Kanati Allen
American artistic gymnast
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James Kanati Allen (January 25, 1947 – December 31, 2011)[1] was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed for the seventh-place U.S. team at the 1968 Summer Olympics.[2] Allen, who is black and Cherokee, was the first African-American gymnast to compete at the Olympic Games.[3][4]
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| Full name | James Kanati Allen | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 25, 1947 Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Died | December 31, 2011 (aged 64) Los Angeles, California, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.73 m (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | UCLA Bruins (1964–1968) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Los Angeles High School | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Art Shurlock | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | c. 1972 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Allen attended Los Angeles High School before attending University of California, Los Angeles where he competed as a member of the UCLA Bruins men's gymnastics team from 1964 to 1968.[5][6]
His last major competition was the 1972 United States Olympic trials where he was not selected for the 1972 Summer Olympics.[7]
He received a PhD in physics from the University of Washington.[4]
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