Jonathan Horton

Jonathan Horton
Horton in 2009
Personal information
Full nameJonathan Alan Horton
Country representedUnited States
Born (1985-12-31) December 31, 1985 (age 38)
Houston, Texas, U.S.
HometownCypress, Texas, U.S.
Height155 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight59 kg (130 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2004–2016
GymCypress Academy
Team Hilton HHonors
Head coach(es)Tom Meadows
Former coach(es)Mark Williams
RetiredJune 21, 2017
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 1 1
World Championships 0 0 2
Pan American Games 0 0 1
Pan American Championships 3 1 1
Total 3 2 5
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 2008 Beijing Horizontal bar
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2010 Rotterdam All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2011 Tokyo Team
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2004 Maracaibo Vault
Gold medal – first place 2005 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Mississauga Team
Silver medal – second place 2004 Maracaibo Rings
Bronze medal – third place 2004 Maracaibo Horizontal bar
AwardsNissen-Emery Award (2008)

Jonathan Alan Horton (born December 31, 1985) is a former American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and is the 2008 Olympic silver medalist on horizontal bar, the 2010 World all-around bronze medalist, a two-time Olympian, a two-time U.S. National All-Around Champion, and a 17-time medalist at the U.S. National Championships. At the 2008 Olympics, he also won a bronze medal with his U.S. teammates in the team competition. He also competed at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London, where he qualified for the horizontal bar event final and finished in sixth place. In 2016, he had surgery on his left rotator cuff and as a result was unable to qualify for the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.[1]

  1. ^ "Injury to keep Houston gymnast Jonathan Horton out of Rio Olympics". February 22, 2016.