Hobbies
Hiking, camping, shooting, rock climbing, sailing, canoeing, fishing, surfing, playing cards, snowboarding, longboarding. (nbcolympics.com, 28 Mar 2016)
Occupation
Athlete, Coach
Spoken languages
English
Club
Elite Trampoline Academy: United States
Coach
Tatiana Kovaleva [club], RUS; Nuno Merino [national]
Sporting relatives
His older brother Steven represented the United States of America in gymnastics trampolining at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, as well as at six editions of the world championships between 2007 and 2015. He announced his retirement in 2016. (SportsDeskOnline, 01 Nov 2019; teamusa.org, 08 Nov 2016)
Injuries
A neck injury meant he missed the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. (usagym.org, 04 Jul 2019)
He broke his arm at age nine and at age 12. (nbcolympics.com, 28 Mar 2016)
Start sporting career
He took up the sport at age seven.
Reason for taking up the sport
He followed his older brother into the sport. "I remember doing artistic gymnastics but nothing interested me as much as trampoline."
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (teamusa.org, 06 Jul 2019)
Most influential person in career
Coach Tatiana Kovaleva. (elitetrampolineacademy.com, 25 Jun 2016)
Rituals
He is superstitious about where he leaves his warm-up jacket before competing. (nbcolympics.com, 28 Mar 2016)
Philosophy / Motto
"Make your own luck." (jeffgluckstein.com, 25 Oct 2012)
Awards
He was named the 2018 Athlete of the Year by USA Gymnastics. (ahherald.com, 21 Aug 2018)
Additional information
TRAMPOLINE THERAPY
Trampoline counterbalanced his earlier struggles with Attention Deficit Hyperactivity Disorder [ADHD]. "Keeping focus and on-task was hard in school, but in trampoline it was the direct opposite. I felt a connection." (nbcolympics.com, 28 Mar 2016)
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