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Brody Malone

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John Brody Malone (born January 7, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2021 World Championships bronze medalist on Horizontal Bar and is the 2021 U.S. National Champion. He is a member of the United States men's national gymnastics team. He is also a seven-time NCAA National Champion.

Brody Malone
Malone at the 2020 Olympics
Personal information
Full nameJohn Brody Malone
Country represented United States
Born (2000-01-07) January 7, 2000 (age 24)
Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
HometownSummerville, Georgia
Height1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior Elite
Years on national team2017 – present (USA)
ClubCartersville Twisters (former)
College teamStanford Cardinal
Head coach(es)Thom Glielmi
Assistant coach(es)Syque Caesar
Mark Freeman
Former coach(es)Yuri Kouznetsov
Medal record
Representing the  United States
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2021 Kitakyushu Horizontal Bar
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 2019 Lima Team
Representing the Stanford Cardinal
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place 2019 Champaign Team
Gold medal – first place 2019 Champaign All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2019 Champaign Floor Exercise
Gold medal – first place 2019 Champaign Horizontal Bar
Gold medal – first place 2021 Minneapolis Team
Gold medal – first place 2021 Minneapolis All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2021 Minneapolis Horizontal Bar
Silver medal – second place 2021 Minneapolis Rings

Personal life

Malone was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, on January 7, 2000, to John and Tracy Malone. He has two brothers and one sister.[1] Malone's parents enrolled him in gymnastics at age three because he was a very active child.[2] Malone's mother died of cancer in 2012,[3] and his step-mother died in 2019 after suffering a brain aneurysm.[2] Throughout middle school and high school Malone competed in rodeo events such as team roping and jackpots,[4] similar to his father, who competed in rodeo at Georgia Southern University.[2]

Malone studies engineering and management at Stanford University.[2]

Gymnastics career

Junior

2015–16

Malone competed at the Junior Olympic level. At the 2015 National Championships he placed seventh.[5] At the 2016 National Championships he placed second behind Vitaliy Guimaraes. Additionally Malone won silver on vault and parallel bars and bronze on rings.[6]

Malone competed at his first elite National Championships in 2016. He placed 15th in the all-around but won bronze on horizontal bar in the 15–16 age division.[7]

2017–18

Malone competed at the 2017 Junior Olympic National Championships where he won silver in the all-around behind Bennet Huang.[8] He next competed at the 2017 U.S. National Championships. After two days of competition Malone won the all-around competition. He also won gold on floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.[9] Malone was later selected to represent the US at the International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Japan.[10] While there he placed fourth in the all-around but won silver on horizontal bar.[11]

In January 2018 Malone competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup where he helped USA finish third in the team competition. Individually he finished sixth in the all-around and won silver on horizontal bar and third on rings.[12]

Senior

2019

Malone began competing for the Stanford Cardinal gymnastics team in 2019. At the NCAA National Championships Malone helped Stanford win the team title and individually he won the all-around, floor exercise, and horizontal bar titles.[13] Malone was selected to represent the US at the 2019 Pan American Games where he helped the USA finish second as a team behind Brazil.[14]

2020–21

In early 2020 Malone competed at the Winter Cup where he finished third in the all-around.[15] The NCAA season was cut short due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

Malone returned to competition at the 2021 NCAA Championships where he helped Stanford defend their team title. He additionally defended his all-around and horizontal bar titles and won silver on rings.[17] At the 2021 U.S. National Championships he won his first senior all-around title, defeating six-time national champion Sam Mikulak.[18][19] As a result, he qualified to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials.[20] Malone clinched his spot on the Olympic team by finishing first in the all-around at the Olympic Trials.[21] Malone was joined by Yul Moldauer, Sam Mikulak, and Shane Wiskus to form the United States men's Olympic gymnastics team.[22]

During qualification at the Olympic Games Malone finished 11th overall and qualified for the all-around final and additionally qualified for the horizontal bar final in fourth.[23] During the team final Malone helped the United States place fifth.[24] During the all-around final Malone finished tenth; however he successfully competed his new skill on the parallel bars, a shoot up to handstand and fall back to support with ¾ turn mount, which will bear his name in the code of points.[25][26]

In October Malone competed at the 2021 World Championships where he opted to only compete on the horizontal bar. He qualified to the event final in fourth place. During the event final he scored 14.966 and finished third behind Hu Xuwei and Daiki Hashimoto.[27]

