:: USA Gymnastics :: Jonathan Horton ::

Jonathan Horton

Birthdate: 12/31/1985
Program: Men's Artistic
Level: Senior
Current Residence: Houston, TX
Club: Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
Head Coach: Tom Meadows

Career Highlights

2012 Olympic team member. Competed in high bar finals.
2012 U.S. still rings champion and high bar bronze medalist
2011 World Championships Team bronze medalist
Three-time American Cup all-around champion - 2006, 2007, 2011
2010 World all-around bronze medalist
Two-time U.S. all-around champions - 2009, 2010
2009 U.S. still rings and high bar (tie) champion
2008 Olympic horizontal bar silver medalist and team bronze medalist
2008 USA Gymnastics Men's Athlete of the Year
2008 NCAA Nissen-Emery Award winner
2006-2007, 2009-11 World Championships Team member
2006 NCAA all-around champion
Holds Oklahoma records for career All-America honors (18) and career NCAA individual titles (six)
Won three NCAA team titles with Oklahoma (2005-06, 2008)

Personal Information

Hometown: Houston, TX
Twitter: @J_Horton11
Facebook: Facebook.com/pages/Jonathan-Horton/19014368
Name of College: University of Oklahoma
Year you began gymnastics: 1990
Favorite Event: High bar
How did you get involved in gymnastics: I was a wild child. I once climbed a pole in the middle of Target all the way to the ceiling. I used to do back flips on my parents' bed and I rode a garage door to the top when I was 3 years old.
Favorite thing about gymnastics: It's always a thrill and a rush of adrenaline. The greatest thing in this sport is learning a new skill and perfecting it when you struggled on it for a while.
What are your goals for gymnastics?: To bring home a gold medal from the Olympic Games.
Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Father, Robert, is an engineer, and mother, Margo, is a realtor. Wife is Haley De Prospero (6/20/09)
Names of sibling(s): Older sister, Margo, is a dance instructor.
Family members in sports: Wife Haley was a gymnast at Oklahoma

Interests Outside the Gym

Favorite music: 311 and Linkin Park
Favorite TV show(s): Family Guy, South Park, Deal or no Deal
Favorite Food: My favorite meal is bar b q chicken, refried beans, potato salad and a coke.

National Competition Results

2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, San Jose, Calif. - 1st-SR; 2nd-PB; 3rd-AA; 5th-HB; 7th-FX; 8th-PH, VT
2012 Visa Championships, Saint Paul, Minn. - 1st-SR; 3rd-HB; 4th-AA; 5th-PB; 6th-FX(T)
2012 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
2011 Visa Championships, Saint Paul, Minn. - 2nd-AA; 3rd-FX, SR, VT; 4th-PB; 5th-HB
2011 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
2010 Visa Championships, Hartford, Conn. - 1st-AA; 2nd-SR; 3rd-FX; 4th-VT; 5th-PB; 8th-HB(T)
2010 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-AA, SR; 3rd-HB; 6th-VT
2009 Visa Championships, Dallas, Texas - 1st-AA, SR, HB(T); 2nd-FX; 4th-VT; 5th-PB
2009 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 9th-PB
2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1st-AA; 2nd-FX, SR; 4th-PB, HB; 5th-VT; 10th-PH
2008 Visa Championships, Houston, Texas - 2nd-AA, SR, FX; 4th-VT; 6th-PB
2008 NCAA Men's Championships, Stanford, Calif. - 1st-Team, SR; 2nd- AA; 4th-PB(T); 9th-FX
2008 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 3rd-SR
2007 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif. - 4th-PB, SR; 6th-AA
2007 NCAA Championships, State College, Pa. - 1st-FX, HB; 2nd-Team, AA(T); 3rd-SR
2007 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-FX(T); 4th-PB(T); 6th-HB
2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn. - 1st-FX; 2nd-AA; 3rd-HB(T); 4th-SR
2006 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Norman, Okla. - 1st-AA, FX, SR
2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-AA; 3rd-FX, SR, HB
2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. - 5th-AA, FX, VT
2005 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, West Point, N.Y. - 1st-Team; 3rd-AA, HB(T); 4th-FX
2005 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-FX(T); 4th-VT
2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Anaheim, Calif. -
2004 Visa Championships, Nashville, Tenn. -
2004 Winter Cup, Las Vegas, Nev. -
2003 National Championships, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1st-AA (Jr. Div.)
2003 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Savannah, Ga. - 2nd-HB; 3rd-AA; 4th-SR, PB
2003 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - Individual Event Finalist
2002 U.S. Championships, Cleveland, Ohio - 1st-SR, VT; 2nd-AA, FX; 5th-HB(T)
2002 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. -
2002 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, San Diego, Calif. - 1st-AA; 2nd-FX, SR, VT, PB; 3rd-HB
2000 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Austin, Texas - 2nd-AA; 3rd-SR, VT
1999 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Houston, Texas -

International Competition Results

2012 Olympic Games, London, England - 5th-Team; 6th-HB
2011 World Championships, Tokyo, Japan - 3rd-Team; 7th-SR
2011 Japan Cup - 2nd-Team
2011 World Cup, Glasgow, Scotland - 7th-AA
2011 AT&T American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla. - 1st-AA
2010 Champions Trophy, Stuttgart, Germany - 6th-AA
2010 World Championships, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 3rd-AA; 4th-Team
2010 Japan Cup, Tokyo, Japan - 3rd-Team
2010 17th Internationaux de France World Cup, Paris, France - 3rd-SR, HB
2010 Tyson American Cup, Worcester, Mass. - 2nd-AA
2009 World Championships, London, England - 8th-HB
2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China - 2nd-HB; 3rd-Team; 9th-AA
2008 Tyson American Cup, New York, N.Y. - 5th-AA
2007 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany - 4th-Team, AA
2007 USA vs. UKR vs. RUS, Kiev, Ukraine - 1st-AA; 3rd-Team
2007 Tyson American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla. - 1st-AA
2006 World Championships, Aarhus, Denmark - Team
2006 France/Switzerland/USA Meet, Paris, France - 1st-Team; 2nd-AA
2006 Tyson American Cup, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1st-AA
2005 Pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1st-Team
2005 World Cup, Paris, France -
2003 Junior International Invitational, Yokohama, Japan - 2nd-AA; 3rd-HB
2003 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - 3rd-Team; 4th-AA(T)

Videos of Jonathan Horton

LEGEND:

Acro: DY = Dynamic | BL = Balance | AA = All Around

T&T: TR = Trampoline | TU = Tumbling | DM = Double Mini | SY = Synchronized Trampoline

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