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Alexander Thomas Harry Buesnel (born 8 October 1992) is a British artistic gymnast. He is a nine-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 watchful eye of Jersey Special Gymnastics Club founder John Grady MBE. Since 2004, Buesnel has competed in competitions across the globe representing both Jersey and Great Britain in national, European and world championships.
In 2005, he began competing in his first mainland competition in Poole where he won 3 Gold medals at level 1 and a further gold on vault at level 2. The following year he repeated his achievements taking 3 Gold medals at each level.
In 2007, he won the Alan Kelly Memorial Trophy for achievement in Special Gymnastics in Jersey. One of his achievements was being recognised as one of Jersey's athletes in 2012 when he carried the London 2012 Olympic torch in St Helier, Jersey.
One of his favourite skill elements is the 'Russian lever'.
Another of his achievements was to take two silver medals and a bronze for Jersey in the mainstream Inter Island Games in 2015. In 2016, he became an ambassador for British Gymnastics, the governing body for gymnastics in the United Kingdom.