John Roethlisberger

John Roethlisberger
Country represented	United States
Born	(1970-06-21) June 21, 1970 (age 53) Fort Atkinson, Wisconsin, US
Height	5 ft 7 in (1.70 m)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Medal record Representing  United States Pacific Alliance Championships Christchurch 2000 Team Winnipeg 1998 Team International Team Championship Cincinnati 1997 Team Knoxville 1998 Team Knoxville 1998 Pommel Horse

John Roethlisberger (born June 21, 1970) is a retired American gymnast. He is a three-time Olympian, representing the U.S. at the 1992 Olympics in Barcelona, 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, and 2000 Olympics in Sydney. He is also a four-time U.S. National all-around champion and a four-time U.S. National pommel horse champion. He also won back-to-back American Cup titles in 1995 and 1996. John was named Sportsperson of the Year in 1990, 1992, 1993, 1995, 1998 and 2000 and was a member of six World Championship teams throughout his career.^[1]

Collegiate career

Roethlisberger enrolled at the University of Minnesota where his father was head coach of the men's gymnastics team. While there, he won the NCAA all-around title three times and the Big Ten Conference all-around title four times. In 1993, Roethlisberger won the Nissen Award, and was a 1992 and 1993 Academic All-American. In 1993, John was named the winner of the NCAA Top-six Award, which is awarded annually to the top six student-athletes in the nation from all sports.^[2]

Commentary career

John has been in the commentary box for many Visa Championships, U.S. Classic, and Nastia Liukin Cup competitions for NBC. He also does commentary for the Big Ten and SEC Networks college gymnastic meets.

Personal life

John is the son of Fred Roethlisberger, who was a member of the 1968 U.S. Olympics gymnastics team. His sister Marie Roethlisberger was an alternate on the 1984 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team. He earned his BS degree in finance and international business. He now co-owns camp Flipfest, along with John Macready.^[3] Flipfest is located on Lake Frances in Crossville, Tennessee.^[4]

References

External links

• John Roethlisberger at the International Gymnastics Federation
• John Roethlisberger at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• John Roethlisberger at Olympics.com
• John Roethlisberger at Olympedia

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1992 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team

Men's artistic gymnastics athletes

Team	Trent Dimas Scott Keswick Jair Lynch Dominick Minicucci Jr. John Roethlisberger Chris Waller
Alternate	Lance Ringnald

Women's artistic gymnastics athletes

Team	Wendy Bruce Dominique Dawes Shannon Miller Betty Okino Kerri Strug Kim Zmeskal
Alternate	Michelle Campi

Rhythmic gymnastics athletes

• Tamara Levinson
• Jennifer Lovell

Coaches

• Francis Allen (Men's artistic head coach)
• Fred Roethlisberger (Men's artistic assistant coach)
• Béla Károlyi (Women's artistic head coach)