Feel and Physics: Tiago Bessa, SPIETH Engineer and Former Elite Gymnast
Tiago Bessa competed for Portugal for a decade, then looked at a stress-strain graph in a university materials class and realized the high bar he had swung on since he was four is a spring. Now he engineers gymnastics equipment at SPIETH.
Tiago is a mechanical and product engineer at SPIETH Gymnastics, the apparatus supplier for the 2026 World Championships in Rotterdam, and a former elite men's artistic gymnast who represented Portugal at European and World Championships. He speaks both languages: what an athlete feels on a piece of equipment, and what the physics says is actually happening…
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