Brian Ginsberg (born 1966) is an American former gymnast. He is a two-time US junior national gymnastics champion. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two medals at the 1987 Pan American Games.
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| Full name | Brian Ginsberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 5, 1966 Miami, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Mobile, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Empire Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Arthur Shurlock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Ginsberg (parallel bars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and education
editGinsberg was born in Miami, Florida, to Nathan (a radiologist) and Iris Ginsberg, is Jewish, and grew up in Denver, Colorado, and Mobile, Alabama.[1][2][3] His grandparents are Betty and Sam Diemar.[4]
Ginsberg competed in gymnastics for UCLA, where he majored in kinesiology and was pre-med hoping to specialize in sports medicine.[2][5][6][7]
Gymnastics career
editGinsberg was the 1982 and 1983 United States junior national gymnastics champion.[2] In 1985 he won the all-around competition at the Brazil Cup.[8][7] Ginsberg also won gold in the rings, silver in the floor exercise, and bronze in the vault individual medals at the National Sports Festival.[2][9] He competed in the 1985 Maccabiah Games for Team USA.[9]
In 1986 competing for the UCLA Bruins, Ginsberg was an All-American, and finished second in the 1986 NCAA all-around competition.[10][2][5][6] He won the floor exercise in the competition.[11]
In 1987, Ginsberg won the McDonald's American Cup at George Mason University's Patriot Center in Virginia, as Soviet national champion Vladimir Gogoladze came in second.[8][12][13][4] The Alabama State Senate passed a resolution commending him for extraordinary achievement.[4]
Ginsberg won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.
Eponymous skills
editGinsberg had one named element on the parallel bars, originally named in 1989, but removed from the code of points in 2000.[14][15]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to Code of Points |
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| Parallel bars | Ginsberg | "Giant swing fw. to hdst." | Removed from CoP on December 31, 2000. | 1989 |
References
edit- ^ Robert Ashbrook (February 14, 1986). "Mobile Gymnast Hopes to Add to his Impressive Credentials". The Jewish Floridian of greater Ft. Lauderdale.
- ^ a b c d e Rob Gloster (August 4, 1985). "1988 Gymnastics: Brian Ginsberg". UPI.
- ^ Shel Wallman (June 18, 1986). "Nancy Lieberman back in limelight". Jewish Post.
- ^ a b c "Resolution Presented to Gymnast". The Jewish Floridian of Greater Ft. Lauderdale. July 3, 1987.
- ^ a b "UCLA gymnast Brian Ginsberg, an All-American who..." Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1986.
- ^ a b "Men's Gymnastics". University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA), Class of 1985. p. 58.
- ^ a b Art Shurlock (September–October 1985). "It Must have been Rio; Ginsberg's Talents Soar in Brazil Meets". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ a b Niewiaroski, Donna (March 9, 1987). "Ginsberg Putting Gymnastics First". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b Shel Wallman (August 14, 1985). "U.S. Maccabians head to sports festival". Jewish Post.
- ^ Bob Rikkli (May–June 1986). "Sun Devils Shine in Nebraska". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hersch, Hank (May 4, 1987). "A Tumble From the Top". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Mike Botkin (March–April 1987). "U.S. Duo Captures McDonald's America Cup". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ "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.