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Gymnastics At The 2004 Summer Olympics – Men's Artistic Individual All-around
The men's individual all-around competition was one of eight events for male competitors in the artistic gymnastics discipline contested in the gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 14 and August 18 at the Olympic Indoor Hall. There were 98 competitors from 31 nations. Each nation could enter a team of 6 gymnasts or up to 2 individual gymnasts. The event was won by Paul Hamm of the United States, the nation's first victory in the men's all-around since the 1904 Games in St. Louis and second overall. It was the first medal of any color for an American in the men's all-around since the 1984 Games in Los Angeles. South Korea took two medals (the maximum possible under the new rule limiting finalists to two per nation), a silver for Kim Dae-Eun and a bronze for Yang Tae Young. The scoring of the final was disputed; Olympedia calls this "the most controversial men's gymnastic event ever." Scoring controversy Th ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Paul Hamm
Paul Elbert Hamm (born September 24, 1982 in Washburn, Wisconsin) is a retired United States, American artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. He is the 2004 Olympic Games, 2004 Olympic all-around champion, a three-time Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics, Olympic medalist, and the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, World all-around champion. Hamm is the most successful American male gymnast in history, one of only two American gymnasts (along with Simone Biles) to win the all-around title at both the Olympics and the World Championships, and the only male American gymnast to do so. Personal life Hamm is the son of Sandy and Cecily Hamm. His twin brother, Morgan Hamm, is also a gymnast and Olympic medalist. His older sister, Elizabeth (Betsy), is a former member of the USA Gymnastics Senior National Team. Career Hamm is a three-time, consecutive U.S. National all-around champion, winning the titles from 2002–2004. In 2003, he became the first American man to win the al ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yordan Yovchev
Yordan Yovchev Yovchev ( bg, Йордан Йовчев Йовчев; born February 24, 1973), also spelled Jordan Jovtchev, is a retired Bulgarian gymnast. He took part in six consecutive Olympic Games, more than any other Bulgarian athlete in Olympic history. He is president of the Bulgarian Gymnastics Federation and also serves as a sports commentator. Biography Yovchev was born in Plovdiv, Bulgaria. He won silver in the men's rings at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens with a score of 9.850. In the same Olympic Games, Yovchev won bronze in the men's floor exercise with a score of 9.775. In the 2000 Olympics in Sydney, Australia, he won the bronze on both floor exercise and still rings with 9.787 and 9.762 respectively. He also won two World Championship Bronze medals in the all around (1999, 2001). Yovchev made his fifth Olympic team for the Beijing Olympics in 2008, and qualified again for the Rings exercise. He qualified second with a score of 16.275 under the new scor ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Benoît Caranobe
Benoît Caranobe (born 12 June 1980 in Vitry-sur-Seine) is a French former gymnast who won a bronze medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Caranobe was the first Frenchman to medal in the Individual All-Around competition since Marco Torrès won silver and Jean Gounot won bronze in said event at the 1920 Antwerp Olympics. 2004 Athens Olympics In his first Olympic appearance, Benoît Caranobe placed 19th in the men's all around competition and helped the French men's team to a 9th-place finish in the team qualification, though not enough to make the team finals. 2008 Beijing Olympics Caranobe qualified to the all around finals in tenth place, 2.950 points behind the leader Yang Wei. In the all-around finals, Caranobe finished in third place, ahead of medal favorites Hiroyuki Tomita, Fabian Hambüchen, and Yang Tae-Young. His third-place finish is particularly surprising given that Benoît had placed only third at the French National Gymnastics championships, and his over ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ruslan Mezentsev
Ruslan Mezentsev (also written Myezyentsev; born 24 June 1981) is a Ukrainian gymnast. He competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics and the 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), ..., winning a silver medal at the 2000 Olympics. References External links * 1981 births Living people Ukrainian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Ukraine Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Kropyvnytskyi Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic medalists in gymnastics Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine 21st-century Ukrainian people {{Ukraine-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Luis Vargas (gymnast)
Luis Vargas may refer to: *Luis Vargas (musician) (born 1961), Bachata musician from Dominican Republic *Luis de Vargas (1502–1568), Renaissance painter from Seville, Spain *Luis Vargas (gymnast) Luis Vargas may refer to: *Luis Vargas (musician) Luis Rafael Valdez Vargas (born 23 May 1961) is a Dominican musician and singer. He became involved in popular music after meeting a local musician who taught him how to play guitar. Early li ... (born 1983), Puerto Rican gymnast * Luis Vargas (footballer) (born 2000), Chilean footballer {{Hndis, Vargas, Luis ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Yernar Yerimbetov
Yernar Yerimbetov (born February 15, 1980, in Almaty) is a Kazakhstani gymnast. Yerimbetov trained under the old Soviet system until the USSR dissolved. He first competed internationally at age 17, in the 1997 Junior International. He finished 24th All Around (AA) with a 46.650. At the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, he made finals on Floor and Vault, finishing in 6th place. He also made finals on Floor and Vault, finishing out of the medals. Yerimbetov competed in many competitions during 2002 and 2003. He won a gold medal on HB at the Grand Prix at Ghent, Belgium in 2005. He also won gold at the 2003 University Games and Asian Championships. At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, he placed 4th AA. Yerimbetov qualified for the 2004 Summer Olympics but placed 14th in the Men's individual all-around after placing fifth in Men's artistic qualification. In the parallel bars competition, he finished eighth. In 2006, Yerimbetov won a bronze medal on va ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Georgy Grebenkov
