John Roethlisberger (born June 21, 1970) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and represented the U.S. at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He is also a four-time U.S. National all-around champion and a four-time U.S. National pommel horse champion. He also won back-to-back American Cup titles in 1995 and 1996. John was named Sportsperson of the Year in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2000 and was a member of six World Championship teams throughout his career.[1]
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| Full name | John Roethlisberger | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 21, 1970 Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 171 cm (5 ft 7 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 73 kg (161 lb) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1989–2000 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Minnesota Golden Gophers | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Team Texaco Twin City Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Roethlisberger (parallel bars) Roethlisberger 1 (horizontal bar) Roethlisberger 2 (horizontal bar) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Collegiate career
editRoethlisberger enrolled at the University of Minnesota where his father was head coach of the men's gymnastics team. While there, he won the NCAA all-around title three times and the Big Ten Conference all-around title four times. In 1993, Roethlisberger won the Nissen Award, and was a 1992 and 1993 Academic All-American. In 1993, John was named the winner of the NCAA Top-six Award, awarded annually to the top six student-athletes in the nation from all sports.[2]
Commentary career
editJohn has been in the commentary box for many Visa Championships, U.S. Classic, and Nastia Liukin Cup competitions for NBC. He also does commentary for the Big Ten and SEC Networks college gymnastic meets.
Personal life
editJohn is the son of Fred Roethlisberger, a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympics gymnastics team. His sister Marie Roethlisberger was an alternate on the 1984 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. He earned his BS degree in finance and international business. He now co-owns camp Flipfest, along with John Macready.[3] Flipfest is located on Lake Frances in Crossville, Tennessee.[4]
Eponymous skills
editRoethlisberger has three named elements - one on the parallel bars and two on the horizontal bar.[5][6]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] | Added to Code of Points |
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| Parallel bars | Roethlisberger | "High wende and salto bwd tuck or pike." | D, 0.4 | Named in 1997 but first performed in 1989. |
| Horizontal bar | Roethlisberger 1 | "Dbl. salto fwd. t. or p. w. 1/1 or 3/2 t. over the bar." | D, 0.4 | |
| Roethlisberger 2 | "Double salto fwd. str. or with ½ t. or over the bar." | D, 0.4 |
- ^ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points
References
edit- ^ "U.S. National Champions - Men". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on June 13, 2010. Retrieved August 22, 2010.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Nissen Emery Award". Archived from the original on August 23, 2012. Retrieved November 17, 2012.
- ^ "John & John | Flip Fest". 13 November 2020.
- ^ "Flip Fest | the Ultimate Summer Gymnastics Camp | Crossville, TN". 12 October 2020.
- ^ "Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. December 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
- ^ "Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. July 3, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
External links
edit- John Roethlisberger at the International Gymnastics Federation
- John Roethlisberger at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- John Roethlisberger at Olympics.com
- John Roethlisberger at Olympedia