Jacob Dalton

Jacob Dalton
— Gymnast —
Personal information
Full name	Jacob Dalton
Nickname(s)	Jake
Country represented	United States
Born	August 19, 1991
Hometown	Reno, Nevada
Residence	Norman, Oklahoma
Height	5 ft 5 in (165cm)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	International senior elite
Club	Gym Nevada
College team	University of Oklahoma
Head coach(es)	Mark Williams
Assistant coach(es)	Rustam Sharipov, Daniel Furney
Former coach(es)	Andrew Pileggi, Wanda Fredericks, Will Culp
Medal record Representing  United States World Championships 2013 Antwerp Floor exercise 2011 Tokyo Team 2014 Nanning Team 2014 Nanning Vault Pacific Rim Championships 2012 Everett Team 2012 Everett Floor exercise

Jacob "Jake" Dalton (born August 19, 1991) is an American gymnast and member of the University of Oklahoma Gymnastics and the U.S. National Team. He grew up in Reno, Nevada, the son of Tim and Denise Dalton. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

Early life

Dalton attended Spanish Springs High School while training at Gym Nevada under coach Andrew Pileggi. After graduating, he received an NCAA scholarship to compete for the University of Oklahoma in 2009^[1] where he has earned All-America honors, as well as winning the NCAA men's gymnastics floor and vault titles in 2011.

Gymnast

He was the U.S. National Vault champion in 2009 and 2011, and the Floor Champion in 2011 and the All-Around Gold medalist of the Winter Cup Challenge in 2011.^[2]

He was a member of the USA team that won the Bronze medal in the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In 2013, Dalton won the bronze medal at the P&G National Championships en route to making the World Championships team. He went on the win a silver medal on floor exercise at 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In 2015, Dalton was still recovering from a small shoulder labrum tear and did not compete in the P&G National Championships.^[3]

In 2016, a new element on the parallel bars was named for him in the Men's Gymnastics Code of Points.^[4]

Olympics

It was announced on July 1, 2012 that Dalton would be a member of the 2012 Olympic team. The New York Times stated that the team roster is "considered so good that it could be the first United States men’s team to win gold since the 1984 Los Angeles Games."^[5] Dalton as part of the United States Gymastics team placed fifth in the team competition in the 2012 London Olympic Games.^[6]

On June 25, 2016, Dalton was once again named to the five-man United States men's gymnastics team for the Olympics. He will represent the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro alongside Sam Mikulak, John Orozco who was later substituted with Danell Leyva due to injury, Alex Naddour, and Chris Brooks.^[7]

Sponsorships

In 2013, Dalton signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Adidas gymnastics.^[8]

References

1. http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/dalton_jacob00.html Jacob Dalton – University of Oklahoma profile
2. http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=322928 USA Gymnastics Profile: Jacob Dalton
3. http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2015/08/16/sam-mikulak-wins-gymnastics-national-championships-danell-leyva-donnell-whittenburg-olympics/
4. "Eight new elements named, added to Men's Gymnastics Code of Points". Retrieved March 11, 2016.
5. Macur, Juliet. "Harboring High Hopes, U.S. Men's Team Adds 3 Gymnasts for Olympics". The New York Times. Retrieved July 21, 2012.
6. Quinn, Sam. "Olympic Results 2012: US Men Gymnasts' Show in Team Final Is Huge Disappointment". TBS. Retrieved February 28, 2013.
7. Graves, Will (25 June 2016). "National Champion Sam Mikulak Leads US Men's Gymnastics Team". ABC News. Retrieved 26 June 2016.
8. Adidas Gymnastics announces Jake Dalton is all in! http://news.theelegantsports.com/2013/03/jake-is-all-in.html

External links

• Jacob Dalton at the International Federation of Gymnastics

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