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David Sender

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David Sender
Full nameDavid Sender
Country representedUnited States
Born (1985-08-27) August 27, 1985 (age 39)
HometownArlington Heights, Illinois, U.S.
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2004–2009, 2012–2013
GymTeam Hilton HHonors
Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center
College teamStanford Cardinal
Head coach(es)Justin Spring
Former coach(es)Thom Glielmi
Retiredc. 2013
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pan American Games 0 0 1
Pacific Alliance Championships 0 0 1
Total 0 0 2
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2003 Santo Domingo Team
Pacific Alliance Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2006 Honolulu Vault

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.

Early life and education

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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

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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.

References

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  1. ^ a b c Hubbard, Jerome (June 19, 2008). "Injury might slow Sender's Olympic bid". San Francisco Chronicle. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  2. ^ a b Carney, Patrick (June 12, 2008). "David Sender". The Philadelphia Inquirer. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  3. ^ "Olympics – Sender wins U.S. gymnastics title". The Seattle Times. May 25, 2008. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  4. ^ a b Armour, Nancy (February 24, 2012). "Gymnast looking for better end to Olympic journey". Deseret News. Salt Lake City. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  5. ^ "Sender retires from U.S. National Team". usagym.org. September 28, 2009. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  6. ^ Almond, Elliott (June 27, 2012). "U.S. Olympic Gymnastics Trials: Former Stanford gymnast David Sender wants to compete with no regrets". The Mercury News. San Jose, California. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
  7. ^ Hersh, Philip (March 3, 2012). "Gymnast Sender back for unfinished business". Chicago Tribune. Retrieved August 19, 2024.
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