Kip Simons
American artistic gymnast
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Kip Alexander Simons (born September 11, 1972) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in the 1996 Olympics and the 1994 and 1995 World Championships.[1]
representedUnited States
(1993–1997)
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| Full name | Kip Alexander Simons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 11, 1972 Media, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States (1993–1997) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Peter Kormann, Miles Avery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Awards | Nissen-Emery Award (1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Biography
Simons competed for Ohio State University. In 1994, his senior year, Simons won the Nissen Award, the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics. Simons credited a hard summer of training between his junior and senior years propelling him to the next level.[2]
Simons has been the gymnastics head coach at the United States Naval Academy since 2015. Before his Naval Academy appointment, Kip was the Head Coach of the men's gymnastics team at The United States Air Force Academy for 11 seasons, beginning in 2005. He was an assistant coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 2001 to 2005.[3][4]
