Ron Galimore

Ron Galimore
Gallimore in 1985
Personal information
Full name	DaVonche Therhon Galimore
Born	(1959-03-07) March 7, 1959 (age 66) Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Gymnastics career
Country represented	United States
College team	LSU Tigers Iowa State Cyclones

DaVonche Therhon "Ron" Galimore ^[1] (born March 7, 1959) is an American former gymnast. ^[2]

Gymnastics

He was the United States artistic gymnastics champion in floor exercise in 1977, 1979, and 1980; and in vault in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, although that team was never sent to Moscow because of a U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal years later. ^[3]

He served as Chief Operating Officer of USA Gymnastics from 2011 until his resignation on November 16, 2018. ^[4]

Personal life

His father was Willie Galimore, a former National Football League star and College Football Hall of Fame inductee who died in a traffic accident just ahead of the 1964 season.

References

1. "Galimore making a name for himself in gymnastics". The Post-Star . Glens Falls, New York. April 8, 1980. p. 15. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
2. "Ron Galimore (USA)". Gymn Forum. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
3. Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN   978-0942257403.
4. "USA Gymnastics Chief Operating Officer Ron Galimore resigns". CNN. November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.

External links

• Ron Galimore at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Ron Galimore at the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame
• Hickok Sports, Sports History - U.S. Gymnastics Champions at archive.today (archived January 25, 2013)
• Tallahassee Tumbling Tots' Olympians at the Wayback Machine (archived August 18, 2008)
• City of Tallahassee, Gymnastics at the Wayback Machine (archived June 28, 2008)