# Tyson Bull
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{{Short description|Australian artistic gymnast (born 1993)}}
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| birth_place = [Wantirna](/source/Wantirna), [Victoria](/source/Victoria_(Australia)), Australia
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'''Tyson Leigh Bull''' (born 21 May 1993) is an Australian retired [artistic gymnast](/source/Artistic_gymnastics). He is the [2022 Commonwealth Games](/source/2022_Commonwealth_Games) horizontal bar silver medalist. He competed at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) and became the first Australian male artistic gymnast to advance to an Olympic final.
== Early life ==
Bull was born on 21 May 1993 in [Wantirna](/source/Wantirna) to parents Richard and Christine. He has two older brothers, Mitchell and Jayden. He was inspired to start gymnastics by Jayden when he was five years old.[{{cite web |title=Bull Tyson - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=32821 |website=[International Gymnastics Federation](/source/International_Gymnastics_Federation) |access-date=21 August 2025}}]
== Gymnastics career ==
Bull made his international debut at the [2010 Pacific Rim Championships](/source/2010_Pacific_Rim_Gymnastics_Championships) with the Australian team that placed fourth.[{{cite web |title=2010 Pacific Rim Championships Team Results Men |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_10pacrim_042910_team.pdf |website=[USA Gymnastics](/source/USA_Gymnastics) |access-date=20 August 2025 |date=29 April 2010}}] Individually, he won a silver medal on the horizontal bar behind [John Orozco](/source/John_Orozco).[{{cite web |title=2010 Pacific Rim Championships Finals H Bar Rankings Men - Junior |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/m_10pacrim_050110_jrevents.pdf |website=[USA Gymnastics](/source/USA_Gymnastics) |access-date=20 August 2025 |pages=6 |date=1 May 2010}}] He won the silver medal in the still rings at the [2011 Commonwealth Youth Games](/source/2011_Commonwealth_Youth_Games) held on the Isle of Man, and he won a bronze medal in the team event.[{{Cite web|title=Tyson Bull|url=https://www.gymnastics.org.au/GA/Ga/High_Performance/National_Team/Profiles/MAG/Tyson_Bull.aspx|access-date=25 July 2020|website=[Gymnastics Australia](/source/Gymnastics_Australia)|url-status=dead|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200804231034/https://www.gymnastics.org.au/GA/Ga/High_Performance/National_Team/Profiles/MAG/Tyson_Bull.aspx|archive-date=4 August 2020}}][{{Cite web|title=Tyson Bull|url=http://www.cyg2011results.com/Competitor.aspx?RegID=21450|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160316041251/http://www.cyg2011results.com/Competitor.aspx?RegID=21450|archive-date=16 March 2016|access-date=25 July 2020|website=2011 Commonwealth Youth Games}}] At the 2011 Japan Junior International, he placed sixth on the parallel bars and fourth on the horizontal bar.[{{cite web |title=2011 International Junior Competition Apparatus Finals for Men |url=https://static.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/wm_11jrjapanintl_events.pdf |website=[USA Gymnastics](/source/USA_Gymnastics) |access-date=20 August 2025 |pages=2 |date=25 September 2011}}]
Bull left Australia in 2014 to begin competing for the [Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini_men's_gymnastics) team. During his freshman season, he competed on five different apparatuses throughout the year,[{{cite web |last1=Collins |first1=Daniel |title=Illinois men's gymnastics fails to place at NCAAs |url=https://dailyillini.com/sports-stories/2015/05/10/illinois-mens-gymnastics-fails-to-place-at-ncaas/ |website=[The Daily Illini](/source/The_Daily_Illini) |access-date=20 August 2025 |date=10 May 2015}}] At the 2015 Australian Championships, he placed ninth in the all-around and won the national titles on the pommel horse and horizontal bar.[{{cite web |title=Bull Wins High Bar and Pommel Horse Competitions at Australian Gymnastics Championships |url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2015/5/28/MGYM_0528155159.aspx?path=mgym |website=[Illinois Fighting Illini](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini) |access-date=20 August 2025 |date=24 May 2015}}] He then competed at the [2015 World University Games](/source/2015_World_University_Games) with the Australian team that placed 15th.[{{cite web |title=@IlliniMGym Brings Home Fourth Place from NCAA Championships |url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2016/4/17/mens-gymnastics-illinimgym-brings-home-fourth-place-from-ncaa-championships |website=[Illinois Fighting Illini](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini) |access-date=20 August 2025 |date=17 April 2016}}] He placed third on the horizontal bar at the 2017 Big Ten Championships.[{{cite web |last1=Gerard |first1=Will |title=Illinois men’s gymnastics finishes on high note at Big Ten championship |url=https://dailyillini.com/sports-stories/2017/04/10/illinois-mens-gymnastics-finishes-high-note-big-ten-championship/ |website=[The Daily Illini](/source/The_Daily_Illini) |access-date=20 August 2025 |date=10 April 2017}}] He then won the horizontal bar title at the 2017 Australian Championships.[{{cite web |title=Golden final day for Brown at Australian Championships |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/news/golden-final-day-for-brown-at-australian-championships/ |website=[Austrian Olympic Committee](/source/Austrian_Olympic_Committee) |access-date=20 August 2025}}] He competed on the horizontal bar for Australia at the [2017 World Championships](/source/2017_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships), finishing 23rd.[{{cite web |title=Tyson Bull Has Strong Showing at 2017 World Championships |url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2017/10/20/mens-gymnastics-tyson-bull-has-strong-showing-at-2017-world-championships.aspx |website=[Illinois Fighting Illini](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini) |access-date=20 August 2025 |date=20 October 2017}}]
