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Alexander "Alex" Naddour (born March 4, 1991) is a former American artistic gymnast. He was part of the bronze medal team at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Naddour was an alternate for Team USA at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. He also won a bronze medal on the pommel horse individual event competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. He announced his retirement from gymnastics on March 26, 2021 via Instagram.

Alexander Naddour
Naddour at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full name	Alexander Naddour
Nickname(s)	Alex
Country represented	US
Born	(1991-03-04) March 4, 1991 (age 31)[1] Gilbert, Arizona
Hometown	Gilbert, Arizona, United States
Height	5 ft 7 in (170 cm)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Gym	USA Youth Fitness Centre
College team	University of Oklahoma
Head coach(es)	Mike Naddour
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Pommel Horse World Championships 2011 Tokyo Team 2014 Nanning Team Pacific Rim Championships 2014 Richmond Team

Personal life

Naddour was born on March 4, 1991, to Mike and Sandy Naddour in Gilbert, Arizona.

In 2015, Naddour married fellow gymnast Hollie Vise. The couple have a daughter, Lilah, born in February 2016,[2] and a son, Crew, born in June 2018.[3]

Gymnastics career

Naddour was a member of the U.S. men's national team for the 2011, 2013, 2014, 2015, and 2017 World Championships. Pommel horse is considered his strongest event. He is a five-time national champion, three-time World finalist and Olympic bronze medalist in pommel horse.[4]

On June 20, 2018, Alex Naddour was suspended by USA Gymnastics following allegations of sexual misconduct. The USA Gymnastics officials were presented with the first allegations in 2012. Additional allegations were made against Naddour around 2016.[5] Naddour tweeted in response: "I have no idea what is happening or why, we are trying to contact safe sport for any information."[6] Naddour was cleared of a sexual misconduct allegation by the United States Center for SafeSport and removed from the USA Gymnastics suspended list in November 2018.[7]

Olympics

On June 25, 2016, Naddour was named to the 2016 U.S. men's gymnastic's team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Naddour had been named as an alternate for the U.S. in 2012.[8] On August 14, 2016, Naddour won a bronze medal in the pommel horse at the Rio Olympics, the first medal of that Olympiad for the U.S. male gymnasts and the first pommel horse medal for Team USA since Peter Vidmar and Tim Daggett in 1984.

References

External links

• Alex Naddour at USA Gymnastics
• Alexander Naddour at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Alex Naddour at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

На других языках

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- [en] Alexander Naddour

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[fr] Alexander Naddour

Alexander Naddour est un gymnaste artistique américain né le 4 mars 1991 à Gilbert. Il a remporté la médaille de bronze du cheval d'arçons aux Jeux olympiques d'été de 2016 à Rio de Janeiro.

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[it] Alexander Naddour

Alexander Michael Naddour (Gilbert, 4 marzo 1991) è un ginnasta statunitense medaglia di bronzo al cavallo con maniglie alle Olimpiadi di Rio de Janeiro 2016. Vanta inoltre due medaglie di bronzo vinte ai campionati mondiali nel concorso a squadre.

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