A lot of people wonder, who is Andrew Graves? Well, I’ll tell you right now. I was born on June 28, 2003 at the Kalamazoo Hospital, and I go to the Gull Lake Middle School. I have three main, very different topics, such as: My family, Gymnastics, and California. I will talk first about my family.
We have a really big family tree, all the way back to my great-grandma, who is 93. I have three grandpas, two grandmas, three aunts, three uncles, a great-grandma, five cousins, a brother, a sister, a dog, and a cat. That’s everyone! In total, I have 23 family members, and probably some dead ones that I don’t actually know. Fun fact about me, I’m part Macedonian and Bulgarian. Which is kind of weird because one of my coach for Gymnastics is also Macedonian and Bulgarian.
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I am a level seven, which is a really high level. The coach that I was talking about earlier that was Macedonian and Bulgarian is actually a gold medalist for Pommel Horse in the 1988 Olympics. My other coach was also a gymnast, but did something to his shoulder. So he makes us do a BUNCH of shoulder conditioning so that it doesn’t happen to us. I practice five days a week for three and a half hours each day. That’s 17.5 hours a week! Last but not least, I’m going to talk about
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