Peter Vidmar
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| Olympic medal record | |||
|---|---|---|---|
| Men's Artistic Gymnastics | |||
| Gold | 1984 Los Angeles | Team competition | |
| Gold | 1984 Los Angeles | Pommel horse | |
| Silver | 1984 Los Angeles | All-around | |
Peter Glen Vidmar (born June 3, 1961 in Los Angeles) is an American gymnast and Olympic gold medalist. He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame.
He is an alumnus of UCLA and host of the Annual Peter Vidmar Men's Gymanstics Invitational at Brentwood School in Los Angeles. Peter has been a gymnastics anchor for both CBS and ESPN. He is currently a motivational speaker as well as the Co-Chairman of the US Olympic Committee Summer Sports Summit. In 1998 Vidmar was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.
[edit] Reference
- ↑ PETER VIDMAR. International Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Retrieved on April 01, 2006.
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| Olympic champions in men's pommel horse |
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| 1896: Louis Zutter | 1904: Anton Heida | 1924: Josef Wilhelm | 1928: Hermann Hänggi | 1932: István Pelle | 1936: Konrad Frey | 1948: Paavo Aaltonen-Veikko Huhtanen-Heikki Savolainen | 1952: Viktor Chukarin | 1956: Boris Shakhlin | 1960:Boris Shakhlin-Eugen Ekman | 1964: Miroslav Cerar | 1968: Miroslav Cerar | 1972: Viktor Klimenko | 1976: Zoltán Magyar | 1980: Zoltán Magyar | 1984: Li Ning-Peter Glen Vidmar | 1988: Zsolt Borkai-Dmitry Bilozerchev-Lubomir Geraskov | 1992: Vitaly Scherbo-Gil-Su Pae | 1996: Donghua Li | 2000: Marius Daniel Urzică | 2004: Haibin Teng |
Categories: 1961 births | Living people | American gymnasts | Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics | People from Los Angeles | UCLA Bruins athletics | Olympic competitors for the United States | Olympic gold medalists for the United States | Olympic silver medalists for the United States | Gymnastics biography stubs
