Marvin Kimble (born October 27, 1995) is an American

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. In 2015, Kimble and

Jossimar Calvo Jossimar Orlando Calvo Moreno (born 22 July 1994) is a Colombian artistic gymnast, part of the national team. At the 2015 Pan American Games Fifteen or 15 may refer to: *15 (number), the natural number following 14 and preceding 16 *one of th ...

of Colombia won the gold medal in the men's pommel horse event at the

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held in Toronto, Canada.

Gymnastics career

Kimble competed at the 2015 Winter Cup where he won gold on rings, silver on pommel horse and bronze on parallel bars. He competed at the

2016 Winter Cup The 2016 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Cashman Center in Las Vegas from February 18 to February 20, 2016. Competition The finals session featured the top 42 gymnasts according to their all-around ranking and the t ...

where he won bronze on horizontal bar. He again competed at the

2018 Winter Cup The 2018 Winter Cup was an artistic gymnastics competition held at the Westgate Las Vegas in Las Vegas from February 15 to February 17, 2018. Competition The competition was the first to feature separate junior and senior competitive divisions. T ...

where he won gold on vault and silver in the all-around. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the men's pommel horse event at the

2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships The 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships is the fifteenth edition of the Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships. The competition was held on April 27–29, 2018 at the Coliseo Iván de Bedout in Medellín, Colombia. Background The 2018 editi ...

held in Medellín, Colombia. Kimble is also known for his High Bar, Parallel Bars and Rings. He has won multiple titles in those events and the All Around. In 2018 he won the silver on High Bar at Doha World Cup. He also got 7th on Parallel Bars and 8th on the Rings. In 2017 Marvin won the silver at Cottbus World Cup. Marvin attended the 2017 World Championship in Montreal Canada. Kimble trained with

Donnell Whittenburg Donnell Whittenburg (born August 18, 1994) is an American artistic gymnast whose strongest events are rings, vault, and floor. Early life Whittenburg is from central Baltimore, Maryland. Career Whittenburg won a bronze medal at the 2014 World ...

at Salto Gymnastics Center, with hopes of qualifying for the

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, but retired a month prior to the 2020 U.S. Olympic trials.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimble, Marvin Living people 1995 births Place of birth missing (living people) American male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics