Louis Antoine Smith was born on April 22, 1989, in Peterborough, UK. He is of Anglo-Caribbean descent and considers himself a Black man. He won a Bronze Medal in gymnastics for the British team at the Beijing Olympics in 2008. He is a leading hopeful for the United Kingdom in this summers London Olympiad. He began his training in gymnastics at the age of 4 years old and has continued since. On the average, he trains for 30 hours per week. His best event is the pommel horse.
This British cutie, when not busy on the gym floor, enjoys reggae music and his all-time favorite movie is "Transformers." He enjoys singing and once auditioned for X Factor UK. After gymnastics, he wants to go into fashion with his own line of mens clothing, including sports gear. His favorite food is chicken, rice and peas.
His medal from the Beijing Olympics isn't the only international recognition honor that he's received. In the 2006 Commonwealth Games in Melbourne, Australia, he won the Gold Medal for the pommel horse. He won the Silver Medal on the pommel horse at the World Championship in Rotterdam, Netherlands. In 2011, he received the Bronze medal for the same at the World Championships in Tokyo, Japan. Most recently, he won the Gold at the 2012 European Championships held in Montpelier, France.
Smith is the second Black man to win an Olympic medal in gymnastics and the first on the pommel horse. The first won the silver on the parallel bars. He was the first British man to receive a medal in gymnastics since 1908.
Louis Smith isn't modest about his body (and we can see why). He openly admits to being comfortable with nudity. He's featured being charitably naked in this month's Cosmopolitan UK for EveryMan, an appeal for Britain's Institute for Cancer Research. The funds raised will go towards funding research for prostate and testicular cancers in men.
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