Axl Osborne (born December 31, 1995) is an

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. He currently competes as the base in a mixed pair with his partner Tiffani Williams. With partner Tiffani Williams, Osbourne came 2nd at the

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. He previously competed as the base in a Level 9 mixed pair with his partner, acrobatic gymnast Lydia Webb. The pair train together at

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(WOGA) in north

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, which produced

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team gold medalist and uneven bars silver medallist

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women’s all-around

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champion

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and

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champion

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. Before Osborne’s partnership with Webb, he and male acrobatic gymnast Dylan Inserra trained together at WOGA and competed as an elite men’s pair for several years. In November 2008, Inserra and Osborne qualified for elite status during a competition at the Karolyi Ranch in New Waverly, Texas. Osborne and Inserra won the men’s pair senior national title at both the 2009

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Championships in

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, Texas and at the 2010 championships in

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, where the pair won both the dynamic and the balance events. They were two-time members of the U.S. senior national team. Internationally, the pair competed at the 2010

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, Poland, where they placed seventh. and at the 2010 Volkov Cup in

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, where they placed fourth. Osborne and Inserra disbanded after the 2010 season, and Osborne began training in a mixed pair with WOGA acrobatic gymnast Webb. At the 2011 Acro Cup in

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, Osborne and Webb placed second all-around in the age group 11-16. In June 2011, the pair qualified to the 2011 National Championships in

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, on July 22–27, where they won the

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medal for mixed pair 16 and under. Osborne and Webb were also named to the Acrobatic Gymnastics Development Team "B" by USA Gymnastics.

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