Medal record
Olympic 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 in Van Nuys, California) is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist.
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 techniques performed on the horizontal bar: the "Gaylord Flip" and the "Gaylord II" are still performed by gymnasts today.
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 and starred in American Anthem opposite actress Janet Jones 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.
Gaylord is currently a judge on the American version of Celebrity Circus, which started airing on NBC on June 11, 2008.
See also
List of Olympic medalists in gymnastics (men)
References
^ "High-flying", Daily Bruin (1995-04-05). Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
^ "Glossary (gymnastics)". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
^ "Mitchell Gaylord". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-03-18.
^ "American Anthem". Internet Movie Database. Retrieved on 2008-03-18..
External links
Mitch Gaylord at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
Official website
Mitchell Gaylord at the Internet Movie Database
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