Chris Waller
1993 World Championships Event Finalist
1992 Olympian
1991, 1992 & 1993 Pommel Horse National Champion
1991 World Championships Team Member
1991 National Champion
1990 Goodwill Games Triple Medalist
Hometown: Mt. Prospect, Ill.
Residence: Los Angeles, Calif.
Date/Place of Birth: Sept. 20, 1968/Evanston, Ill.
Club: UCLA
Coach: Art Shurlock, Yefim Furman
Previous Coach: Ed Burch
College: UCLA
Graduated: 1991
Degree: B.A. in History
Years on Senior National Team: 8 (1989-90, 1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97)
Began Gymnastics: 1978
Favorite Apparatus/Event: Pommel horse, high bar, all-around
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Waller won a USA Gymnastics or NCAA national title every year from 1989-1993; however, he was unable to compete at the 1994 Coca-Cola National Championships and did not complete the competition in 1995. He was an all-around finalist at the 1992 Olympic Games and took fifth on pommel horse, only one tenth of a point away from the gold medal. The 1991 U.S. National Champion, Waller was selected the 1991 Athlete of the Year by his national teammates.
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International Competition
- 1996 Reese's International Gymnastics Cup, Portland, Ore.; 3rd-AA, 5th-FX, 1st-HB, 4th-SR
- 1995 Visa Challenge, Fairfax, Va.; 1st-Team, 4th-AA & PB(t), 6th(t)-FX, 2nd-PH & HB(t), 5th(t)-SR, 8th(t)-V
- 1995 Pan American Games, Mar del Plata, Argentina; 1st-Team, 7th-SR
- 1995 Reese's International Gymnastics Cup, Portland, Ore.; 3rd-PH & SR, 4th-HB, 5th-PB, 8th-FX
- 1993 Chunichi Cup, Nagoya, Japan; 17th-AA
- 1993 Tokyo Cup, Tokyo, Japan; 3rd-PH
- 1993 Hilton Challenge, Los Angeles, Calif.; 3rd-Team, 11th-AA
- 1993 World Gymnastics Championships, Birmingham, Great Britain; 43rd-AA (Comp. I), 6th-PH
- 1993 Reebok International Mixed Pairs, Atlanta, Ga.; 2nd-AA (with Kerri Strug)
- 1993 McDonald's American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 6th-AA
- 1992 Tokyo Cup, Tokyo, Japan; 5th-FX & SR, 7th-HB
- 1992 Chunichi Cup, Nagoya, Japan; 8th-AA
- 1992 Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain; 6th-Team, 35th-AA, 5th-PH
- 1992 McDonald's International Mixed Pairs, Tallahassee, Fla.; 9th-AA (with Wendy Bruce)
- 1992 McDonald's American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 5th-AA (preliminaries)
- 1991 World Gymnastics Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.; 5th-Team, 20th-AA
- 1991 Pre-Olympic Meet, Barcelona, Spain; 2nd-Team, 19th-AA, 4th-HB
- 1991 USA vs. Romania, Albuquerque, N.M.; 1st-Team, 2nd-AA, 3rd(t)-PH, 3rd-PB & HB
- 1991 McDonald's International Mixed Pairs, Atlanta, Ga.; 1st-AA (with Kim Zmeskal)
- 1991 McDonald's American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 2nd-AA, 1st-PH, 2nd(t)-FX, 3rd-SR, 3rd(t)-HB
- 1990 Joaquim Blume Tournament, Barcelona, Spain; 8th-AA, 3rd(t)-HB
- 1990 Unification Cup-GER/USR/USA, Munich, Germany; 3rd-Team, 17th-AA
- 1990 Goodwill Games, Seattle, Wash.; 2nd-Team, 4th-AA, 3rd-PH & SR, 7th-PB
- 1990 China Cup, Beijing, China; 3rd-HB
- 1988 Romania International Invitational, Romania; 6th-SR
- 1987 Moncada Cup, Bayamo, Cuba; 13th-AA
National Competition
- 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics, Boston, Mass.; 10th-AA
- 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.; 10th-AA, 4th-SR
- 1995 World Team Trials, Austin, Texas; 13th-AA
- 1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; 2nd-PB, 3rd-PH (injured and did not complete all-around)
- 1995 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 3rd-AA
- 1993 Coca-Cola National Championships, Salt Lake City Utah; 4th-AA, 1st-PH, 4th-SR, 5th-PB
- 1993 Winter Cup Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 3rd-AA (Optionals Only)
- 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials, Baltimore, Md.; 2nd-AA
- 1992 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Columbus, Ohio; 4th-AA, 1st-PH, 2nd(t)-FX, 2nd-HB, 3rd-SR
- 1992 Winter Nationals, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 9th-AA
- 1991 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Cincinnati, Ohio; 1st-AA & PH
- 1990 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Denver, Colo.; 2nd-AA, 3rd-HB, 3rd(t)-PH
- 1990 NCAA Championships, Minneapolis, Minn.; 3rd-Team, 6th-AA, 1st-HB
- 1989 Winter Nationals, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 6th-AA
- 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival, Oklahoma City, Okla.; 10th-AA, 1st-PH, 2nd-HB
- 1989 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Minneapolis, Minn.; 12th-AA
- 1989 NCAA Championships, Lincoln, Neb.; 4th-Team, 7th-AA, 1st-PH, 5th-HB
- 1988 NCAA Championships, Lincoln, Neb.; 9th-AA
- 1987 McDonald's U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Kansas City, Mo.; 25th(t)-AA
- 1987 NCAA Championships, Los Angeles, Calif.; 13th-AA
- 1986 McDonald's U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.; 54th-AA
updated: 01 Jul 1996
