Ron Galimore
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American gymnast (born 1959)
FullnameDaVonche Therhon Galimore
Country
representedUnited States
representedUnited States
College teamLSU Tigers
Iowa State Cyclones
Iowa State Cyclones
 Gallimore in 1985 | |
| Personal information | |
|---|---|
| Full name | DaVonche Therhon Galimore |
| Born | (1959-03-07) March 7, 1959 (age 66) |
| Gymnastics career | |
| Country represented | United States |
| College team | LSU Tigers Iowa State Cyclones |
DaVonche Therhon "Ron" Galimore[1] (born March 7, 1959) is an American former gymnast.[2]
He was the United States artistic gymnastics champion in floor exercise in 1977, 1979, and 1980; and in vault in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, although that team was never sent to Moscow because of a U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal years later.[3]
He served as Chief Operating Officer of USA Gymnastics from 2011 until his resignation on November 16, 2018.[4]
Personal life
His father was Willie Galimore, a former National Football League star and College Football Hall of Fame inductee who died in a traffic accident just ahead of the 1964 season.
References
- ↑ "Galimore making a name for himself in gymnastics". The Post-Star. Glens Falls, New York. April 8, 1980. p. 15. Retrieved August 2, 2024.
- ↑ "Ron Galimore (USA)". Gymn Forum. Retrieved September 7, 2018.
- ↑ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ↑ "USA Gymnastics Chief Operating Officer Ron Galimore resigns". CNN. November 16, 2018. Retrieved November 16, 2018.
External links
Wikimedia Commons has media related to Ron Galimore.
- Ron Galimore at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Ron Galimore at the Iowa Sports Hall of Fame
- Hickok Sports, Sports History - U.S. Gymnastics Champions at archive.today (archived January 25, 2013)
- Tallahassee Tumbling Tots' Olympians at the Wayback Machine (archived August 18, 2008)
- City of Tallahassee, Gymnastics at the Wayback Machine (archived June 28, 2008)
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