‘I have done some dangerous things. I enjoy the fear of, not dying, but getting seriously hurt’

The gymnast Dom Cunningham made the switch from GB to Ireland and has packed a lot into a life less ordinary. 

RENAISSANCE MAN: Dominick Cunningham of the Gymnastics Ireland Men's Senior team.
Photo by Stephen McCarthy/Sportsfile

There isn’t a business card in the world that could capture Dom Cunningham. His CV, if he has one, must run for miles beyond the standard one or two pages. The modern term is ‘portfolio career’ but his is a life and an approach that could never sit contentedly in any one folder or filing cabinet anyway.

Where to start?