Kalon Ludvigson

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Kalon Ludvigson
Medal record
Men's trampoline gymnastics
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2011 Birmingham Double Mini Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2012 Querétaro Tumbling
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Buenos Aires Double Mini
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2008 Buenos Aires Tumbling

Kalon Curtis Ludvigson (born March 15, 1988) is an American trampoline and tumbling champion. [1] [2] Ludvigson has become the most decorated U.S. athlete in trampoline and tumbling history by winning 20 World Cup and World Championships Medals in Tumbling and Double Mini Trampoline. [3]

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Early life

Ludvigson was born in Gunnison, Utah, United States to Curtis and Laurie Ludvigson.

Career

Ludvigson was undefeated in the United States from 2006, after winning the U.S. National Championships, until 2013. Kalon set the World Record for Degree of Difficulty in 2008 at the Pan American Championships in Buenos Aires, Argentina.

He won the World Cup in 2009, 2011 and 2012 and set the record at the World Cup in Odense, Denmark in October 2011. [4] In 2015 he still holds the record tied with Yang Song (CHN).

Ludvigson was also a coach. [5] In August 2013, Ludvigson suffered a serious spinal injury during a demonstration for students, [6] which left him paralyzed below the waist. [7] [8] He was hospitalized until December, [9] and a fundraising drive was initiated to help pay for medical and physiotherapy expenses. [10]

An international invitational gymnastic meet in Salt Lake City has been named after him. [11]

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