, meaning he could compete for Team Wales in this year’s event.

Grants contribution to the team was amazing; he scored the highest score in the competition on three of the four apparatus he competed on and was influential in Wales winning the Northern European Team Championship title.



Grant also qualified for three apparatus finals.  Unfortunately with a few small errors, a snapped Ring hand guard in warm-up and some suspect judging resulted in Grant finishing 6th on Pommels; 4th on Rings and 4th on Parallel bars.