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Full name | Ian David Gunther | ||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Houston, Texas, U.S. | September 10, 1999||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 7 in (170 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2021–2022 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Gym | Cypress Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Stanford Cardinal (2019–23) | ||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Thom Glielmi | ||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Syque Caesar | ||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | December 8, 2024 | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Years active | 2022–present | ||||||||||||||||||||
Genre | Sport | ||||||||||||||||||||
Subscribers | 1.61 million [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
Total views | 2,893,714,166 [1] | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Followers | 1.4 million | ||||||||||||||||||||
Likes | 204.1 million | ||||||||||||||||||||
Last updated: 18:28, 4 November 2024 (UTC) |
Ian David Gunther (born September 10, 1999) [2] is an American artistic gymnast and social media content creator. He is a 4-time NCAA team champion, and an MPSF team champion with Stanford. [3] Individually, he was a horizontal bar bronze medalist at the 2023 Winter Cup, [4] and placed 8th all-around. [5] He is a former member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team.
Gunther was born in Houston, Texas, on September 10, 1999. [3] [6] He attended Westside High School in Houston, class of 2018. [7] At Stanford, he majored in product design, graduating in 2022, and completed an M.S. in sustainability science & practice. [8]
Gunther has suffered from osteochondritis dissecans of the knee from his intense gymnastics training. He had surgery to correct it in 2015. [9]
Gunther began in gymnastics at age 4 and a half. [10] During his career, he has been an NCAA All-American 10 times. [8] In 2017, he won gold on rings and parallel bars at the Junior Olympic national meet. [10]
Gunther began competing for the Stanford Cardinal in the 2018–2019 season. During the 2019 NCAA National Championships Gunther helped Stanford win as a team; individually he placed fourth on rings. Gunther would go on and help Stanford win the team title again in 2021, 2022, and 2023. [11]
In 2021 Gunther qualified to compete at the 2020 Olympic Trials. [12] He finished twelfth overall. [13] In 2022, he received media attention for breaking a horizontal bar in half. [14]
In the fall of 2024, Gunther participated in the Gold Over America Tour. [15] He later competed at the 2024 Sokol Grand Prix and placed second with teammate Denelle Pedrick. [16] In a YouTube short, Gunther announced it was his last competitive routine. [17] He followed that with an Instagram post on December 8, 2024, confirming his retirement from competitive gymnastics. [18] [19]
Gunther received media recognition for his work on Collyge, an app rivaling TikTok in the short-form video market. [20] [21] The app launched in March 2023. [22]
Gunther has gained attention from the national media for his efforts to promote gymnastics via social media. [23] He started creating content during the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States when the NCAA gymnastics season was shut down. [24] His activity on social media allowed Gunther to pay for his Stanford student tuition. [25]
Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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Junior | |||||||||
2016 | U.S. National Championships (15-16) | 19 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 16 | |
2017 | RD761 International | 5 | |||||||
Winter Cup | 27 | 33 | 30 | 23 | 33 | 35 | 27 | ||
U.S. National Championships (17-18) | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 5 | |||
2018 | Winter Cup | 14 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | ||
Elite Team Cup | |||||||||
Senior | |||||||||
2019 | Winter Cup | 36 | |||||||
NCAA Championships | 28 | 4 | |||||||
2020 | Winter Cup | 10 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 6 | |
2021 | NCAA Championships | 5 | 4 | 7 | |||||
U.S. National Championships | 8 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 6 | ||
Olympic Trials | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 8 | ||
2022 | Winter Cup | 13 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 20 | 4 | |
NCAA Championships | 6 | 5 | |||||||
2023 | Winter Cup | 8 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 13 | |||
NCAA Championships | 14 | 10 | 17 | ||||||
U.S. Classic | 12 | 47 | 39 | 50 | 40 | 11 | 17 | ||
U.S. National Championships | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 19 | |||
2024 | Winter Cup | 11 | 9 | 6 | |||||
U.S. National Championships | 21 | 13 | 27 | 8 |
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