Luke Strong

Luke Strong may refer to:

Luke Strong (gymnast)

Luke Robert David Strong (born 7 December 1993) is a British trampoline gymnast, Luke is one of Britain's best trampoline gymnasts taking historic bronze at the 2014 European Championships.

Luke who nearly lost His leg in 2009 at age of 15 during a training session. Luke has made a full recovery and in the trials for the 2012 Olympics He missed out by the slenderest margin possible, just 0.1 of a point. But in 2014 Luke became the first British senior Trampoline Gymnast man to win a medal at a European championships in the last 32 years, winning bronze in Portugal.

Achievements

Luke Strong (Coronation Street)

Luke Strong is a fictional character in the UK television ITV soap opera, Coronation Street. Portrayed by actor Craig Kelly, the character appeared throughout 2009. Luke took over Carla Gordon's share of the Underworld factory with Tony Gordon. He knew Carla's deceased husband, Paul Connor.

Storylines

Luke arrives in Weatherfield on 20 February 2009 replacing Carla (Alison King) as the Manager of Underworld. He initially infuriates Tony (Gray O'Brien) after refusing to say where Carla was claiming that all he had told her was that the business needed running. He makes friends with Tom Kerrigan (Philip McGinley) and Maria Connor (Samia Smith) after hearing the story about Liam's (Rob James-Collier) death. After hearing about their business 'LadRags' he expresses an interest in buying it from them for £50,000 each. Tom and Maria, however, state that they need more time to consider the matter.

On 30 March 2009, Peter Barlow (Chris Gascoyne) accidentally drops a lit cigarette while drunk and falls asleep as his flat began to catch fire, Deirdre Barlow (Anne Kirkbride) receives a call from Peter's six-year-old son Simon (Alexander Bain) telling her that the flat is on fire. She runs out of the house and tells Luke and Tony as they rush into the house and call an ambulance. Luke gets Simon out while saying he should get Simon's pet rabbit out but Tony keeps repeating that he should leave it. In the end Tony gets Peter out, while Luke goes back in to rescue the rabbit.