Robert Kieffer

Hometown: Austin/Longview, Texas
Residence: Albuquerque, N.M.
Birth Date/Place: October 4, 1972/Bossier City, La.
Club: Gold Cup Gymnastics
Coach: Ed Burch
Previous Coach: Doug Stockton, Lance King
College: University of New Mexico
Year to Graduate: Fall, '96
Major: Mechanical Engineering
Years on National Team: 3 (1992-93, 1994-95, 1995-96)
Began Gymnastics: 1982
Favorite Apparatus/Event: Floor exercise, parallel bars

Kieffer tied for the all-around gold medal at the 1995 U.S. Olympic Festival and won the gold medal on parallel bars at the 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival. He has a twin brother, Ricky, who competed in gymnastics at the University of Nebraska. .

International Competition

1995 International Mixed Pairs, Seattle, Wash.; 3rd-AA (with partner Mohini Bhardwaj)
1994 Budget Rent a Car Invitational: USA vs. Romania, Worcester, Mass.; 2nd-Team, did not compete AA
1993 USA-Japan, Hamamatsu, Japan; 2nd-Team, 3rd-FX

National Competition

1995 World Team Trials, Austin, Texas; 10th(t)-AA
1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; 14th-AA
1995 U.S. Olympic Festival, Boulder, Colo.; 1st(t)-AA, 2nd-PH & PB, 6th-SR, 3rd-HB
1995 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 4th-AA
1994 Coca-Cola National Championships, Nashville, Tenn.; 13th-AA, 6th-SR
1994 U.S. Olympic Festival, St. Louis, Mo.; 1st-Team, 7th-AA, 3rd-SR, 4th-V, 1st(t)-PB, 6th-HB
1994 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 12th-AA
1993 U.S. Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 23rd-AA
1993 U.S. Olympic Festival, San Antonio, Texas; (did not finish competition due to injury)
1993 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 11th-AA (Compulsory/Optionals)

updated: 06 Dec 1995