Trent Dimas
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Trent Dimas (born November 10, 1970) is an Hispanic American gymnast and Olympic champion. Now retired, Dimas was an elite senior level international artistic gymnast.
Dimas became a member of the U.S. junior national team at the age of 13 and made the U.S. senior national team at the age of 15. He attended the University of Nebraska his freshman year
Athletic career
As a nationally and internationally ranked athlete, he competed at the Goodwill Games (Team, Silver),[2] Pan American Games (FX, Bronze and HB, Bronze) (See Gymnastics at the 1991 Pan American Games), won the American Cup (AA) [3] and was the U.S. Men's Vault Champion, Parallel Bars Champion and Horizontal Bar Champion.[4]
In an era of compulsory routines and a straightforward format to Olympic team trials (and before apparatus specialists), Dimas was ranked 5th All Around at trials (top 6 made the Olympic Team) which placed him on the U.S. Olympic Team roster. He competed all six of the men's apparatuses in qualification at the
) had done so previously. Dimas was also the first Latino Olympic gymnastics medalist from the USA.Education
Following his athletic career, in 1992, Dimas graduated from Columbia University School of General Studies in New York City with a B.A. in political science.[5]
References
- ^ a b "This is Nebraska - Building Olympians". Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ Brannon, Jody (19 July 1990). "U.S. Fortunes Hang On High Bar -- Soviet Men Favored To Take Home Gold". The Seattle Times. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics website". Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "U.S. National Champions - Men". Archived from the original on 21 December 2018. Retrieved 23 August 2012.
- ^ "Columbia School of Graduate Studies-Notable Alumni". Retrieved 23 August 2012.
External links
- Trent Dimas at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Trent Dimas at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Trent Dimas at Olympics.com
- Trent Dimas at Olympedia
- Trent Dimas at the New Mexico Sports Hall of Fame
- Trent Dimas at USA Gymnastics