Teamwork lands golden haul
Harrison Lee and Tyga Stimson are on the way home with more gold and silver in their luggage.
The Moreton Bay residents were part of Australia’s trampoline team which collected multiple medals at international competitions in Portugal.
Lee, from Newport, won team gold in the Double Mini Trampoline (DMT) 17+years and Individual Trampoline 17+years team events at the Coimbra Gymfest.
Lyn Gilroy, his coach at Redlands City Gym Sports, said Harry was seventh in the Individual and after a “new pass” finished 12th in DMT.
He was joined on the podium by William French and Josh De Beer for the DMT and Rohan Cox and Matthew French for the Individual medal ceremonies.
Tyga Stimson, who lives in Caboolture, won silver in the Individual 15-16 team event with James Mann-Segal and Emerson Leffer.
Also based at Redlands City Gym Club, he was 12th in the DMT 15-16 years and 15th in the Individual 15-16 years.
The duo then travelled to Santarem for the Scalabis Cup where Lee collected more team gold in the Individual Senior and DMT Under 22 divisions.
Stimson followed his club colleague onto the podium winning gold in the Individual under 16 team competition.
On his first international trip, Stimson was fifth in both the Individual under 16 and DMT under 16 events.
Lee was fourth in DMT under 22 years and seventh in the Individual Senior event going into the finals, but had to withdrawn through injury.
Last year's world silver medallist missed a landing in the DMT finals and was sent for a hospital check-up. He later returned to the venue.
“I am so proud of these two,” said coach Lyn Gilroy, “both are coming home with team medals and new personal bests.
“Thanks again to everyone who is part of our trampoline community and support all our young athletes along the way.”