Bill Roth
1996 Individual Event World Championships Semi-Finalist
1994 Team World Championships Team Member
Hometown: Mohegan Lake, N.Y.
Residence: Philadelphia, Pa.
Birth Date/Place: August 21, 1970/Yonkers, N.Y.
Club: Temple University
Coach: Fred Turoff
College: Temple University
Graduate with Bachelor of Arts degree in real estate
Years on Senior National Team: 6 (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93-unranked, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96)
Began Gymnastics: 1976
Favorite Apparatus/Event: High bar
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Roth won his first international all-around title at the 1995 Visa Challenge. He was coached by his father throughout his high school career. Roth is the all-time leader in EIGL titles winning nine championships while at Temple University. He made U.S. Championships history in 1990 when he scored the first 10.00 with his optional high bar routine. Roth's bounty of five gold medals at the 1990 Olympic Festival tied the record for gymnastics set in 1983 by Olympian Scott Johnson. He also holds the record of highest score on the high bar at an Olympic Festival with a 9.9. Roth spent the 1991 and 1992 seasons rehabilitating from chest and knee injuries and came back strong in 1993, finishing sixth all-around at the 1993 Coca-Cola National Gymnastics Championships.
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International Competition
- 1996 Individual Event World Championships, San Juan, Puerto Rico; (semi-finalist-10th-HB)
- 1996 Reese's International Gymnastics Cup, Portland, Ore.; 2nd-FX, 4th(t)-HB
- 1995 Visa Challenge, Fairfax, Va.; 1st-AA, Team, FX, V & HB, 8th-PH, 9th-SR, 2nd(t)-PB
- 1995 Pan American Games, Mar del Plata, Argentina; 1st-Team, 2nd-FX, 2nd(t)-HB, 7th-PB
- 1995 McDonald's American Cup, Seattle, Wash.; 3rd-AA, 1st-FX & V, 2nd(t)-PH, 3rd-HB
- 1994 Team World Championships, Dortmund, Germany; 9th-Team
- 1993 Nikon International, Sydney, Australia; 9th-AA, 3rd-FX, 4th-V
- 1993 World University Games, Buffalo, New York; 3rd-Team (alternate)
- 1990 Unification Cup-GER/URS/USA, Munich, Germany; 3rd-Team, 10th-AA
- 1990 McDonald's Challenge: USA vs. USSR, San Jose, Calif.; 7th-AA
- 1990 USA/GDR/SUI Competition, Zurich, Switzerland; 8th-AA, 1st-HB
- 1990 Prince Edwards Island Competition, Canada; 2nd-AA
National Competition
- 1996 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 8th-AA, 3rd-FX
- 1994 Coca-Cola National Championships, Nashville, Tenn.; 2nd-AA, 4th-V
- 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival, St. Louis, Mo.; 2nd-AA, Team, FX & V, 5th-SR, 1st(t)-PB, 4th-HB
- 1994 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 7th-AA
- 1993 Coca-Cola National Gymnastics Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 6th-AA, 2nd-FX, 1st-V, 4th-HB
- 1993 World University Games Trials, Colorado Springs, Colo; 7th-AA
- 1992 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Columbus, Ohio; injured-did not finish competition
- 1992 Winter Nationals, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 8th-AA
- 1990 Winter Nationals, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 9th-AA, 1st-V, 2nd-PB
- 1990 U.S. Olympic Festival, Minneapolis, Minn.; 1st-Team, 2nd-AA, 1st-FX & V & PB & HB, 2nd-PH
- 1990 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Denver, Colo.; 7th-AA, 2nd-V, 4th-PB, 6th-HB
- 1990 NCAA Championships, Minneapolis, Minn.; 11th-AA, 3rd-FX & V
- 1989 Winter Nationals, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 20th-AA
- 1989 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Minneapolis, Minn.; 17th-AA, 1st-V
- 1989 NCAA Championships, Lincoln, Neb.; 16th-AA, 9th-FX, 12th-V
updated: 01 May 1996
