Kip Simons
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| Full name | Kip Alexander Simons | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | September 11, 1972 Media, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Bloomsburg, Pennsylvania, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1993–1997 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Ohio State Buckeyes | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Peter Kormann, Miles Avery | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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| Awards | Nissen-Emery Award (1994) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Kip Alexander Simons (born September 11, 1972) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in the 1996 Olympics and the 1994 and 1995 World Championships.[1]
Biography
[edit]Simons competed for Ohio State University. In 1994, his senior year, Simons won the Nissen Award, the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics. Simons credited a hard summer of training between his junior and senior years propelling him to the next level.[2]
Simons has been the gymnastics head coach at the United States Naval Academy since 2015. Before his Naval Academy appointment, Kip was the Head Coach of the men's gymnastics team at The United States Air Force Academy for 11 seasons, beginning in 2005. He was an assistant coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 2001 to 2005.[3][4]
References
[edit]- ^ "USA Gymnastics Official Biography: Kip Simons".
- ^ Ohio State's Unforgettables. p. 136. Hooley, Bruce. 2002
- ^ "Player Bio: Kip Simons - AIR FORCE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE". www.goairforcefalcons.com. Archived from the original on 2009-09-22.
- ^ "Kip Simons Bio - the University of California Official Athletic Site". Archived from the original on 2013-04-07. Retrieved 2013-02-25.
External links
[edit]- Kip Simons at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Kip Simons at Olympics.com
- Kip Simons at Olympedia
- Kip Simons at USA Gymnastics
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- 1972 births
- Living people
- American male artistic gymnasts
- United States Air Force Academy people
- Ohio State University people
- Olympic gymnasts for the United States
- Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics
- Gymnasts at the 1995 Pan American Games
- 20th-century American sportsmen