Michael Ashe
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| Full name | Michael Brandon Ashe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 14, 1981 Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Atlanta School of Gymnastics Greenville Gymnastics Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | California Golden Bears | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Michael Brandon Ashe (born March 14, 1981) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. He competed collegiately for the California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team and was a two-time NCAA national champion on the horizontal bar.
Early life and education
[edit]Ashe was born on March 14, 1981, to Frances and Terry Ashe in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He trained at Greenville Gymnastics Center, then later at the Atlanta School of Gymnastics.[1] His hometown is Stone Mountain, Georgia, and he attended Stephenson High School where he played high school basketball and baseball.[2] He later enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to pursue gymnastics.
Gymnastics career
[edit]Ashe was a member of the California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team. He was the back-to-back NCAA horizontal champion at the 2000 and 2001 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships.[3]
On the international stage, Ashe represented the United States at the 1999 Pan American Games and won a silver medal in the team all-around.[4]
Following his retirement, Ashe began coaching gymnastics in 2003.[5] Additionally, he judges gymnastics and was named the 2013 National Judge of the Year for the Western region of the National Gymnastics Judges Association.[6] He was a judge at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[7]
References
[edit]- ^ "Gymnastics". The Greenville News. February 7, 1991. p. 11D. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Arrington, Debbie (August 22, 1999). "Pommel horse". The Sacramento Bee. Vol. 286. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN'S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). ncaa.org. 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "Georgia Pan Am Games Medalists". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Vol. 117, no. 113. August 9, 1999. p. D6. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "Michael Ashe Competitive Team". hohathleticarts.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "National Judge of the Year". ngja.org. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "Ask Mike: Youth Olympic Games Special". turn-gymnastics.com. August 15, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2024.