Georgy Grebenkov (born 8 January 1982) is a Russian gymnast. He competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics. In 1998, he won the silver medal in the men's junior all-around event at the 1998 European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 23rd European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships The European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships are an annual series of artistic gymnastics championships for male gymnasts from Europe, European countries organised by the European U ... held in Saint Petersburg, Russia. See also * List of Olympic male artistic gymnasts for Russia References External links * 1982 births Living people Russian male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Russia Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Gymnasts from Saint Petersburg 21st-century Russian people {{Russia-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Isao Yoneda
; (born August 20, 1977 in Hamburg, Germany) is a Japanese gymnast. He was raised in Tokyo. He is the 2004 Summer Olympics gold medalist in the team event and the bronze medalist in the high bar The horizontal bar, also known as the high bar, is an apparatus used by male gymnasts in artistic gymnastics. It traditionally consists of a cylindrical metal (typically steel) bar that is rigidly held above and parallel to the floor by a syste .... External links * 1977 births Living people Japanese male artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts of Japan Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic gold medalists for Japan Olympic bronze medalists for Japan Sportspeople from Hamburg Gymnasts from Tokyo Olympic medalists in gymnastics Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Asian Games medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts at the 1998 Asian Games Asian Games bronze medalists for Japan Medalists at the 1998 Asian Games 20th-century Japanese people 21st-century Japanese people ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Roman Zozulya (gymnast)
Roman Volodymyrovych Zozulya (born 22 June 1979 in Moscow, Soviet Union) is a retired Ukrainian gymnast who last represented Ukraine at both the 2000 and 2004 Summer Olympics The 2004 Summer Olympics ( el, Θερινοί Ολυμπιακοί Αγώνες 2004, ), officially the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad ( el, Αγώνες της 28ης Ολυμπιάδας, ) and also known as Athens 2004 ( el, Αθήνα 2004), .... References 1979 births Ukrainian male artistic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Gymnasts at the 2000 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Living people Olympic medalists in gymnastics Gymnasts from Moscow Ukrainian people of Russian descent Medalists at the 2000 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for Ukraine Universiade medalists in gymnastics Universiade silver medalists for Ukraine Universiade bronze medalists for Ukraine Medalists at the 2003 Summer Universiade European champions ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Brett McClure
Brett Dallas McClure (born February 19, 1981 in Yakima, Washington) is a retired American gymnast. He won a bronze medal in the pommel horse at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, and later helped his U.S. gymnastics team earn a silver in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens. During his sporting career, McClure has collected two more silver medals in the same program at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (2001 and 2003). McClure is currently the High Performance Director with USA men's gymnastics. Early years McClure was born in Yakima, Washington, the son of Les and Judy McClure. He started gymnastics at the age of nine under the influence of his father Les, who pushed him to train and perform ten pushups from a handstand position against the wall. When his family later resided in Mill Creek, Washington, he spent two years at Henry M. Jackson High School and finished up early aChrysalis Schoolin Woodinville, during which time he train ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Drăgulescu
Marian Drăgulescu (born 18 December 1980 in Bucharest) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast. During his senior gymnastics career he won 31 medals at Olympic Games at World and European Championships, of which eight are gold medals at the World Championships and ten are gold medals at European Championships. Drăgulescu's strongest events were vault and floor, on which he was a multiple world champion and Olympic medalist. The handspring double front somersault with ½ turn is named after him in the Code of Points. In the all-around, Drăgulescu was the European champion (2004) and bronze medalist (2000) and placed 8th at the 2004 Olympic Games. Early life and career As a young boy, Drǎgulescu only attended gymnastics lessons because they were an excuse to get out of karate. However, as training became more intense he decided to switch to swimming because it was free. His father was not aware that he was not at gymnastics, but he soon went back to the gym as swimming was no lo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Rafael Martínez (gymnast)
Rafael Martínez Barrena (born 10 December 1983 in Madrid) is a Spanish artistic gymnast. He has represented Spain at the World Championship, European and Olympic Level. He represented Spain at the 2004 Summer Olympics, where he placed 5th in the all-around. In 2005, he was the European All Around Champion. He narrowly missed a medal in the same event at the 2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where he placed 4th in the Final. He placed 9th the next year. At the 2007 European Championships, he placed 4th in the All Around and won the Floor Exercise title. Martinez was a member of the Spanish Team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 40th World Artistic Gymnastics Championships were held at the Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle Hanns-Martin-Schleyer-Halle (sometimes shortened to Schleyer-Halle) is an indoor arena located in Stuttgart, Germany. The capacity of the arena is nea .... References External links * * * * 1983 births Living peo ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
