- Jason Burnett
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medaltemplates=Jason Nicholas Burnett (born December 16, 1986 in Toronto) is a Canadian trampoline gymnast from
Etobicoke, Ontario . He is noted for having completed, in training, the world's most difficult trampoline routine with a degree of difficulty of 18.5. He has placed first in the Canadian National Championships three times in individual trampoline. In the2008 Olympic Games he won a silver medal.Career
On April 2, 2007, at the Lake Placid Trampoline World Cup he completed a routine with a degree of difficulty (DD or tariff) of 17.50 becoming the new FIG recognised World record holder [http://www.acrobaticsports.com/detail.do?noArticle=2206&id_key=0] . He finished in 2nd place in the competition. The following week in
Quebec City , he completed a synchronised trampoline routine with his partner, Philip Barbaro, which had a world record DD of 16.0. However as their marks for synchronisation and execution were very low, they only came in 7th place in the competition [http://www.acrobaticsports.com/detail.do?noArticle=2225&id_key=0] .He won the 2008 Canadian Senior Men's Trampoline Championship in
Calgary for the third time.He currently trains at Skyriders Trampoline Place in Richmond Hill alongside
Karen Cockburn andRosannagh MacLennan with trainer Dave Ross.In the preliminary round of the
2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing, Burnett finished in seventh place and qualified for the finals of the trampoline event after a very strong optional routine. In the finals, he won the silver medal in the event with the most difficult routine of the competition. [cite news |title=Roll call: Canada's medal winners |url=http://sports.sympatico.msn.cbc.ca/beijing2008/cp_cbc_beijing.aspx?feedname=cbc-sports-v3&showbyline=true&newsitemid=olympics-canada-medals&pagenumber=3 |work=Sympatico MSN |date=2008-08-23 |accessdate=2008-08-23]References
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