Sean Townsend
American artistic gymnast
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| Full name | Sean Lanier Townsend | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | (1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 (age 45) Temple, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Houston, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 161 cm (5 ft 3 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 62 kg (137 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1998–2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Houston Gymnastics Academy Team Chevron Team Gattaca Team Texaco | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Kevin Mazeika | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2008 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sean Lanier Townsend (born January 20, 1979, in Temple, Texas) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. 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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