Brian Ginsberg
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| Brian Ginsberg | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Brian Ginsberg | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 5, 1966 Miami, Florida, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Mobile, Alabama, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 105 lb (48 kg) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Empire Eagles | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | UCLA Bruins | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Arthur Shurlock | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Ginsberg (parallel bars) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brian Ginsberg (born 1966) is an American former gymnast. He is a two-time US junior national gymnastics champion. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two medals at the 1987 Pan American Games.
Early life and education
[edit]Ginsberg was born in Miami, Florida, to Nathan (a radiologist) and Iris Ginsberg, is Jewish, and grew up in Denver, Colorado, and Mobile, Alabama.[1][2][3] His grandparents are Betty and Sam Diemar.[4]
Ginsberg competed in gymnastics for UCLA, where he majored in kinesiology and was pre-med hoping to specialize in sports medicine.[2][5][6][7]
Gymnastics career
[edit]Ginsberg was the 1982 and 1983 US junior national gymnastics champion.[2] In 1985 he won the all-around competition in the Brazil Cup.[8][7] Ginsberg also won gold in the rings, silver in the floor exercise, and bronze in the vault individual medals at the National Sports Festival.[2][9] He competed in the 1985 Maccabiah Games for Team USA.[9]
In 1986 competing for the UCLA Bruins, Ginsberg was an All-American, and finished second in the 1986 NCAA all-around competition.[10][2][5][6] He won the floor exercise in the competition.[11]
In 1987, Ginsberg won the McDonald's American Cup at George Mason University's Patriot Center in Virginia, as Soviet national champion Vladimir Gogoladze came in second.[8][12][13][4] The Alabama State Senate passed a resolution commending him for extraordinary achievement.[4]
Ginsberg won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.
Eponymous skills
[edit]Ginsberg had one named element on the parallel bars, originally named in 1989, but removed from the code of points in 2000.[14][15]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to Code of Points |
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| Parallel bars | Ginsberg | "Giant swing fw. to hdst." | Removed from CoP on December 31, 2000. | 1989 |
References
[edit]- ^ Robert Ashbrook (February 14, 1986). "Mobile Gymnast Hopes to Add to his Impressive Credentials". The Jewish Floridian of greater Ft. Lauderdale.
- ^ a b c d e Rob Gloster (August 4, 1985). "1988 Gymnastics: Brian Ginsberg". UPI.
- ^ Shel Wallman (June 18, 1986). "Nancy Lieberman back in limelight". Jewish Post.
- ^ a b c "Resolution Presented to Gymnast". The Jewish Floridian of Greater Ft. Lauderdale. July 3, 1987.
- ^ a b "UCLA gymnast Brian Ginsberg, an All-American who..." Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1986.
- ^ a b "Men's Gymnastics". University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA), Class of 1985. p. 58.
- ^ a b Art Shurlock (September–October 1985). "It Must have been Rio; Ginsberg's Talents Soar in Brazil Meets". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ a b Niewiaroski, Donna (March 9, 1987). "Ginsberg Putting Gymnastics First". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b Shel Wallman (August 14, 1985). "U.S. Maccabians head to sports festival". Jewish Post.
- ^ Bob Rikkli (May–June 1986). "Sun Devils Shine in Nebraska". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hersch, Hank (May 4, 1987). "A Tumble From the Top". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Mike Botkin (March–April 1987). "U.S. Duo Captures McDonald's America Cup". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ "Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. December 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
- ^ "Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. July 3, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.