David Sender (born August 27, 1985) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two bronze medals competing internationally.
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| Full name | David Sender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 27, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Arlington Heights, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2004–2009, 2012–2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Team Hilton HHonors Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford Cardinal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Justin Spring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Thom Glielmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | c. 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Early life and education
editSender was born on August 27, 1985, to Ira and Bonnie Sender. He grew up in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and started gymnastics at the age of 5 at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center.[1] He later enrolled at Stanford University to pursue gymnastics.
Gymnastics career
editSender was a member of the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team. He was the back-to-back NCAA vault champion at the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships.
On the international stage, Sender represented the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games and won a bronze medal in the team all-around.[2] He later won an individual bronze medal on the vault at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships and made the United States team for the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2]
Domestically, Sender was the all-around national champion at the 2008 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.[3]
An injury during warmups caused Sender to miss the 2008 United States Olympic trials.[1] Despite an injury petition, Sender was not selected to the Olympic team.[1][4]
In September 2009 after the 2009 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Sender declined a spot on the United States national team and announced his subsequent retirement.[5] He later took up the sport again and trained with Justin Spring at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign while doing veterinary school.[6] He took a one-year leave of absence from his graduate school.[7] In another attempt to make the Olympics, he made the national team again in 2012.[4] Despite placing second on vault at the 2012 United States Olympic trials, he was not selected.
References
edit- ^ a b c Hubbard, Jerome (June 19, 2008). "Injury might slow Sender's Olympic bid". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Carney, Patrick (June 12, 2008). "David Sender". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "Olympics – Sender wins U.S. gymnastics title". The Seattle Times. May 25, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ a b Armour, Nancy (February 24, 2012). "Gymnast looking for better end to Olympic journey". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ "Sender retires from U.S. National Team". usagym.org. September 28, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ Almond, Elliott (June 27, 2012). "U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials: Former Stanford gymnast David Sender wants to compete with no regrets". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
- ^ Hersh, Philip (March 3, 2012). "Gymnast Sender back for unfinished business". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
