University of Michigan Men's Gymnastics: Class of 2015

The University of Michigan men's gymnastics class of 2015

Fabian Leimlehner

Austrian gymnast Fabian Leimlehner

Fabian Hambuechen Test

Gymnast Fabian Hambuechen doing a test before Olympic qualification

All-Around

BEST High bar routine ever

Epke Zonderland won gold in London 2012 high bar event.

Krisztian Berki

Krisztian Berki is a Hungarian gymnast, specializing in pommel horse event. In fact he is considered to be the best in the event by the International Federation of Gymnastics.

He won a gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics in pommel horse event with a score of 16.066, beating British gymnast Louis Smith for the gold.

Born: March 18, 1985 in Budapest, Hungary
Height: 5'10"
Weight: 147 lbs

Career Highlights:

• Hungarian Sportsman of the Year, 2010 & 2011
• won gold at the 2010 and 2011 World Championships
• won silver at the 2007 and 2009 World Championships
• European champion in pommel horse in 2005, 2007, 2009, 2011 and 2012

Brandon Wynn

Brandon Wynn is an American gymnast. He is nicknamed "Lord of the Rings."

Wynn competed in the 2012 United States Olympic trials, placing second in still rings competition.

Born: November 4, 1988 in Vorhees, New Jersey

Height: 5'6"
Weight: 163 lbs
Website/Social Media: brandonwynn.net , Twitter

Career Highlights:

• won silver, 2012 United States Olympic trials still rings
• placed ninth, 2012 United States Olympic trials all-around
• won silver, 2012 Visa Championships, still rings
• 2011 Pan American Games: still rings (gold), team (bronze), all-around (8th)
• 2010 World Championships: team (4th)
• 2010 NCAA Gymnastics Championships: still rings (gold), team (6th)

Danell Leyva

Danell Leyva is an American gymnast, a bronze medalist at the men's all around event at the 2012 London Olympics. 

Leyva has Cuban heritage, his mother and stepfather defected from Cuba when he was a year old.

Born: October 30, 1991
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 161 lbs
Website/Social Network: www.danelljleyva.com, Twitter

Career Highlight: 

• in 2009, the youngest member of the US national senior team, at age 17
• won gold at 2011 World Championships parallel bars event
• won bronze at the 2011 World Championships team event
• won gold in 2010 Pacific Rim Championships in team, parallel bars and horizontal bar events; bronze in still rings

 

Recap: Jake Dalton in London 2012

London 2012 results: Jake Dalton placed fifth in men's floor exercises final. The United States team, which he is a part of, also placed fifth in the men's team event. 

Marcel Nguyen in Action

Marcel Nguyen of Germany in action at the London Olympics. Nguyen won silver in the men's all around event, and another silver in men's parallel bars.

Marcel Nguyen

Marcel Nguyen is a Viet-German gymnast. He recently won silver in the 2012 London Olympics men's all-around gymnastics competition, placing behind Japan's Kohei Ochimura. Nguyen also competed in the floor and parallel bars competition at the Olympics.

Nguyen started gymnastics at age four. He became a three-time European champion in bars and men's all around competition.

Born: September 8, 1987 in Munich, Germany
Height: 5'5"
Weight: 119 lbs
Website: Twitter






Career Highlights:

• German junior champion in parallel bars, 2006
• Finished 4th at the 2008 Olympics team all-around competition, 7th in the 2012 Olympics

Hamilton Sabot

Hamilton Sabot is a French gymnast. He recently competed in the 2012 London Olympics, after making an appearance at the 2008 Beijing Olympics, reaching 8th in the final of the individual all-around .

Born: May 31, 1987 in Cagnes-Sur-Mer, France
Height: 5'8"
Weight: 139 lbs
Website: Twitter




Career Highlights:

• Competed in 2008 Olympics
• Qualified in 2012 London Olympics

Meet the 2012 U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Team

Chris Brooks

Chris Brooks is an American gymnast, specializing in artistic gymnastics. He recently qualified to compete for the 2012 London Olympics as an alternate. 


