Michael Brandon Ashe (born March 14, 1981) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. He competed collegiately for the California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team and was a two-time NCAA national champion on the horizontal bar.
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| Full name | Michael Brandon Ashe | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 14, 1981 Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 140 lb (64 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Atlanta School of Gymnastics Greenville Gymnastics Center | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | California Golden Bears | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Early life and education
editAshe was born on March 14, 1981, to Frances and Terry Ashe in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He trained at Greenville Gymnastics Center, then later at the Atlanta School of Gymnastics.[1] His hometown is Stone Mountain, Georgia, and he attended Stephenson High School where he played high school basketball and baseball.[2] He later enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to pursue gymnastics.
Gymnastics career
editAshe was a member of the California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team. He was the back-to-back NCAA horizontal champion at the 2000 and 2001 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships.[3]
On the international stage, Ashe represented the United States at the 1999 Pan American Games and won a silver medal in the team all-around.[4]
Following his retirement, Ashe began coaching gymnastics in 2003.[5] Additionally, he judges gymnastics and was named the 2013 National Judge of the Year for the Western region of the National Gymnastics Judges Association.[6] He was a judge at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[7]
References
edit- ^ "Gymnastics". The Greenville News. February 7, 1991. p. 11D. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ Arrington, Debbie (August 22, 1999). "Pommel horse". The Sacramento Bee. Vol. 286. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN'S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS" (PDF). ncaa.org. 2023. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "Georgia Pan Am Games Medalists". The Atlanta Journal-Constitution. Vol. 117, no. 113. August 9, 1999. p. D6. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "Michael Ashe Competitive Team". hohathleticarts.com. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "National Judge of the Year". ngja.org. Retrieved September 3, 2024.
- ^ "Ask Mike: Youth Olympic Games Special". turn-gymnastics.com. August 15, 2014. Retrieved September 3, 2024.