Gar O'Quinn
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| Full name | Garland Deloid O'Quinn, Jr. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | July 1, 1935 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 173 cm (5 ft 8 in) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Army Black Knights | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Garland Deloid "Gar" O'Quinn, Jr. (born July 1, 1935) is an American former gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and is a five-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Pan American Games.[1] He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.[2] In 1995, he was inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[3][4][5][6]
O'Quinn attended the United States Military Academy at West Point.[7]
Bibliography
- 1971: The Effects of Practice Upon the Activity of Antagonistic Muscles During the Performance of a Motor Task[8]
References
- ↑ "Men's and Women's Pan American Games Results". usagym.org. USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016.
- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gar O'Quinn Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
- ↑ "Gar O'Quinn". US Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
- ↑ "Gar O'Quinn". Olympics.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
- ↑ "UTEP professor going to Gymnastics Hall". El Paso Herald-Post. April 22, 1995. p. 39. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ Martin Hobratschk (September 29, 1988). "Ex-UT professor's company trains gymnastics instructors". Austin American-Statesman. p. 42. Retrieved August 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ "Ward youth is named to West Point". The San Angelo Weekly Standard. Standard-Times News Service. April 30, 1954. p. 11. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
- ↑ O'Quinn, Garland Deloid (1971). "The Effects of Practice Upon the Activity of Antagonistic Muscles During the Performance of a Motor Task". Google Books. Retrieved August 18, 2022.
External links
- Gar O'Quinn at World Gymnastics
- Gar O'Quinn at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
- Gar O'Quinn at Olympics.com
- Gar O'Quinn at Olympedia
- Gar O'Quinn at InterSportStats
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Categories:
- 1935 births
- Living people
- American male artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts for the United States
- Gymnasts at the 1960 Summer Olympics
- Sportspeople from Fort Worth, Texas
- 20th-century American sportsmen
- Gymnasts at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Gymnasts at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1963 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics
- American artistic gymnast stubs