Jair Lynch
1996 Olympic Silver Medalist (Parallel Bars)
1995 World Championships Team Member
1992 Olympian
1992 Parallel Bars & High Bar National Champion
Hometown: Washington, D.C.
Residence: Stanford, Calif.
Date/Place of Birth: October 2, 1971/Amherst, Mass.
Club: Stanford Old School
Coach: Sadao Hamada, Taka Miwagawa, Fred Stephens
Previous Coach: Rick Tucker
Years on National Team: 6 (1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94-unranked, 1994-95-unranked, 1995-96, 1996-97)
Began Gymnastics: 1980
Favorite Apparatus/Event: Parallel bars
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Lynch was a member of the 1996 Olympic Team where he became the first male African-American to medal. Lynch earned the silver medal on parallel bars. In 1991 he tied the U.S. Olympic Festival gymnastics record for winning five gold medals. He shares this honor with Scott Johnson (1983) and Bill Roth (1991). At 20, he was the youngest member of the men's 1992 Olympic team. Lynch narrowly missed winning the bronze medal on parallel bars (by 0.1) at the '92 Olympic Games. He was selected a member of the All Pac-10 Academic Team. Lynch is active in many aspects of community service, including serving on the Board of Directors of the Omega Youth Club-Peninsula Chapter; helping with Friends For Youth-Big Brother/Big Sister volunteer program; and appearing as an inspirational speaker at the San Mateo County Juvenile Services and Correctional Facilities. Lynch was honored in 1991 and '92 with the Stanford Black Community Service Award. He graduated from Stanford University in 1994 with a Bachelor of Science degree in Civil Engineering and a Bachelor of Arts degree in Urban Design.
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International Competition
- 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, Ga.; 5th-Team, 2nd-PB
- 1996 McDonald's International Gymnastics Championships, Atlanta, Ga.; 6th (with Andree Pickens and Lauri Illy)
- 1996 McDonald's American Cup, Ft. Worth, Texas; 2nd-AA, 1st-FX, 1st(t)-PH, 7th-SR, 1st-V, 8th-PB, 2nd-HB
- 1995 Atlanta Gymnastics Invitational, Atlanta, Ga.; 5th-AA
- 1995 Subway World Gymnastics Challenge, Ontario, Canada; 5th-AA
- 1995 World Championships, Sabae, Japan; 31st-AA, 9th-Team
- 1993 World University Games; Buffalo, New York; 3rd-Team, 11th-AA, 3rd-PB, 6th-V
- 1992 Tokyo Cup, Tokyo, Japan; 4th(t)-PH, 4th-PB
- 1992 Chunichi Cup, Nagoya, Japan; 17th-AA
- 1992 Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain; 6th-Team, 6th-PB, 60th-AA (Comp. I)
- 1991 World Sports Fair, Tokyo, Japan; 7th-AA
- 1990 Grand Prix of Rome, Rome, Italy; 25th-AA
- 1989 International Tournament of France, Paris, France
- 1988 Malarcupen, Stockholm, Sweden; 2nd-AA, 1st-FX & PB, 2nd-PH & HB
National Competition
- 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics, Boston, Mass.; 6th-AA
- 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.; 8th-AA, 5th-PH, 1st-PB
- 1996 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 1st-AA & FX & V & PB
- 1995 World Team Trials, Austin, Texas; 5th-AA
- 1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; 4th-AA & PH, 5th-PB
- 1995 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 12th-AA
- 1994 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 11th-AA
- 1993 Coca-Cola National Gymnastics Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 39th-AA (injured did not finish the competition)
- 1993 World University Games Trials, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 4th-AA
- 1993 NCAA Championships, Albuquerque, N.M.; 1st-Team, 9th-AA, 1st-PB, 5th-FX
- 1993 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 9th-AA (Optionals Only)
- 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials, Baltimore, Md.; 4th-AA
- 1992 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Columbus, Ohio; 7th-AA, 1st-PB & HB, 4th-PH, 6th-V
- 1992 NCAA Championships, Lincoln, Neb.; 1st-Team, 4th-AA & PH, 1st-HB, 5th-FX, 6th-PB
- 1992 Winter Nationals, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 12th-AA
- 1991 U.S. Olympic Festival, Los Angeles, Calif.; 1st-AA & PH & PB & HB, 2nd-FX, 6th-V
- 1991 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Cincinnati, Ohio; 16th-AA
- 1991 NCAA Championships, University Park, Pa.; 3rd-AA, 5th-PB, 7th-HB
- 1990 Winter Nationals, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 12th-AA
- 1990 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Denver, Colo.; 1st-AA (junior)
- 1990 NCAA Championships, Minneapolis, Minn.; 13th(t)-AA, 6th-HB, 7th-PH
- 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival, Oklahoma City, Okla.; 24th-AA
- 1988 J.O. Nationals, Albuquerque, N.M.; 3rd-AA, 1st-V
- 1988 National Boys Invitational, Allentown, Pa.; 3rd-AA, 1st-FX & V, 4th-PH
updated: 06 Aug 1996
