Loading AI tools
British acrobatic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
Douglas Fordyce (born 3 February 1990),[1] known usually as Doug Fordyce, is a British acrobatic gymnast who won the title of world men's pairs champion with Edward Upcott in July 2010 in Poland.[2][3][4]
Douglas Fordyce | |||||||||||||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Nickname(s) | Doug | ||||||||||||||
Country represented | United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
Born | [1] | 3 February 1990||||||||||||||
Discipline | Acrobatic Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Level | International | ||||||||||||||
Club | Heathrow Gymnastics Club[1] | ||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Neil Griffiths[1] | ||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Andrew Griffiths[1] | ||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Nicola Yellop[1] | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
|
Until 2012, Fordyce was a member of Spelbound, the gymnastic group who rose to fame in 2010, winning the fourth series of Britain's Got Talent.[5][6][7] The prize was £100,000 and the opportunity to appear at the 2010 Royal Variety Performance. Having retired from Spelbound, Fordyce and Upcott are pursuing a stage act route together called Brothers of Eden.[8][9]
In 2014, Fordyce took part in the BBC series Tumble as an acrobatic professional and was paired with Amelle Berrabah.[10] In 2021 he appeared in the BBC soap opera EastEnders playing a character who is beaten up for being homophobic and ableist.
Seamless Wikipedia browsing. On steroids.
Every time you click a link to Wikipedia, Wiktionary or Wikiquote in your browser's search results, it will show the modern Wikiwand interface.
Wikiwand extension is a five stars, simple, with minimum permission required to keep your browsing private, safe and transparent.