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Mitch Gaylord Country represented 
United StatesBorn March 10, 1961 Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics Eponymous skills Gaylord (horizontal bar) Medal recordOlympic Games Gold 1984 Los Angeles Team competition Silver 1984 Los Angeles Vault Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Rings Bronze 1984 Los Angeles Parallel bars Mitchell ("Mitch") Jay Gaylord (born March 10, 1961), is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.[1]
Gaylord was born in Van Nuys, California, son of Fred and Linda Gaylord. While attending UCLA, he won the All-Around in the 1983 and 1984 U.S. National Championships, and the 1984 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship.
In the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Gaylord led the gold-medal-winning U.S. men's gymnastics team, becoming the first American gymnast to score a perfect 10.00 in the Olympics. He also won the silver medal in vault, the bronze in parallel bars and the bronze in the rings.
Gaylord invented 2 skills that are performed on the horizontal bar: the "Gaylord" and the "Gaylord II" which are still performed by gymnasts today.[2][3]
Gaylord appeared in several movies and TV shows. Most notably, he performed as a stunt double for Chris O'Donnell (as Robin) in the 1995 movie Batman Forever [4] and starred in American Anthem opposite actress Janet Jones.[5] He was also a frequent guest star on Hollywood Squares.
Most recently, Gaylord has appeared on the Home Shopping Network endorsing Suzanne Somers' fitness machine The Body Row, and the Melt It Off workout program.[6]
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Personal
Mitch Gaylord is married to Valentina Agius and has two children. He was previously married and had three children. Gaylord is Jewish.[1]
See also
References
- ^ a b Klein, Steve (16 July 2009). "Jason Lezak heads new crop of Jewish Hall-of-Famers". Haaretz. http://www.haaretz.com/print-edition/sports/jason-lezak-heads-new-crop-of-jewish-hall-of-famers-1.280092. Retrieved 21 January 2011.
- ^ "High-flying". Daily Bruin. 1995-04-05. http://www.dailybruin.ucla.edu/archives/id/4853/. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Glossary (gymnastics)". International Olympic Committee. http://www.olympic.org/uk/sports/programme/glossary_uk.asp?DiscCode=GA. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "Mitchell Gaylord". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/name/nm0310942/. Retrieved 2008-03-18.
- ^ "American Anthem". Internet Movie Database. http://www.imdb.com/title/tt0090631/. Retrieved 2008-03-18..
- ^ "Melt It Off". YouTube. http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8ZcFpI24QhA. Retrieved 2008-12-08..
External links
- Mitch Gaylord at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
- Official website
- Mitchell Gaylord at the Internet Movie Database
Categories:- 1961 births
- Living people
- American male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics
- Jewish actors
- Jewish American sportspeople
- Jewish gymnasts
- College gymnastics coaches in the United States
- People from Los Angeles, California
- UCLA Bruins gymnasts
- Maccabiah gymnasts of the United States
- Gymnasts at the 1981 Maccabiah Games
- Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
- Olympic gymnasts of the United States
- University of California, Los Angeles alumni
- Maccabiah gold medalists
- Olympic medalists in gymnastics
- American Olympic medalist stubs
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