Harry George Owen

Harry George Owen
Born (1993-10-06) 6 October 1993
Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country represented
Wales Wales
Retired2014
Medal record
Commonwealth Youth Games
Bronze medal – third place2011 Isle Of ManAll-around

Harry George Owen (born 1993) is a Welsh former artistic gymnast and circus performer. He won a bronze medal in the individual all-around at the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games and represented Wales at the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow.[1][2] After retiring from competition he performed with Cirque du Soleil.[3]

Early life

Owen was born in 1993 and raised in Tenby, Pembrokeshire, Wales, where he attended St Oswald's School and Greenhill School.[4][5] He began gymnastics at the age of six at his local club and joined the Swansea Centre of Excellence at the age of eight. He later studied sports coaching at Loughborough University, where he also trained.[6]

Gymnastics career

As a junior, Owen won 11 medals at the UK School Games and became British under-18 champion on the pommel horse.[4] At the 2011 Commonwealth Youth Games on the Isle of Man, Owen won the bronze medal in the men's individual all-around with a score of 79.550, behind Dominick Cunningham and Jay Thompson of England.[1] In November of the same year, he was part of the Wales team that won gold in the men's team event at the Northern European Championships in Uppsala, Sweden.[7]

Owen competed in Germany's Deutsche Turnliga for TV Großen-Linden during the 2012 and 2013 seasons, including in the 3. Bundesliga Nord.[5][8][9]

At the 2013 Northern European Gymnastics Championships in Lisburn, Northern Ireland, Owen was part of the Wales team that won the bronze medal in the men's team event with a score of 241.025.[10][11]

He was named in the five-man Welsh men's artistic gymnastics team for the 2014 Commonwealth Games in Glasgow, alongside Jac Davies, Iwan Mepham, Clinton Purnell and Robert Sansby, and reached the final of the men's individual all-around competition.[2][4][12]

Post-gymnastics career

After retiring from competitive gymnastics, Owen joined Cirque du Soleil in 2016, performing in the touring production Volta and later in Totem.[3][4][13] In Volta, his first Cirque du Soleil production, Owen performed the Swiss rings act.[14] He also founded underwear company House of Harry George.[13]

References

  1. 1 2 "Commonwealth Youth Games Results – Isle of Man 2011". Commonwealth Games Federation. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026 – via Yumpu.
  2. 1 2 "Glasgow 2014: Welsh artistic and rhythmic gymnastics teams named". BBC Sport. 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  3. 1 2 "Commonwealth Games gymnast Harry Owen set to embark on a new adventure with the world-famous Cirque du Soleil". Western Telegraph. 2016. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  4. 1 2 3 4 "Cirque du Soleil stardom for former Tenby pupil". Tenby Observer. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  5. 1 2 "Harry Owen – TV Großen-Linden (Kader 2012)". Deutsche Turnliga (in German). Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  6. ↑ "Harry's heading off to Glasgow to represent Wales in Gymnastics". Pembrokeshire Sport. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  7. ↑ "Northern European Championships Uppsala (SWE) 2011 Nov 11–13". Gymnastics Results. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  8. ↑ "Harry Owen – TV Großen-Linden (Kader 2013)". Deutsche Turnliga (in German). Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  9. ↑ "Meldeliste 3. Bundesliga Nord 2013" (PDF). Deutsche Turnliga (in German). Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  10. ↑ "2013 Northern Europeans – MAG AA Team Rankings". Gymdata. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  11. ↑ "2013 Northern Europeans – Wales – Gymnasts". Gymdata. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  12. ↑ "Spotlight: Athletes take on Commonwealth Games". NBC News. July 2014. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  13. 1 2 "How Montreal men's underwear brand the House of Harry George took root in Cirque du Soleil". Cult MTL. November 2024. Archived from the original on 19 July 2026. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
  14. ↑ Hatmaker, Julia (July 2018). "BMX bikes, hair hanging and more: Cirque du Soleil's 'Volta' arrives in Pa". PennLive. Retrieved 19 July 2026.
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