During his senior season at Illinois, Bull won the horizontal bar at five meets.[{{cite web |title=Illini Gymnasts Wrap Up Qualifications at 2018 World Championships |url=https://fightingillini.com/news/2018/10/26/mens-gymnastics-illini-gymnasts-wrap-up-qualifications-at-2018-world-championships.aspx |website=[Illinois Fighting Illini](/source/Illinois_Fighting_Illini) |access-date=21 August 2025 |date=26 October 2018}}]
Bull qualified to [represent Australia](/source/Australia_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics) at the [2020 Summer Olympics](/source/2020_Summer_Olympics) in Tokyo, Japan, after finishing in seventh place in the horizontal bar event at the [2019 World Championships](/source/2019_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships) held in Stuttgart, Germany.[{{cite news| url=https://www.hepburnadvocate.com.au/story/6436868/gymnast-bull-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics/ |publisher=Hepburn Advocate |title=Gymnast Bull qualifies for Tokyo Olympics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622003452/https://www.hepburnadvocate.com.au/story/6436868/gymnast-bull-qualifies-for-tokyo-olympics/ |archive-date=22 June 2020 |date=14 October 2019 |access-date=22 June 2020}}][{{Cite news |url=https://dailyillini.com/sports/2019/10/10/bull-qualifies-for-2020-tokyo-olympics-following-world-championships/ |publisher=[The Daily Illini](/source/The_Daily_Illini) |date=10 October 2019 |title=Bull qualifies for 2020 Tokyo Olympics following World Championships |access-date=22 June 2020 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200622004227/https://dailyillini.com/sports/2019/10/10/bull-qualifies-for-2020-tokyo-olympics-following-world-championships/ |archive-date=22 June 2020}}] At the Olympics, he advanced to the [horizontal bar final](/source/Gymnastics_at_the_2020_Summer_Olympics_%E2%80%93_Men's_horizontal_bar) in seventh place, becoming the first Australian male artistic gymnast to advance into an Olympic final.[{{cite web |title=Bull stamps his name in the record books with fifth placed finals finish |url=https://www.olympics.com.au/news/bull-stamps-his-name-in-the-record-books-with-fifth-placed-finals-finish/ |website=[Australian Olympic Committee](/source/Australian_Olympic_Committee) |access-date=21 August 2025 |date=3 August 2021}}]
Bull won the horizontal bar title at the [2022 Koper World Challenge Cup](/source/2022_FIG_Artistic_Gymnastics_World_Cup_series).[{{cite web |title=Golden girl Zsofia Kovacs steals the show in Koper |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=3550535 |website=[International Gymnastics Federation](/source/International_Gymnastics_Federation) |access-date=21 August 2025 |date=20 June 2022}}] He then represented [Australia at the 2022 Commonwealth Games](/source/Australia_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games) despite competing on an injured ankle and helped the team place fourth, only 0.650 away from a medal.[{{cite web |last1=Lorenzin |first1=Zoe |title=Aussie men's artistic gymnastics finish agonising fourth on Day 1 |url=https://commonwealthgames.com.au/aussie-mens-artistic-gymnastics-finish-agonising-fourth-on-day-1/ |website=[Commonwealth Games Australia](/source/Commonwealth_Games_Australia) |access-date=26 May 2024 |date=30 July 2022}}] He initially did not advance to the [horizontal bar](/source/Gymnastics_at_the_2022_Commonwealth_Games_%E2%80%93_Men's_horizontal_bar) final due to a mistake in the qualifications, but when teammate [Clay Stephens](/source/Clay_Stephens) withdrew, he was given the chance to compete. He won the silver medal behind Cypriot [Ilias Georgiou](/source/Ilias_Georgiou).[{{cite web |last1=Shalala |first1=Amanda |title=Australia's Kate McDonald produces stunning gold, Tyson Bull defies injury for silver on final day of artistic gymnastics |url=https://www.abc.net.au/news/2022-08-03/kate-mcdonald-and-tyson-bull-defy-the-odds-at-commonwealth-games/101294434 |website=ABC |access-date=21 August 2025 |date=2 August 2022}}] He finished eighth in the horizontal bar final at the [2022 World Championships](/source/2022_World_Artistic_Gymnastics_Championships).[{{cite web |title=2022 FIG World Artistic Gymnastics Championships apparatus finals – Results Sunday 6 November |url=https://www.olympics.com/en/news/2022-fig-world-artistic-gymnastics-championships-apparatus-finals-results-6-nov |website=[International Olympic Committee](/source/International_Olympic_Committee) |access-date=21 August 2025 |date=6 November 2022}}]
Bull announced his retirement from the sport in 2025.[{{cite web |title=Bullseye: Tyson calls time on history-making career |url=https://www.gymnastics.org.au/content/bull-by-the-horns |website=[Gymnastics Australia](/source/Gymnastics_Australia) |access-date=21 August 2025}}]
== Personal life ==
In 2023, Bull graduated with a master's degree in [physiotherapy](/source/physiotherapy) from the [Swinburne University of Technology](/source/Swinburne_University_of_Technology).