Sean Townsend

American artistic gymnast

Sean Townsend
Country represented United States
Born (1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 (age 45)
Temple, Texas, U.S.
HometownHouston, Texas
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelInternational Elite
Years on national team(1995, 1997, 1998-2007)
ClubHouston Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)Kevin Mazeika
Retired2008
Medal record
Representing  United States
Artistic Gymnastics
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2001 Ghent Parallel Bars
Silver medal – second place 2001 Ghent Team

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

  1. ^ "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 FederationEdit on Wikidata
  • Sean Townsend at USA GymnasticsEdit on Wikidata
  • Sean Townsend at the USA Gymnastics Hall of FameEdit on Wikidata
  • Sean Townsend at Olympics.comEdit on Wikidata
  • Sean Townsend at OlympediaEdit on Wikidata
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Men's artistic gymnastics athletes
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Women's artistic gymnastics athletes
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Rhythmic gymnastics athletes
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Trampoline athletes
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Ryan Weston
Coaches
  • 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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