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Jonathan Horton
Birthdate: 12/31/1985
Program: Men's Artistic
Level: Senior
Current Residence: Cypress, TX
Club: Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
Head Coach: Tom Meadows
Career Highlights
  • Inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2022
  • 2014 U.S. parallel bars silver medalist
  • 2012 Olympic team member. Competed in high bar finals.
  • 2012 U.S. still rings champion and high bar bronze medalist
  • 2011 World Championships Team bronze medalist
  • Three-time American Cup all-around champion - 2006, 2007, 2011
  • 2010 World all-around bronze medalist
  • Two-time U.S. all-around champions - 2009, 2010
  • 2009 U.S. still rings and high bar (tie) champion
  • 2008 Olympic horizontal bar silver medalist and team bronze medalist
  • 2008 USA Gymnastics Men's Athlete of the Year
  • 2008 NCAA Nissen-Emery Award winner
  • 2006-2007, 2009-11 World Championships Team member
  • 2006 NCAA all-around champion
  • Holds Oklahoma records for career All-America honors (18) and career NCAA individual titles (six)
  • Won three NCAA team titles with Oklahoma (2005-06, 2008)
About Jonathan Horton
Hometown: Houston, TX
Twitter: @J_Horton11
Name of College: University of Oklahoma
Year you began gymnastics: 1990
How did you get involved in gymnastics: I was a wild child. I once climbed a pole in the middle of Target all the way to the ceiling. I used to do back flips on my parents' bed and I rode a garage door to the top when I was 3 years old.
Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Father, Robert, is an engineer, and mother, Margo, is a realtor. Wife is Haley De Prospero (6/20/09)
Names of sibling(s): Older sister, Margo, is a dance instructor.
Family members in sports: Wife Haley was a gymnast at Oklahoma
National Competition Results
  • 2015 P&G Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. - 4th-PB; 7th-HB; 8th-FX(T), SR(T); 9th-AA
  • 2015 National Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 3rd-SR; 4th-PB; 5th-AA; 6th-FX; 7th-VT(T)
  • 2015 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
  • 2014 P&G Championships, Pittsburgh, Pa. - 2nd-PB(T); 6th-VT; 7th-HB; 8th-AA
  • 2012 U.S. Olympic Trials, San Jose, Calif. - 1st-SR; 2nd-PB; 3rd-AA; 5th-HB; 7th-FX; 8th-PH, VT
  • 2012 Visa Championships, Saint Paul, Minn. - 1st-SR; 3rd-HB; 4th-AA; 5th-PB; 6th-FX(T)
  • 2012 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
  • 2011 Visa Championships, Saint Paul, Minn. - 2nd-AA; 3rd-FX, SR, VT; 4th-PB; 5th-HB
  • 2011 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
  • 2010 Visa Championships, Hartford, Conn. - 1st-AA; 2nd-SR; 3rd-FX; 4th-VT; 5th-PB; 8th-HB(T)
  • 2010 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-AA, SR; 3rd-HB; 6th-VT
  • 2009 Visa Championships, Dallas, Texas - 1st-AA, SR, HB(T); 2nd-FX; 4th-VT; 5th-PB
  • 2009 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 9th-PB
  • 2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1st-AA; 2nd-FX, SR; 4th-PB, HB; 5th-VT; 10th-PH
  • 2008 Visa Championships, Houston, Texas - 2nd-AA, SR, FX; 4th-VT; 6th-PB
  • 2008 NCAA Men's Championships, Stanford, Calif. - 1st-Team, SR; 2nd- AA; 4th-PB(T); 9th-FX
  • 2008 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 3rd-SR
  • 2007 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif. - 4th-PB, SR; 6th-AA
  • 2007 NCAA Championships, State College, Pa. - 1st-FX, HB; 2nd-Team, AA(T); 3rd-SR
  • 2007 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-FX(T); 4th-PB(T); 6th-HB
  • 2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn. - 1st-FX; 2nd-AA; 3rd-HB(T); 4th-SR
  • 2006 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, Norman, Okla. - 1st-AA, FX, SR
  • 2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-AA; 3rd-FX, SR, HB
  • 2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. - 5th-AA, FX, VT
  • 2005 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships, West Point, N.Y. - 1st-Team; 3rd-AA, HB(T); 4th-FX
  • 2005 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-FX(T); 4th-VT
  • 2004 Visa Championships, Nashville, Tenn. -
  • 2004 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Anaheim, Calif. -
  • 2004 Winter Cup, Las Vegas, Nev. -
  • 2003 National Championships, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1st-AA (Jr. Div.)
