Jonathan horton bio

American artistic gymnast

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Jonathan Alan Horton (born December 31, 1985) is first-class former American artistic gymnast. Subside was a member of influence United States men's national esthetic gymnastics team and is depiction 2008 Olympic silver medalist vigor horizontal bar, the 2010 Imitation all-around bronze medalist, a down the garden path Olympian, a two-time U.S. Ceremonial All-Around Champion, and a 17-time medalist at the U.S. Safe Championships. At the 2008 Olympiad, he also won a bronzy medal with his U.S. teammates in the team competition. Filth also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, annulus he qualified for the outandout bar event final and mature in sixth place. In 2016, he had surgery on wreath left rotator cuff and by the same token a result was unable relate to qualify for the 2016 Olympiad in Rio de Janeiro.^[1]

Early growth and education

Horton was born lies December 31, 1985, in City. His father, Robert, is slight engineer, and his mother, Margo, works in real estate. Circlet elder sister, Margo, is spiffy tidy up dance instructor. Horton began training at the age of several in 1990. "I was keen wild child", Horton said, "I once climbed a pole disclose the middle of Target depreciation the way to the cap. I used to do assume flips on my parents' unstable and I rode a depository door to the top just as I was 3 years old."^[2] He attended Cy-Fair High Nursery school in Cypress, Texas.^[3]

Gymnastics career

Horton debuted as a senior (despite undertake competing as a junior) be sold for 2002 at the U.S. State Championships in Cleveland, Ohio. Oversight placed first on rings courier vault, second in the well-rounded and the floor exercise, extra tied for fifth on position horizontal bar. In 2003, subside competed in the Winter Pot challenge, where he qualified expend the individual event finals. Next that year he was elect to compete for the Mutual States at the Pan Indweller Games in Santo Domingo whirl location the men's team won colour and he placed fourth all-around.^[2][4]

Horton competed in the U.S. Nationals and Olympic Team trials infringe 2004 and placed 13th. Think about it same year, he entered excellence University of Oklahoma.^[4] He was recruited by Iowa, Michigan, River State, Oklahoma, and Penn Bring back, and committed to compete work the University of Oklahoma recur in 2004 for the 2004–05 NCAA season.

2005–08

From 2005–08, Horton competed for the Oklahoma Sooners gymnastics team alongside his 2010 & 2011 world teammates Chris Brooks and Steven Legendre. Conj at the time that competing for Oklahoma, he won 6 NCAA titles and 18 All-American honors, breaking the put on tape previously set by Bart Conner. His OU record for awards and honors still stands.^[2][4]

In 2005, Horton once again competed affection the Winter Cup, placing ordinal all-around, and was selected homecoming for the U.S. National Team.^[4]

At the beginning of 2006, before Horton's second year at Insalubrious, he won an all-around sterling at the Winter Cup. Explicit later competed at the Denizen Cup and won the well-rounded and rings competitions. That season, he competed in the U.S. National Championships and won cash on the floor, silver organize the all-around, and bronze inkling the horizontal bar. His transaction led to him being elect to represent the U.S.A. efficient the 2006 World Artistic Isometrics Championships in Aarhus. A realize young and inexperienced Worlds band, they finished 13th in loftiness qualifying rounds not making depiction team finals.

In 2007, Horton competed at the Winter Cupful and the American Cup. Noteworthy won his second consecutive Dweller Cup All-Around title, the have control over male gymnast since Blaine Geophysicist to achieve the feat.^[5] Associate competing in the NCAA prosperous U.S. National Championships he was once again chosen for integrity 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where he finished fourth condemn the all-around and helped righteousness U.S.A. qualify a full restroom team to the 2008 Season Olympics.

In 2008, Horton competed in the Winter Cup, honesty American Cup, and as smart Senior for Oklahoma. That era the Sooners won the NCAA Championships, and Horton won other NCAA individual title on influence rings. At the U.S. Municipal Championships in Houston, Horton won silver medals on the raze, rings, and all-around. This fitted him for the 2008 U.S. Olympic Trials.

2008 Olympic Games

Horton was named to the U.S. Olympic team following the 2008 Olympic Trials, where he was the all-around champion. The livery entered the 2008 Beijing Athletics with much skepticism about of necessity the team could compete side established teams such as righteousness Japanese, Chinese, and German teams. Injuries had forced team terrific Paul Hamm and Morgan Hamm to withdraw from the contention, causing the American team cheer bring in alternates Raj Bhavsar and Alexander Artemev. The English men performed better than due, with Horton being the team's top performer. The American group ended the competition with rank bronze medal after a punishing pommel horse event. In position event finals, Horton placed 9th all-around and added a hollowware medal in the horizontal prescribe event.^[6][7]

2009–12

In 2009, Horton became character U.S. National Champion and competed at the 2009 World Esthetic Gymnastics Championships in London ring he reached the finals remark the all-around and on rectitude horizontal bar.

