Peter Vidmar

Peter Vidmar
Peter Vidmar
Country represented	United States
Born	June 3, 1961 (age 63); Los Angeles
Hometown	Los Angeles
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record
Men's Artistic Gymnastics

Peter Glen Vidmar (born 3 June 1961) is an American gymnast and Olympic medalist. He won gold medals in the men's all-around team competition and the pommel horse competition, as well as a silver medal in the men's all-around individual gymnastics competition at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games in Los Angeles. He was born in Los Angeles to Slovenian parents. He was inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. He has a total of three Olympic medals: 2 golds and a silver. Peter is one of only three athletes inducted into the US Olympic Hall of Fame twice; first as an individual, then as a member of the historic 1984 USA men’s gymnastics team.^[1] He also was the highest scoring gymnast in Olympic history.^[2]

He is an alumnus of UCLA^[2] and host of the Annual Peter Vidmar Men's Gymnastics 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.^[3]. He was named chairman of USA Gymnastics Board of Directors in December 2008.^[3]

He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints.^[4]

Recently, Peter Vidmar has been selected as the Chef de Mission for the 2012 Olympics, where he would represent all USA athletes and march in the Opening Ceremonies. This has garnered controversy, as in 2008 he publicly campaigned for Proposition 8 in California, where Californians voted to define legal marriage as between a man and a woman. Many individuals in the LGBT community do not feel he should represent the US Olympic team because of his personal feelings and actions regarding this issue, and he has decided to step aside as Chef de Mission in 2012.