David Sender
American artistic gymnast
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David Sender (born August 27, 1985) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two bronze medals competing internationally.
representedUnited States
(2004–2009, 2012–2013)
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| Full name | David Sender | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | August 27, 1985 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States (2004–2009, 2012–2013) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford Cardinal | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Team Hilton HHonors Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Justin Spring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Thom Glielmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | c. 2013 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
Sender was born on August 27, 1985, to Ira and Bonnie Sender. He grew up in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and started gymnastics at the age of 5 at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center.[1] He later enrolled at Stanford University to pursue gymnastics.
Gymnastics career
Sender was a member of the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team. He was the back-to-back NCAA vault champion at the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships.
On the international stage, Sender represented the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games and won a bronze medal in the team all-around.[2] He later won an individual bronze medal on the vault at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships and made the United States team for the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[2]
Domestically, Sender was the all-around national champion at the 2008 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships.[3]
An injury during warmups caused Sender to miss the 2008 United States Olympic trials.[1] Despite an injury petition, Sender was not selected to the Olympic team.[1][4]
In September 2009 after the 2009 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Sender declined a spot on the United States national team and announced his subsequent retirement.[5] He later took up the sport again and trained with Justin Spring at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign while doing veterinary school.[6] He took a one-year leave of absence from his graduate school.[7] In another attempt to make the Olympics, he made the national team again in 2012.[4] Despite placing second on vault at the 2012 United States Olympic trials, he was not selected.
