Dan Gill

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Dan Gill
Full nameDaniel J. Gill
Country represented United States
Born (1982-07-08) July 8, 1982 (age 42)
Ontario, Canada
Hometown Fairfax, Virginia, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Weight165 lb (75 kg)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2003–2004
GymTeam Gattaca
Capital Gymnastics NTC
College team Stanford Cardinal
Head coach(es) Thom Glielmi
Assistant coach(es) J. D. Reive
Retiredc. 2004
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Event1st2nd3rd
Pan American Games 001
Total001
Pan American Games
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2003 Santo Domingo Team
Awards Nissen-Emery Award (2004)

Daniel J. Gill [1] (born July 8, 1982) [2] is a retired American gymnast and current businessman.

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Gill was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He represented the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games and won a team bronze medal. He was a gymnast for the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team and won the NCAA championship for the vault at the 2002 NCAA men's gymnastics championships. He was named the 2004 Nissen-Emery Award winner, given annually to the top senior collegiate gymnast.

After gymnastics, he was the CEO and co-founder of Huddler, which was acquired by Wikia. He is the current Chief Product Officer at Carvana.

Early life and education

Gill was born on July 8, 1982, in Ontario, Canada, to Thom and Lorna Gill. He was raised in Fairfax, Virginia, and learned gymnastics at Capital Gymnastics National Training Center under coach Carlos Vasquez. He attended Robinson Secondary School before enrolling at Stanford University to pursue gymnastics.

Gymnastics career

Gill was an all-arounder, but weaker in rings and parallel bars than the other events. He attributed this to his relatively tall stature as a gymnast (5-8 or 5-9). [3] [4] Gill was a two-time member of the US Junior National Team. [4] [5] [6]

Gill competed for the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team from 2001 to 2004, where he was a many-time all-American. In 2001 and 2002, he overlapped with David Durante. In 2001, the Cardinal won the NCAAs. At the 2002 NCAA championships, Gill won gold on the vault. In 2004, Gill was the team's captain and won silver in the all-around at championships. That year, Gill won the Nissen-Emery Award, the Heisman of men's gymnastics. [4] [7] [8]

Gill became a member of the U.S. National Team in 2003 and was a part of the bronze medal-winning team at Pan American Games that year. At the 2003 National Championships, he finished 11th all around, sixth on floor exercise, and fifth on vault. [2]

At the 2004 Nationals, Gill won silver on the floor exercise and performed well enough overall to be invited to the Olympic Trials. At Trials, Gill moved from 12th to 7th at one point (threatening for a spot on the team), [9] but a fall on the horizontal bar dashed his chances. He described the Trials as the high point of his athletic career and a more tense meet than the Olympics (because of the dividing line between Olympians and non-Olympians). [10]

Following the Olympic trials and after consultation with multiple doctors, Gill retired from the sport. [11]

Post-athletic career

Gill completed a bachelor's degree in biology and was planning for a career as a physician (perhaps an orthopedic surgeon). However, gymnastics competition had interfered with taking MCATs and Gill eventually decided to go into Silicon Valley startups instead of medicine.

After experience elsewhere, Gill, along with his brother, founded Huddler. The company makes software for online forums and has raised $17 million in venture funding. Gill believes his experience as a gymnast has given him the persistence needed for sales and marketing and that being a team captain translates to leading a startup. [3] [12] The company was sold to Wikia and Gill is the current Chief Product Officer at Carvana.

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References

  1. ↑ "Form 144 Filer Information". sec.gov. August 1, 2024. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  2. 1 2 "Men's National Team: Dan Gill" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. June 17, 2004. Archived from the original (PDF) on November 20, 2011.
  3. 1 2 "AWSC Interview: Dan Gill, CEO, Huddler // Advertising Week Social Club". Archived from the original on October 24, 2012. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  4. 1 2 3 "Player Bio: Dan Gill - Stanford University's Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  5. ↑ "Penn State Official Athletic Site - Camps". Archived from the original on March 29, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  6. ↑ "Winter All-Mets". The Washington Post . June 8, 2000. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  7. ↑ "Stanford's Dan Gill wins the Heisman Trophy of gymnastics (April 09, 2004)".
  8. ↑ "Dan Gill Wins Nissen-Emery Award - Stanford University's Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on April 11, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
  9. ↑ Shipley, Amy (June 26, 2004). "Fairfax's Gill Moves Into Olympic Picture". The Washington Post . p. D04. Retrieved July 1, 2022.
  10. ↑ "Gymnastics | Videos, News & Articles - FloGymnastics".
  11. ↑ Phillips, Anne (October 22, 2008). "Dan Gill on Retiring". flogymnastics.com. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  12. ↑ "A $17 Million Round We All Missed | PandoDaily". Archived from the original on March 8, 2013. Retrieved March 17, 2013.
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