Sean Townsend

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Sean Townsend
Full nameSean Lanier Townsend
Born (1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 (age 46)
Temple, Texas, U.S.
Height161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented United States
Years on national team1998–2008
GymHouston Gymnastics Academy
Team Chevron
Team Gattaca
Team Texaco
Head coach(es) Kevin Mazeika
Retired2008
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Event1st2nd3rd
World Championships 110
Pacific Alliance Championships 101
Total211
World Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2001 Ghent Parallel bars
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2001 Ghent Team
Pacific Alliance Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2002 Vancouver Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2002 Vancouver Rings

Sean Lanier Townsend (born January 20, 1979, in Temple, Texas) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was part of the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team where he became world champion on Parallel Bars and helped his team win a silver medal in the Team final. He also qualified for the men's individual all-around final where he placed 8th.

In 2001, he was a finalist for the James E. Sullivan Award. [1]

References

  1. "Profile - Sean Townsend". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on September 10, 2011. Retrieved January 13, 2012.