Sean Townsend
American artistic gymnast
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Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||
Born | (1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 (age 45) Temple, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Houston, Texas | |||||||||||||||||
Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||
Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | (1995, 1997, 1998-2007) | |||||||||||||||||
Club | Houston Gymnastics Academy | |||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Kevin Mazeika | |||||||||||||||||
Retired | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||
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Sean Townsend (born January 20, 1979, in Temple, Texas) is an American artistic gymnast. He was part of the US Men's gymnastics team at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team. He was part of the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team where he became world champion on Parallel Bars and helped his team win a silver medal in the Team final. He also qualified to the Men's Individual All Around final where he placed 8th.
In 2001, he was a finalist for the James E. Sullivan Award.[1]
References
- ^ "Profile - Sean Townsend". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2012.
External links
- Sean Townsend at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Sean Townsend at USA Gymnastics
- Sean Townsend at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Sean Townsend at Olympics.com
- Sean Townsend at Olympedia
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Alternate | Ryan Weston |
- Peter Kormann (Men's artistic head coach)
- Yoichi Tomita (Men's artistic assistant coach)
- Barry Weiner (Men's artistic assistant coach)
- Kelli Hill (Women's artistic head coach)
- Steve Rybacki (Women's artistic assistant coach)
- Béla Károlyi (Women's artistic coordinator)
- Robert Noll (Trampoline coach)
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