Sean Townsend
Birthdate: 1/20/1979
Program: Men's Artistic
Level: Senior
Current Residence: Pearland, TX
Club: Houston Gymnastics Associates
Head Coach: Sean Townsend
Townsend was a member of the 2001 World Championship Team that earned an unprecedented silver medal, and he received the first individual medal for the U.S. men since 1979 when he became the world parallel bars champion. Townsend was a Sullivan Award finalist in 2001.
Hometown: Pearland, TX
Personal Website: Pearlandgym.com
Name of High School: Clear Brook
High School Graduation Year: 1998
Name of College: San Jacinto
College Graduation Year: 2
Year you began gymnastics: 1988
Favorite Event: Vault and Parallel Bars
- 2008
U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa. -
11th-AA, FX, PH, SR, VT, PB, HB
- 2008
U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. -
8th-HB
- 2008
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
2nd-VT, PB
- 2007
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-AA, PB; 4th-VT
- 2006
Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn. -
2nd-PB; 5th-AA
- 2005
Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. -
4th-VT
- 2005
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
- 2004
Visa Championships, Nashville, Tenn. -
3rd-SR; 5th-AA
- 2004
Winter Cup, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-VT, HB; 2nd-AA; 3rd-PB
- 2003
National Championships, Milwaukee, Wis. -
- 2003
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
- 2002
U.S. Championships, Cleveland, Ohio -
1st-PB; 4th-SR; 5th-AA, FX(T)
- 2002
U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. -
- 2002
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-SR
- 2001
National Championships, Philadelphia, Pa. -
1st-AA, FX, SR; 2nd-VT, PB
- 2001
U.S. Men's Qualifier, Santa Barbara, Calif. -
- 2001
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
- 2000
Olympic Trials, Boston, Mass. -
3rd-AA
- 2000
John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo. -
2nd-AA, VT
- 2000
Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -
1st-FX, VT, PB(T); 4th-AA
- 1999
World Team Trials, Kansas City, Mo. -
4th-AA
- 1999
John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Sacramento, Calif. -
3rd-FX(T); 5th-AA
- 2008
USA vs Canada, Calgary, Albera, Canada -
1st-Team; 2nd-FX
- 2007
Arthur Gander Memorial Competition, Morges, Switzerland -
2nd-PB
- 2007
USA vs. UKR vs. RUS, Kiev, Ukraine -
3rd-Team
- 2007
Internationaux de France - World Cup, Paris, France -
2nd-HB
- 2006
World Cup, Glasgow, Scotland -
3rd-PB
- 2005
World Cup, Paris, France -
5th-PB
- 2005
American Cup, Long Island, N.Y. -
7th-HB
- 2004
Stella Zakharova Cup, Kiev, Ukraine -
1st-Team; 2nd-PH(T), HB; 3rd-SR
- 2003
Chunichi Cup, Nagoya, Japan -
3rd-FX
- 2003
Visa American Cup, Fairfax, Va. -
2nd-SR; 3rd-PH, PB
- 2003
Internationaux de France, Paris-Bercy, France -
8th-HB; 9th-SR
- 2002
Individual Event World Championships, Debrecen, Hungary -
- 2002
Li Ning Cup, Beijing, China -
3rd-PB
- 2002
Sino-American Team Competition, Beijing, China -
- 2002
Pacific Alliance Championships, Vancouver, B.C., Canada -
1st-Team; 3rd-SR; 4th-AA
- 2002
Visa American Cup, Orlando, Fla. -
4th-AA
- 2002
World Cup, Cottbus, Germany -
3rd-SR(T), 3rd-PB
- 2001
Glasgow Grand Prix, Glasgow, Scotland -
2nd-PB; 4th-SR
- 2001
World Championships, Ghent, Belgium -
1st-PB; 2nd-Team; 8th-AA
- 2001
Goodwill Games, Brisbane, Australia -
- 2001
World University Games, Beijing, China -
4th-AA
- 2001
Pontiac American Team Cup, Honolulu, Hawaii -
1st-Team, AA
- 2001
10th French Internationaux Competition, Paris, France -
2nd-PB; 3rd-SR
- 2001
Visa American Cup, Orlando, Fla. -
1st-FX, PB; 2nd-AA, PH, HB(T); 3rd-SR
- 2000
Olympic Games, Syndey, Australia -
5th-Team
- 2000
Quantas International Challenge, Sydney, Australia -
6th-AA
- 1999
Grand Prix Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland -
- 1999
Pontiac International Team Championships, Richmond, Va. -
1st-Team; 2nd-PB
- 1999
World Cup, Stuttgart, Germany -
- 1999
World Championships, Tianjin, China -
6th-Team
- 1999
World University Games, Palma Majorca, Spain -
VT
- 1999
American Cup, St. Petersburg, Fla. -
- 1999
Ixemes International France Telecom, Paris-Bercy, France -
3rd-FX
