Rohan Mathew Sebastian (born March 14, 1991) is an

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 ...

who has represented Ireland at numerous World Championships and

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. He is the first Irish gymnast to qualify to the

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and also competed at the first ever European Games governed by the European Olympic Committees (EOC). He was also a member of the two-time National Champion Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics team.

Early life

Sebastian was born in Belfast, Northern Ireland to parents Anthony and Veronique, both physicians educated in India. He grew up in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma where he attended

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Gymnastics Academy training under World Champion and Olympic gymnast Ivan Ivankov. Holding dual U.S. and Irish citizenship, he first represented Ireland at the 2008 European Championships in Lausanne, Switzerland. Sebastian signed with the University of Michigan in 2009. As a freshman in 2010, he earned Michigan's first ever Big Ten Freshman of the Week award and helped lead Michigan to an NCAA Division 1 team championship as the lead off gymnast in the final rotation. He was elected co-captain of the Michigan men's gymnastics team as a senior and led the team to another NCAA Team Championship and Big Ten Conference team championship, alongside US Olympian Samuel Mikulak.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Sebastian, Rohan 1991 births Living people Irish male artistic gymnasts European Games competitors for Ireland Gymnasts at the 2015 European Games Michigan Wolverines men's gymnasts