Jeffrey Wammes

Jeffrey Wammes (born 24 April 1987) is a former internationally competitive Dutch gymnast. Specializing in the floor exercise and vault, Wammes began competing on the elite level in 2005. Wammes trained alongside Yuri van Gelder at the Flik-Flak club in 's-Hertogenbosch.

Biography In February 2004, the 17-year-old Wammes first competed internationally.

At the 2005 American Cup in Uniondale, New York (part of the World Cup circuit that year). Wammes won gold on floor and vault. Then at the European Championships in Debrecen, he won the bronze medal for vault. At the 2005 World Championships in Melbourne, Wammes and Epke Zonderland became the first Dutch men to qualify for the all-around finals; Wammes finished fifteenth. He also qualified for the floor and vault finals, finishing fifth and eighth, respectively.

In March 2006 Wammes broke both his ankles during his floor routine at the World Cup in Lyon. His recovery lasted over six months and created a major setback in his career. However, In October, Wammes was able to participate in the World Championships in Aarhus. ended his Olympic dream for 2012. Eventually Zonderland was delegated to the Olympics where he won a golden medal on the horizontal bar.

Wammes currently performs in Cirque du Soleil's Mystere in Las Vegas.

Gymnastics performance

Jeffrey Wammes was the All Around Dutch champion four times: in 2005, 2007, 2008 and 2010. +2008 Dutch National Championships Wammes self stated: "I'm a little hidden away. They said I didn't do my best. Strange thing is that during the training this was never mentioned. It was quite a shock. When I hear that contracts by other athletes aren't renewed, I think of myself."

In 2011, Wammes came out as gay when he appeared in an edition of Linda Magazine focused on gay athletes. He stated, "There was already a lot of speculation about whether or not I fell for boys or girls. To me it has nothing to do with sport or how I perform. But when I was asked to do this, I made it clear straight away how things were and that’s that." Wammes was just one of 56 competitors who publicly identified as LGBT during the Olympic games.

Media appearances In 2014, Wammes appeared on the Dutch reality TV competition show Star Jumping. In the final episode, he was announced that years winner.