Nickname
Marvo (usagym.org, 16 Aug 2015)
Hobbies
Basketball, playing video games. (usagym.org, 16 Aug 2015; teamusa.org, 29 Jul 2015)
Occupation
Athlete
Spoken languages
English
Club
Salto Gymnastics [United States]
Injuries
He has suffered a fractured left wrist during his career and a badly strained neck, after he over-rotated on a parallel bars dismount and landed on his head. His neck took two months to recover. (jsonline.com, 13 Aug 2013)
National Team
2004 (Facebook profile, 07 Sep 2017)
Start sporting career
He took up gymnastics in 2004 at Milwaukee Turners Gymnastics Club. Despite being an all girls club they taught him the basics for six weeks, he then moved on to Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy in Milwaukee, WI, United States. (usagym.org, 16 Aug 2015; jsonline.com, 13 Aug 2013)
Reason for taking up the sport
"My mum enrolled me after seeing me try to do a backflip." (usagym.org, 16 Aug 2015)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (intlgymnast.com, 01 Aug 2017)
Hero / Idol
US gymnast Paul Hamm. (ask.fm, 16 Dec 2014)
Philosophy / Motto
"In order to succeed, your desire for success should be greater than your fear of failure." (Facebook profile, 25 Feb 2021)
Additional information
General
BEST UNDER PRESSURE
He says he performs best in high-pressure, high-profile competitive situations. "I live for that. I thrive in those moments. I feel like it comes from my background. My parents were pretty good at sports and they loved the spotlight. I feel like it comes from within." (jsonline.com, 23 Feb 2016)
MATERNAL DEVOTION
He credits his mother, Carolyn Crenshaw, for encouraging him and making sacrifices so he could excel in gymnastics. She says gymnastics helped Marvin cope with his father's death when he was nine years old. "He took it hard. I think gymnastics helped him channel all the anger and the missing of his father." (usagym.org, 23 Jun 2016; wbaltv.com, 09 May 2016)
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