David Jessen (born 5 December 1996) is a Czech male

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

, representing his nation in international competitions. He participated at the

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in Glasgow, and qualified for the

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, securing one of the spots available at the Olympic Test Event in

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. He also competed in the

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. Jessen is the son of 1988 Olympic gymnast

Hana Říčná Hana Říčná (born 20 December 1968 in Brno) is a former artistic gymnast who represented Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Summer Olympics, finishing seventh in the team final and 29th in the all-around final. She won two medals at the World Champio ...

. He was born in

Brno Brno ( , ; german: Brünn ) is a city in the South Moravian Region of the Czech Republic. Located at the confluence of the Svitava and Svratka rivers, Brno has about 380,000 inhabitants, making it the second-largest city in the Czech Republic ...

, Czech Republic, but moved to the United States as a child. He represented the US as a junior before switching to compete for the Czech Republic. Jessen studied Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at

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where he was part of the Stanford Cardinals men’s gymnastics team.

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* 1996 births Living people Czech male artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Brno Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics Olympic gymnasts of the Czech Republic European Games competitors for the Czech Republic Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Czech expatriate sportspeople in the United States Gymnasts at the 2020 Summer Olympics {{CzechRepublic-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub