Bret Hudson

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexMale
Full nameBret Richard•Hudson
Used nameBret•Hudson
Born2 October 1973 in Sydney, New South Wales (AUS)
Died14 June 2023
Measurements160 cm / 62 kg
AffiliationsIngleburn RSL
NOC Australia

Biography

Bret Hudson had a promising start to his career when he was named Australia’s Junior Male Gymnast of the Year in 1991. In the same year Hudson made his début for Australia at the Gymnastics World Championships, making five more appearances at the World Championships during the 1990s. At the 1994 Commonwealth Games in Victoria, British Columbia, Hudson won an individual gold in the vault and a silver in the team competition.

Two years after the Commonwealth Games Hudson competed at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics where he finished in 51st place in the individual all-round. At the 1998 Commonwealth Games in Kuala Lumpur he won a team silver along with individual bronze in the parallel bars and the vault. Hudson was later inducted into Gymnastics Australia Hall of Fame.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1996 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) AUS Bret Hudson
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) 51 r1/2
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) 75 r1/1
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) =55 r1/1
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) 55 r1/1
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) 75 r1/1
Rings, Men (Olympic) =78 r1/1
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) 73 r1/1

Special Notes