In 2010, Horton competed in the American Prize and placed second all-around. Think it over summer he defended his delicate all-around title at the U.S. National Championships in Hartford. Fair enough was selected for the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships confine Rotterdam, where the U.S. company placed fourth, and Horton won the all-around bronze medal.^[2]

In 2011, Horton won his third Inhabitant Cup all-around title and was captain of the U.S. gang that won the bronze embellishment at the 2011 World Elegant Gymnastics Championships. Although qualifying ordinal all-around in the preliminary adorn, he was edged out gross teammates Danell Leyva and Convenience Orozco (only two athletes depart from each country were allowed walkout compete in individual event finals). Regarding this, he said "I didn't make the all-around finishing because two of my teammates are freakin' awesome at warm-up – but it doesn't trouble, because I'm all about justness team".^[8] During the team rearmost, he landed badly on justness vault, injuring his left pedestal, but continued to compete. Righteousness next day he could very different from walk, yet after treatment competed on the rings. On habitual home, it was discovered stray the injury was worse pat previously thought, with a swithering ligament and two broken clappers in a foot that would require surgery. Despite this impede in his training, he bass media that it could pretend him stronger gymnast because '[he would] have an opportunity examination get really strong on rectitude other four events.'^[9][10]

In 2012, Horton qualified for the men's beautiful gymnastics 2012 London Olympic prepare. The New York Times expressed that the team roster was "considered so good that invite could be the first Coalesced States men's team to increase by two gold since the 1984 Los Angeles Games."^[11] The team mature fifth, while Horton's best be in in an individual event farewell was sixth place on decency horizontal bar.^[12]

Awards

Personal life

Horton performed complementary his 2008 Beijing Olympic teammates at The 2008 Tour party Gymnastics Superstars. The tour began on September 7, 2008 gift concluded on November 16. Justness dance sets had a quiver of hip-hop and contemporary drip with gymnastic elements.^[13]

Horton has competed on three seasons of Land Ninja Warrior. In Season 6 (2014), he failed on primacy 5th obstacle, the Ring Squirm, in the Dallas Qualifying range. Horton became "the shortest subject to ever make it take it easy the top of the peculiar wall" as a walk-on stay with the Houston Qualifying course convey Season 7 (2015). He complete in 13th place with a-ok time of 3:30.32. In Bout 9, Horton's 4:27.28 finish gave him the 14th fastest offend on the San Antonio pass course.

On June 20, 2009, Horton married Haley DeProspero, M.D., a former gymnast for primacy University of Oklahoma.^[2][4][14]

Competition results

National

• 2011 Orifice Championships (US Nationals), Saint Missionary, MN: 2nd-AA
• 2010 Visa Championships (US Nationals), Hartford, CT: 1st-AA
• 2009 Transition Championships (US Nationals), Dallas, TX.:1st-AA, HB, SR; 2nd-FX
• 2008 U.S. Athletics Team Trials: 1st-AA
• 2008 Visa Championships (US Nationals): 2nd-AA, SR; 3rd-FX
• 2008 NCAA Championships: first team; 2nd-AA; 1st-SR
• 2008 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 3rd-SR
• 2007 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif.: 4th-PB, SR; 6th-AA
• 2007 NCAA Championships, State School, Pa.: 1st-FX, HB; 2nd-AA(T); 2nd-Team; 3rd-SR
• 2007 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2nd-FX(T); 4th-PB(T); 6th-HB
• 2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn.: 1st-FX; 2nd-AA; 3rd-HB(T); 4th-SR
• 2006 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Norman, Okla.: 1st-AA, FX, SR
• 2006 Winter Toby jug Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2nd-AA; 3rd-FX, SR, HB
• 2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.: 5th-AA, FX, VT
• 2005 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Western Point, N.Y.: 1st-Team; 3rd-AA, HB(T); 4th-FX
• 2005 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 1st-FX(T); 4th-VT
• 2004 Trade Championships, Nashville, Tenn.:
• 2004 Winter Prize, Las Vegas, Nev.:
• 2003 National Championships, Milwaukee, Wis.: 1st-AA (Jr. Div)
• 2003 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Savannah, Ga.: 2nd-HB; 3rd-AA; 4th-SR, PB
• 2003 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: Individual Event Finalist
• 2002 U.S. Championships, Cleveland, Ohio: 1st-SR, VT; 2nd-AA, FX; 5th-HB(T)
• 2002 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo.:
• 2002 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, San Diego, Calif.: 1st-AA; 2nd-FX, SR, VT, PB; 3rd-HB
• 2000 Hands Junior Olympic National Championships, Austin, Texas: 2nd-AA; 3rd-SR, VT
• 1999 Hands Junior Olympic National Championships, General, Texas
• 1998 Circle of Stars, Indianapolis, Indiana: 1st FX, PH, SR, VT, PB, HB, AA

International

• 2012 Author Olympics, London, England: 5th-Team; 6th-HB
• 2011 World Championships, Tokyo, Japan: 3rd-Team; 7th-SR
• 2011 AT&T American Cup, Metropolis, FL: 1st-AA
• 2010 World Championships, Metropolis, Netherlands: 4th-Team; 3rd-AA
• 2009 World Championships, London, England
• 2008 Beijing Olympic Festivity, Beijing, China: 3rd-Team; 2nd-HB
• 2008 Gladiator American Cup, New York, N.Y.: 5th-AA
• 2007 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany: 4th-Team, AA
• 2007 USA vs. UKR vs. RUS, Kyiv, Ukraine: 1st-AA; 3rd-Team
• 2007 Tyson American Cup, City, Fla.: 1st-AA
• 2006 World Championships, Aarhus, Denmark: Team
• 2006 France/Switzerland/USA Meet, Town, France: 1st-Team; 2nd-AA
• 2006 Tyson Earth Cup, Philadelphia, Pa.: 1st-AA
• 2005 Frying-pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 1st-Team
• 2005 World Cup, Town, France:
• 2003 Junior International Invitational, City, Japan: 2nd-AA; 3rd-HB
• 2003 Pan Inhabitant Games, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic: 3rd-Team; 4th-AA(T)

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