Eponymous skills

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Added to Code of Points
Parallel Bars Malone Mount: Shoot up to handstand and fall back to support with ¾ turn E (0.5) 2020 Olympic Games – Men's All-Around[26]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA FX PH SR VT PB HB
2015 J.O. National Championships (L9 JE14) 7 14 13 23 18 7 6
2016 J.O. National Championships (L10 JE15)   12 5       5
U.S. National Championships (Junior) 15 22 24 12 7 20  
2017 J.O. National Championships (JE17)  
U.S. National Championships (Junior)         4    
Junior Japan International 4 6 4  
2018 RD761 International Junior Team Cup   6   5 6  
2019 NCAA Championships       9 8 4  
Pan American Games   5 4 5
2020 Winter Cup   12
2021 NCAA Championships        
U.S. National Championships   9 4     13  
Olympic Trials     6   6    
Olympic Games 5 10 4
World Team Trials  
World Championships  

References

  1. ^ "Brody Malone Stanford profile". Stanford Cardinal.
  2. ^ a b c d "Artistic Gymnastics MALONE Brody". Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Retrieved 2021-07-27.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  3. ^ "Saddle up: Gymnast Malone takes unusual path to Tokyo". Associated Press. July 6, 2021.
  4. ^ "High bars, frog legs: Brody Malone stays true to Southern roots". The Stanford Daily. April 23, 2020.
  5. ^ "Men's Junior Olympic Championships conclude with crowning of Level 8, Level 9 champions". USA Gymnastics. May 11, 2015.
  6. ^ "Level 10 Champions crowned at U.S. Men's Junior Olympic Championships". USA Gymnastics. May 7, 2016.
  7. ^ McCarvel, Nick (June 25, 2016). "Wiskus, Wenske claim junior men's titles at P&G Championships". USA Gymnastics.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: url-status (link)
  8. ^ "Level 10 champions named at Men's Junior Olympic Nationals". USA Gymnastics. May 14, 2017.
  9. ^ "Braunton, Malone win junior men's titles at P&G Championships". USA Gymnastics. August 19, 2017.
  10. ^ "Four U.S. juniors set for International Junior Gymnastics Competition". USA Gymnastics. September 15, 2017.
  11. ^ "O'Keefe, Malabuyo go one-two in women's all-around at International Junior Gymnastics competition". USA Gymnastics. September 17, 2017.
  12. ^ "U.S. wins team bronze at 2018 RD761 Junior International Team Cup". USA Gymnastics. January 22, 2018.
  13. ^ "Cheers From Champaign". Stanford Cardinal. April 20, 2019.
  14. ^ "USA wins men's team silver at 2019 Pan Am Games". USA Gymnastics. July 29, 2019.
  15. ^ "Mikulak Wins Senior All-Around Title 2020 Winter Cup Challenge". USA Gymnastics. February 21, 2020.
  16. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA. March 13, 2020.
  17. ^ "Watch Brody Malone secure the all-around title at the 2021 NCAA men's gymnastics championship". National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 17, 2021.
  18. ^ "Brody Malone wins first U.S. gymnastics title, with Tokyo Olympics in sight". Los Angeles Times. June 5, 2021.
  19. ^ "Malone takes senior all-around crown at 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. June 5, 2021.
  20. ^ "USA Gymnastics names eight additional athletes to Men's Junior and Senior National Teams, introduces inaugural Senior Development Team lineup". USA Gymnastics. June 8, 2021.
  21. ^ "Sam Mikulak, Yul Moldauer, Brody Malone highlight U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team". OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. 2021-06-26. Retrieved 2021-06-27.
  22. ^ "USA Gymnastics announces men's Olympic team roster for artistic gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. June 26, 2021.
  23. ^ Raymond, Jonathan (2021-07-24). "Result | Georgia native Brody Malone makes mark in gymnastics qualifying". WXIA-TV. Retrieved 2021-07-27.
  24. ^ "U.S. gymnasts finish fifth in men's team final at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games". USA Gymnastics. July 26, 2021.
  25. ^ "Three original elements submitted in Men's Artistic Gymnastics at Tokyo 2020". International Gymnastics Federation. July 21, 2021.
  26. ^ a b @gymnastics (July 28, 2021). "Brody Malone 🇺🇸 nails his Parallel Bars mount, which he has submitted as an original element to bear his name in the Code of Points" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "Malone, Wong each claim bronze on final night of 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships". USA Gymnastics. October 24, 2021.
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