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Birthdate: 1/20/1979 Program: Men's Artistic Level: Senior Current Residence: Houston, TX Club: Houston Gymnastics Associates.In Head Coach: Kevin Mazeika |
 Career HighlightsTownsend is the son of Frost Townsend, and he has an older sister, Tiffany. He considers the family of teammate Todd Thornton to be his "guardian family." Townsend was a member of the 2001 World Championship Team that earned an unprecedented silver medal, and he received the first individual medal for the U.S. men since 1979 when he became the world parallel bars champion. Townsend was a Sullivan Award finalist in 2001. He became interested in gymnastics from watching the 1988 Olympic Games. Townsend enjoys playing golf and poker, and going out with friends in his spare time. He is a big fan of the Dallas Cowboys.
Personal InformationHometown: Houston, TX Year you began gymnastics: 1988 Favorite Event: Vault and Parallel Bars National Competition Results2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa. - 11th-AA, FX, PH, SR, VT, PB, HB 2008 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 8th-HB 2008 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-VT, PB 2007 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-AA, PB; 4th-VT 2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn. - 2nd-PB; 5th-AA 2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. - 4th-VT 2005 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2004 Visa Championships, Nashville, Tenn. - 3rd-SR; 5th-AA 2004 Winter Cup, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-VT, HB; 2nd-AA; 3rd-PB 2003 National Championships, Milwaukee, Wis. - 2003 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2002 U.S. Championships, Cleveland, Ohio - 1st-PB; 4th-SR; 5th-AA, FX(T) 2002 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 2002 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-SR 2001 National Championships, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1st-AA, FX, SR; 2nd-VT, PB 2001 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Santa Barbara, Calif. - 2001 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2000 Olympic Trials, Boston, Mass. - 3rd-AA 2000 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo. - 2nd-AA, VT 2000 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-FX, VT, PB(T); 4th-AA 1999 World Team Trials, Kansas City, Mo. - 4th-AA 1999 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Sacramento, Calif. - 3rd-FX(T); 5th-AA International Competition Results2008 USA vs Canada, Calgary, Albera, Canada - 1st-Team; 2nd-FX 2007 Arthur Gander Memorial Competition, Morges, Switzerland - 2nd-PB 2007 USA vs. UKR vs. RUS, Kiev, Ukraine - 3rd-Team 2007 Internationaux de France - World Cup, Paris, France - 2nd-HB 2006 World Cup, Glasgow, Scotland - 3rd-PB 2005 World Cup, Paris, France - 5th-PB 2005 American Cup, Long Island, N.Y. - 7th-HB 2004 Stella Zakharova Cup, Kiev, Ukraine - 1st-Team; 2nd-PH(T), HB; 3rd-SR 2003 Chunichi Cup, Nagoya, Japan - 3rd-FX 2003 Visa American Cup, Fairfax, Va. - 2nd-SR; 3rd-PH, PB 2003 Internationaux de France, Paris-Bercy, France - 8th-HB; 9th-SR 2002 Individual Event World Championships, Debrecen, Hungary - 2002 Li Ning Cup, Beijing, China - 3rd-PB 2002 Sino-American Team Competition, Beijing, China - 2002 Pacific Alliance Championships, Vancouver, B.C., Canada - 1st-Team; 3rd-SR; 4th-AA 2002 Visa American Cup, Orlando, Fla. - 4th-AA 2002 World Cup, Cottbus, Germany - 3rd-SR(T), 3rd-PB 2001 Glasgow Grand Prix, Glasgow, Scotland - 2nd-PB; 4th-SR 2001 World Championships, Ghent, Belgium - 1st-PB; 2nd-Team; 8th-AA 2001 Goodwill Games, Brisbane, Australia - 2001 World University Games, Beijing, China - 4th-AA 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup, Honolulu, Hawaii - 1st-Team, AA 2001 10th French Internationaux Competition, Paris, France - 2nd-PB; 3rd-SR 2001 Visa American Cup, Orlando, Fla. - 1st-FX, PB; 2nd-AA, PH, HB(T); 3rd-SR 2000 Olympic Games, Syndey, Australia - 5th-Team 2000 Quantas International Challenge, Sydney, Australia - 6th-AA 1999 Grand Prix Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland - 1999 World Cup, Stuttgart, Germany - 1999 Pontiac International Team Championships, Richmond, Va. - 1st-Team; 2nd-PB 1999 World Championships, Tianjin, China - 6th-Team 1999 World University Games, Palma Majorca, Spain - VT 1999 American Cup, St. Petersburg, Fla. - 1999 Ixemes International France Telecom, Paris-Bercy, France - 3rd-FX |
Videos of Sean Townsend 2008 Olympic Trials Day 1 Parallel Bars 2008 Olympic Trials Day 1 High Bar 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 floor exercise 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 high bar 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 parallel bars 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 vault 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 still rings 2006 Visa Championships Day 2 pommel horse 2005 Visa Championships Day 2 vault 2 2005 Visa Championships Day 2 high bar 2005 Visa Championships Day 2 vault 1 2005 American Cup high bar 2003 Visa American Cup high bar 2003 Visa American Cup parallel bars 2003 Visa American Cup vault 2002 U.S. Championships Day 2 parallel bars 2002 U.S. Championships Day 2 still rings 2002 U.S. Championships Day 2 floor exercise 2002 U.S. Championships Day 2 vault 2002 U.S. Championships Day 2 high bar 2002 Visa American Cup vignette 2002 Visa American Cup high bar 2002 Visa American Cup parallel bars 2002 Visa American Cup vault 2001 U.S. Championships Day 2 floor exercise 2001 U.S. Championships Day 2 still rings 2001 U.S. Championships Day 2 vault 2001 U.S. Championships Day 2 parallel bars 2001 U.S. Championships Day 2 high bar 2001 Interview after U.S. Championships 2001 Interview after Pontiac American Team Cup 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup high bar 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup parallel bars 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup vault 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup still rings 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup vignette 2001 Pontiac American Team Cup floor exercise 2001 Interview after Visa American Cup 2001 Visa American Cup high bar 2001 Visa American Cup parallel bars 2001 Visa American Cup vault 2001 Visa American Cup still rings 2000 U.S. Championships Day 2 Vault 2000 U.S. Championships Day 2 Pommel Horse 2000 U.S. Championships Day 2 Floor Exercise 2000 U.S. Championships Day 2 High Bar 2000 U.S. Championships Day 2 Parallel Bars 1999 U.S. Championships Day 2 high bar 1999 U.S. Championships Day 2 vignette 1999 U.S. Championships Day 2 parallel bars 1999 U.S. Championships Day 2 vault 1999 U.S. Championships Day 2 still rings 1999 U.S. Championships Day 2 pommel horse 1999 U.S. Championships Day 2 floor exercise 1998 U.S. Championships Day 2 floor exercise 1998 U.S. Championships Day 2 pommel horse |
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