John Roethlisberger

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John Roethlisberger
Full nameJohn Roethlisberger
Country represented United States
Born (1970-06-21) June 21, 1970 (age 54)
Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height171 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight73 kg (161 lb)
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team1989–2000
GymTeam Texaco
Twin City Gymnastics
College team Minnesota Golden Gophers
Eponymous skills Roethlisberger (parallel bars)
Roethlisberger 1 (horizontal bar)
Roethlisberger 2 (horizontal bar)
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Event1st2nd3rd
Pan American Games 220
Pacific Alliance Championships 011
Total231
Pan American Games
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata Horizontal bar
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata All-around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 1995 Mar del Plata Rings
Pacific Alliance Championships
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2000 Christchurch Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 1998 Winnipeg Team

John Roethlisberger (born June 21, 1970) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and represented the U.S. at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He is also a four-time U.S. National all-around champion and a four-time U.S. National pommel horse champion. He also won back-to-back American Cup titles in 1995 and 1996. John was named Sportsperson of the Year in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998, and 2000 and was a member of six World Championship teams throughout his career. [1]

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Collegiate career

Roethlisberger enrolled at the University of Minnesota where his father was head coach of the men's gymnastics team. While there, he won the NCAA all-around title three times and the Big Ten Conference all-around title four times. In 1993, Roethlisberger won the Nissen Award, and was a 1992 and 1993 Academic All-American. In 1993, John was named the winner of the NCAA Top-six Award, awarded annually to the top six student-athletes in the nation from all sports. [2]

Commentary career

John has been in the commentary box for many Visa Championships, U.S. Classic, and Nastia Liukin Cup competitions for NBC. He also does commentary for the Big Ten and SEC Networks college gymnastic meets.

Personal life

John is the son of Fred Roethlisberger, a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympics gymnastics team. His sister Marie Roethlisberger was an alternate on the 1984 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. He earned his BS degree in finance and international business. He now co-owns camp Flipfest, along with John Macready. [3] Flipfest is located on Lake Frances in Crossville, Tennessee. [4]

Eponymous skills

Roethlisberger has three named elements - one on the parallel bars and two on the horizontal bar. [5] [6]

Gymnastics elements named after John Roethlisberger
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty [a] Added to Code of Points
Parallel barsRoethlisberger"High wende and salto bwd tuck or pike."D, 0.4Named in 1997 but first performed in 1989.
Horizontal barRoethlisberger 1"Dbl. salto fwd. t. or p. w. 1/1 or 3/2 t. over the bar."D, 0.4
Roethlisberger 2"Double salto fwd. str. or with ½ t. or over the bar."D, 0.4
  1. Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

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