Brian Ginsberg (born 1966) is an American former gymnast. He is a two-time US junior national gymnastics champion. He also won gold medals at both the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1987 Pan American Games while competing on Team USA.
| Brian Ginsberg | |
|---|---|
| Country represented |  United States |
| Born | 1966 (age 57–58) Miami, Florida |
| Hometown | Denver, Colorado, and Mobile, Alabama |
| Discipline | Gymnastics |
| College team | UCLA Bruins |
Early life edit
Ginsberg was born in Miami, Florida, to Nathan (a radiologist) and Iris Ginsberg, is Jewish, and grew up in Denver, Colorado, and Mobile, Alabama.[1][2][3] His grandparents are Betty and Sam Diemar.[4]
Gymnastics career edit
Ginsberg was the 1982 and 1983 US junior national gymnastics champion.[2] In 1985 he won the all-around competition in the Brazil Cup.[5][6] Ginsberg also won gold in the rings, silver in the floor exercise, and bronze in the vault individual medals at the National Sports Festival.[2][7] He competed in the 1985 Maccabiah Games for Team USA.[7]
Ginsberg competed in gymnastics for UCLA, where he majored in kinesiology and was pre-med hoping to specialize in sports medicine.[2][8][9][6]
In 1986 competing for the UCLA Bruins, Ginsberg was an All-American, and finished second in the 1986 NCAA all-around competition.[10][2][8][9] He won the floor exercise in the competition.[11]
In 1987, Ginsberg won the McDonald's American Cup at George Mason University's Patriot Center in Virginia, as Soviet national champion Vladimir Gogoladze came in second.[5][12][13][4] The Alabama State Senate passed a resolution commending him for extraordinary achievement.[4]
Ginsberg won gold medals at both the 1983 Pan American Games and the 1987 Pan American Games (when he also won a silver medal) while competing on Team USA.[14][3]
References edit
- ^ Robert Ashbrook (February 14, 1986). "Mobile Gymnast Hopes to Add to his Impressive Credentials". The Jewish Floridian of greater Ft. Lauderdale.
- ^ a b c d e Rob Gloster (August 4, 1985). "1988 Gymnastics: Brian Ginsberg". UPI.
- ^ a b Shel Wallman (June 18, 1986). "Nancy Lieberman back in limelight". Jewish Post.
- ^ a b c "Resolution Presented to Gymnast". The Jewish Floridian of Greater Ft. Lauderdale. July 3, 1987.
- ^ a b Niewiaroski, Donna (March 9, 1987). "Ginsberg Putting Gymnastics First". The Washington Post.
- ^ a b Art Shurlock (September–October 1985). "It Must have been Rio; Ginsberg's Talents Soar in Brazil Meets". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ a b Shel Wallman (August 14, 1985). "U.S. Maccabians head to sports festival". Jewish Post.
- ^ a b "UCLA gymnast Brian Ginsberg, an All-American who..." Los Angeles Times. October 21, 1986.
- ^ a b "Men's Gymnastics". University of California Los Angeles - Bruin Life / Southern Campus Yearbook (Los Angeles, CA), Class of 1985. p. 58.
- ^ Bob Rikkli (May–June 1986). "Sun Devils Shine in Nebraska". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ Wechsler, Bob (2008). Day by Day in Jewish Sports History. KTAV Publishing House, Inc. ISBN 9780881259698 – via Google Books.
- ^ Hersch, Hank (May 4, 1987). "A Tumble From the Top". Sports Illustrated.
- ^ Mike Botkin (March–April 1987). "U.S. Duo Captures McDonald's America Cup". USA Gymnastics.
- ^ Jesse H. Silver and Elli Wohlgelernter. "Sports". Encyclopaedia Judaica (2nd ed.).