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Alex Buesnel

British artistic gymnast, also competing for Jersey

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Record originEnglish Wikipedia
Text licenseCC BY-SA 4.0
Source revisionSep 6, 2026
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Alexander Thomas Harry Buesnel is a British artistic gymnast. He is a ten-time British Disability Gymnastics Champion as well as a gold medalist in the 2011 Special Olympics World Summer Games in Athens, Greece. He was born in Jersey, Channel Islands, and started his gymnastics career in 2004 under the Jersey Special Gymnastics Club founder John Grady. During his career, Buesnel competed in competitions across the globe representing both Jersey and Great Britain in National, European and World championships.

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