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Brian Ginsberg
Full nameBrian Ginsberg
Country representedUnited States
Born (1966-12-05) December 5, 1966 (age 57)
Miami, Florida, U.S.
HometownMobile, Alabama, U.S.
Height5 ft 2 in (157 cm)
Weight105 lb (48 kg)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
GymEmpire Eagles
College teamUCLA Bruins
Head coach(es)Arthur Shurlock
Eponymous skillsGinsberg (parallel bars)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pan American Games 1 0 1
Total 1 0 1
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1987 Indianapolis Team
Bronze medal – third place 1987 Indianapolis Rings

Brian Ginsberg (born 1966) is an American former gymnast. He is a two-time US junior national gymnastics champion. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two medals at the 1987 Pan American Games.

Early life and education

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Ginsberg was born in Miami, Florida, to Nathan (a radiologist) and Iris Ginsberg, is Jewish, and grew up in Denver, Colorado, and Mobile, Alabama.[1][2][3] His grandparents are Betty and Sam Diemar.[4]

Ginsberg competed in gymnastics for UCLA, where he majored in kinesiology and was pre-med hoping to specialize in sports medicine.[2][5][6][7]

Gymnastics career

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Ginsberg was the 1982 and 1983 US junior national gymnastics champion.[2] In 1985 he won the all-around competition in the Brazil Cup.[8][7] Ginsberg also won gold in the rings, silver in the floor exercise, and bronze in the vault individual medals at the National Sports Festival.[2][9] He competed in the 1985 Maccabiah Games for Team USA.[9]

In 1986 competing for the UCLA Bruins, Ginsberg was an All-American, and finished second in the 1986 NCAA all-around competition.[10][2][5][6] He won the floor exercise in the competition.[11]

In 1987, Ginsberg won the McDonald's American Cup at George Mason University's Patriot Center in Virginia, as Soviet national champion Vladimir Gogoladze came in second.[8][12][13][4] The Alabama State Senate passed a resolution commending him for extraordinary achievement.[4]

Ginsberg won a gold and a bronze medal at the 1987 Pan American Games.

Eponymous skills

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Ginsberg had one named element on the parallel bars, originally named in 1989, but removed from the code of points in 2000.[14][15]

Gymnastics elements named after Brian Ginsberg
Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Added to Code of Points
Parallel bars Ginsberg "Giant swing fw. to hdst." Removed from CoP on December 31, 2000. 1989

References

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  1. ^ Robert Ashbrook (February 14, 1986). "Mobile Gymnast Hopes to Add to his Impressive Credentials". The Jewish Floridian of greater Ft. Lauderdale.
  2. ^ a b c d e Rob Gloster (August 4, 1985). "1988 Gymnastics: Brian Ginsberg". UPI.
  3. ^ Shel Wallman (June 18, 1986). "Nancy Lieberman back in limelight". Jewish Post.
  4. ^ a b c "Resolution Presented to Gymnast". The Jewish Floridian of Greater Ft. Lauderdale. July 3, 1987.
  5. ^ a b "UCLA gymnast Brian Ginsberg, an All-American who..." Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1986.
  6. ^ a b "Men's Gymnastics". University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA), Class of 1985. p. 58.
  7. ^ a b Art Shurlock (September–October 1985). "It Must have been Rio; Ginsberg's Talents Soar in Brazil Meets". USA Gymnastics.
  8. ^ a b Niewiaroski, Donna (March 9, 1987). "Ginsberg Putting Gymnastics First". The Washington Post.
  9. ^ a b Shel Wallman (August 14, 1985). "U.S. Maccabians head to sports festival". Jewish Post.
  10. ^ Bob Rikkli (May–June 1986). "Sun Devils Shine in Nebraska". USA Gymnastics.
  11. ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books.
  12. ^ Hersch, Hank (May 4, 1987). "A Tumble From the Top". Sports Illustrated.
  13. ^ Mike Botkin (March–April 1987). "U.S. Duo Captures McDonald's America Cup". USA Gymnastics.
  14. ^ "Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. December 2023. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
  15. ^ "Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028" (PDF). gymnastics.sport. July 3, 2024. Retrieved August 13, 2024.
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