Olympic athlete rells her early years Gaylord

Contents:

• GHIKEN, OMELIANCHIK AND GAYLORD OFFICIALLY ENTER THE INTERNATNAL GYMNASTICS HALL OF FAME
• MCH GAYLORD
• OLYMPIC ATHLETE RELLS HER EARLY YEARS GAYLORD
• MCH GAYLORD
• MCH GAYLORD
• 30 OLYMPIC GYMNAST MCH GAYLORD STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR
• MITCH GAYLORD : GYMNASTICS MEDALIST IS TRYG TO SP OFF A HOLLYWOOD CAREER FROM OLYMPIC SUCCS : BY RICHARD HOFFER, TIM STAFF WRER
• GHIKEN, OMELIANCHIK AND GAYLORD OFFICIALLY ENTER THE INTERNATNAL GYMNASTICS HALL OF FAME
• EXCEMENT FOR GAYLORD FOOTBALL SHOWN LARGE TURNOUT FOR YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMP
• OLYMPIC ATHLETE RELLS HER EARLY YEARS GAYLORD

GHIKEN, OMELIANCHIK AND GAYLORD OFFICIALLY ENTER THE INTERNATNAL GYMNASTICS HALL OF FAME

TeamUned Stat of AmeriArtistic GymnasticsGam Participatns1First Olympic GamLos Angel 1984Year of Birth1961BgraphyMch Gaylord attend UCLA and was US Champn all-around 1983 and 1984, also wng the 1984 NCAA all-around tle. At the 1984 Olympics Gaylord led the US men’s team to the gold medal and won three apparat medals, silver on vlt, and bronze on parallel bars and rgs.

After the Olympics the telegenic Gaylord went to actg, notably starrg the gymnastics movie Amerin Anthem oppose Ja Jon (later Wayne Gretzky’s wife). Gaylord equently appeared on Hollywood Squar and appeared advertisements for Diet Coke, Nike, Vidal Sassoon, Soloflex, Levi's, and Texa.

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Gaylord beme a member of the UCLA Hall of Fame 1995, the US Olympic Hall of Fame 2006, and the Internatnal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame 2009.

OLYMPIC ATHLETE RELLS HER EARLY YEARS GAYLORD

Koji Ghiken of Japan, Oksana Omelianchik of Ukrae and Mch Gaylord of the U. Gaylord was the last ductee of the eveng. He has two unique and high-level skills on horizontal bar named after him the FIG Co of Pots (ont 1- ½ salto above the bar; and back salto wh ½ twist over the bar, or Gienger above the bar to ont grip, the Gaylord 2) gave cred for his succs to many of his rivals and former teammat on his UCLA llegiate team and U.

Gaylord who after his gymnastics reer starred Hollywood films cludg a big-budget theatril release lled Amerin Anthem, said the biggt medal of his reer was the team gold at the 1984 Olympics Gam.

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“We uldn’t have done whout each other, and each other’s support, ” Gaylord gave cred to all his 1984 Olympic teammat, namg each of them. Gaylord also acknowledged the mentorship he received durg his gymnastics reer by teammate and IGHOF member, the late Kurt Thomas, whose wife and dghter, Beckie and Kassidy Thomas were also was the 26th edn of the event, where more than 130 athlet om 22 untri have been regnized over the years.

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“The missn of the IGHOF is to prerve the legacy of the gymnastics ins and e their stori to spire future generatns”, said emcee and 1984 Olympic gold medalist Bart the 175 distguished guts were former Hall of Fame ducte Conner, his wife Nadia Comaneci, Conner and Gaylord’s Olympic teammate Peter Vidmar and last year’s ductee and 1992 Olympic all-around champn Tatiana Gutsu of addnal rmatn about the IGHOF, vis.

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30 OLYMPIC GYMNAST MCH GAYLORD STOCK PHOTOS & HIGH-R PICTUR

Mch Gaylord attend UCLA and was US Champn all-around 1983 and 1984, also wng the 1984 NCAA all-around tle. Gaylord equently appeared on Hollywood Squar and appeared advertisements for Diet Coke, Nike, Vidal Sassoon, Soloflex, Levi’s, and Texa.

Mch Gaylord. GAYLORD — It was a pleasant return down memory lane for Wter Vecki, a Gaylord native and Olympic athlete. "Born Grand Rapids, Vecki lived Gaylord until she was 10.

MITCH GAYLORD : GYMNASTICS MEDALIST IS TRYG TO SP OFF A HOLLYWOOD CAREER FROM OLYMPIC SUCCS : BY RICHARD HOFFER, TIM STAFF WRER

"While I was here I was on the Gaylord Gator swim team and I did all kds of stuff at the Sportsplex, " she relled. Born on March 10, 1961, Van Nuys, CA, Mch Gaylord's darg acrobatic skills were evint at an early age.

GHIKEN, OMELIANCHIK AND GAYLORD OFFICIALLY ENTER THE INTERNATNAL GYMNASTICS HALL OF FAME

Gaylord ma his first U.

EXCEMENT FOR GAYLORD FOOTBALL SHOWN LARGE TURNOUT FOR YOUTH FOOTBALL CAMP

That year, he buted the first of his two eponymo skills, the "Gaylord Flip, " a darg ont 1 and ½ release move over the bar. Even though Gaylord did not qualify for the 1980 Olympic team, he started makg a name for himself wh his urageo rout while at UCLA.

After the 1981 World Champnships, Gaylord cid to tra Arizona wh Ameri's first world champn, Kurt Thomas. Gaylord creds Thomas wh, among other thgs, stillg the nfince and showmanship he need to take his gymnastics to the next level.

OLYMPIC ATHLETE RELLS HER EARLY YEARS GAYLORD

In 1983, Gaylord moved back to Los Angel to rejo his team at UCLA. While there, Gaylord won the 1983 and 1984 USA Gymnastics Natnal Champnships, as well as the 1984 NCAA Gymnastics Champnship. Gaylord qualified for the 1984 Olympic team along wh his UCLA teammat, Peter Vidmar and Tim Daggett, as well as Oklahoma's Bart Conner, and Nebraska's Jim Hartung and Stt Johnson.

In the fal rotatn of the petn, wh the gold medal on the le, Gaylord performed his risky "Gaylord 2" skill for the first time Olympic history to help the Amerin's secure the team gold medal. After the Olympics, Gaylord was a natural for Hollywood, starrg several films cludg a big budget theatril release lled Amerin Anthem. Already a member of the US Olympic and Paralympic Hall of Fame, the UCLA Hall of Fame, and the Internatnal Jewish Sports Hall of Fame, Mch Gaylord, wh four Olympic medals, one gold, one silver and two bronze, appropriately jos the Internatnal Gymnastics Hall of Fame the Class of 2023!

Vecki, om Gaylord, Michigan, rank her first 5K at age 5. While some gymnasts are famo for wng several gold medals, Amerin gymnast and actor Mch Gaylord is renowned for havg two of his mov: the Gaylord II and Gaylord flip add to the Olympic gam.