Born: December 19, 1986 in Houston, Texas
Height: 5'8"
Weight: -
Website: -

Career Highlights:

• Placed fourth, together with Jake Dalton, in 2012 US Olympic Trials
• Competed for University of Oklahoma gymnastics team in college from 2005-2009
• Member of the US Junior National team, 1999-2001, 2002-2005
• Was injured in 2004

• Won gold medal at 2003 US National Championships
• Won four golds in 2012 Pacific Rim Championships (team, all around, still rings, horizontal bar) and a silver (pommel horse)
• US National championships: gold (2012, horizontal bar), silver (2010, horizontal bar and 2011, parallel bars) and bronze (2012 and 2011, parallel bars)

Gymnasts in Action

Jonathan Horton




Jacob Dalton

Alexander Naddour

Alexander Naddour is an American gymnast. He is bidding to join the United States gymnastics squad for the 2012 Olympics in London. 






Born: 1991 in Gilbert, Arizona
Height: 5'7"
Weight: 155 lbs

Career Highlights:

• won the pommel horse event at the 2010 NCAA Championships
• placed third in all-around competition at the 2010 NCAA Championships
• won bronze (for team) at the World Team competition in Japan

Jonathan Horton

Jonathan Horton is an Olympic silver medalist in gymnastics. The American is also a bronze medalist in the World Championships all-around, and has won twice in the US National all-around competition.

He competed for the University of Oklahoma during college.

Born: December 31, 1985 in Houston, Texas
Height: 5'1"
Weight: 125 lbs

Website: jonathan-horton.com , Twitter

Achievements/Career Highlights:

• 17-time medalist at the US Nationals, seven of which were gold medals
• won bronze for team event at 2008 Beijing Olympics
• won bronze for team event at 2003 Pan American Games 
• won gold for all-around at 2006, 2007 and 2011 World Cup
• 2008 USA Gymnastics Men's Athlete of the Year

Gymnastics - Qualifications for London 2012

Gymnasts trying out to qualify for the 2012 London Olympics:


Kristian Thomas (GBR)

 Arthur Zanetti (BRA)

Daniel Purvis (GBR)  

Danny Pinheiro-Rodrigues (FRA)

Matteo Morando (ITA)

Epke Zonderland

Epke Jan Zonderland is a Dutch gymnast. He competed for Netherlands in the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Recently he won gold in 2011 European Championships in Berlin, in horizontal bar event. 

Update: He also won gold medal at the 2012 London Olympics, in high bar event.

Born: April 16, 1986 in Lemmer, Netherlands 
Height: 5'8" 
Weight: 152 lbs 
Website: epkezonderland.com 



Achievements/Career Highlights: 

• together with Jeffrey Wammes, was first Dutch to qualify at the all-around final of World Championships, in 2005 
• won silver medal at the DUtch national championships for horizontal bar competition 
• won gold (horizontal bar), 2006 & 2007 WOrld Cup 
• won gold (horizontal bar), 2011 European Championships 
• won silver (horizontal bar), 2010 & 2009 World Championships 
• won silver (parallel bar), 2011 European Championships
• Dutch Sportsman of the Year, 2009

Eleftherios Petrounias

Eleftherios Petrounias is a Greek gymnast. He recently won bronze medal at the 2012 Tournament of Masters in Cottbus, Germany.

Born: November 11, 1990 in Athens, Greece
Height: 
Weight: Website: Facebook, Google+

Career Highlights:

• won bronze in still rings at 2012 Tournament of Masters in Cottbus, Germany
• won bronze in still rings at 2011 European Championships in Berlin, Germany
• won bronze in still ring at 2010 Gymnastics World Cup in Ghent, Belgium

Gymnastics 101

Here are the events for gymnastics:

Floor exercises

Pommel horse

Still rings

Vault

High bar

Parallel bars