  • 2003 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Savannah, Ga. - 2nd-HB; 3rd-AA; 4th-SR, PB
  • 2003 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - Individual Event Finalist
  • 2002 U.S. Championships, Cleveland, Ohio - 1st-SR, VT; 2nd-AA, FX; 5th-HB(T)
  • 2002 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. -
  • 2002 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, San Diego, Calif. - 1st-AA; 2nd-FX, SR, VT, PB; 3rd-HB
  • 2000 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Austin, Texas - 2nd-AA; 3rd-SR, VT
  • 1999 Men's Junior Olympic National Championships, Houston, Texas -
International Competition Results
  • 2015 Toyota International Gymnastics Competition, Toyota City, Japan - 7th-PB, HB; 8th-FX, SR
  • 2014 Pan American Championships, Toronto, Canada - 1st-Team; 7th-SR; 9th-AA
  • 2012 Olympic Games, London, England - 5th-Team; 6th-HB
  • 2011 World Championships, Tokyo, Japan - 3rd-Team; 7th-SR
  • 2011 Japan Cup - 2nd-Team
  • 2011 World Cup, Glasgow, Scotland - 7th-AA
  • 2011 AT&T American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla. - 1st-AA
  • 2010 Champions Trophy, Stuttgart, Germany - 6th-AA
  • 2010 World Championships, Rotterdam, Netherlands - 3rd-AA; 4th-Team
  • 2010 Japan Cup, Tokyo, Japan - 3rd-Team
  • 2010 17th Internationaux de France World Cup, Paris, France - 3rd-SR, HB
  • 2010 Tyson American Cup, Worcester, Mass. - 2nd-AA
  • 2009 World Championships, London, England - 8th-HB
  • 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China - 2nd-HB; 3rd-Team; 9th-AA
  • 2008 Tyson American Cup, New York, N.Y. - 5th-AA
  • 2007 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany - 4th-Team, AA
  • 2007 USA vs. UKR vs. RUS, Kiev, Ukraine - 1st-AA; 3rd-Team
  • 2007 Tyson American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla. - 1st-AA
  • 2006 World Championships, Aarhus, Denmark - Team
  • 2006 France/Switzerland/USA Meet, Paris, France - 1st-Team; 2nd-AA
  • 2006 Tyson American Cup, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1st-AA
  • 2005 Pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1st-Team
  • 2005 World Cup, Paris, France -
  • 2003 Junior International Invitational, Yokohama, Japan - 2nd-AA; 3rd-HB
  • 2003 Pan American Games, Santo Domingo, Dominican Republic - 3rd-Team; 4th-AA(T)
Videos of Jonathan Horton
LEGEND
  • Women: AA = All Around | VT = Vault | UB = Uneven Bars | BB = Balance Beam | FX = Floor Exercise | (T) = Tie
  • Men: AA = All Around | FX = Floor Exercise | PH = Pommel Horse | SR = Still Rings | VT = Vault | PB = Parallel Bars | HB = Horizontal Bars | (T) = Tie
  • Rhythmic: AA = All Around | RP = Rope | HP = Hoop | BA = Ball | CL = Clubs | RB = Ribbon | (T) = Tie
  • Acro: DY = Dynamic | BL = Balance | AA = All Around/Combined
  • T&T: TR = Trampoline | TU = Tumbling | DM = Double Mini | SY = Synchronized Trampoline
  • Parkour: FS - Freestyle | SP = Speed