Craig Heap

Craig Heap
Full nameCraig Heap
Country represented Great Britain
 England
Born (1973-07-10) 10 July 1973 (age 51)
Burnley, England
HometownBurnley
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Commonwealth Games
Gold medal – first place 1998 Kuala Lumpur Team
Gold medal – first place 2002 Manchester Team

Craig Heap OLY[1] (born 10 July 1973) is a retired Commonwealth Games Gold medal winning gymnast, who has represented England over 100 times in various international gymnastic competitions,[2] including at the 2000 Summer Olympics.[3] He has been the English and British champion, as well as the Captain on many occasions. He was born in Burnley, Lancashire attending Heasandford Primary School and Barden High School.[4]

  1. ^ Butler, Nick (13 November 2017). "Athletes guilty of doping or bringing sport into disrepute will be barred from "OLY" lettering, WOA reveal". Inside the Games. Retrieved 16 August 2021.
  2. ^ summer olympic games national park at olymfituk.co.uk Archived 29 September 2007 at the Wayback Machine
  3. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Craig Heap". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on 4 December 2016.
  4. ^ "A whole Heap of support". Lancashire Telegraph. 5 July 2011.