Alexander Naddour

Alexander Michael Naddour (born March 4, 1991) is a former American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and 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 Michael Naddour
Country represented	United States
Born	(1991-03-04) March 4, 1991 (age 33) Gilbert, Arizona, U.S.
Spouse	Hollie Vise ​ (m. 2015)​
Height	170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Weight	70 kg (154 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team	2010–2018
Gym	USA Youth Fitness Center Team Hilton HHonors
College team	Oklahoma Sooners
Retired	March 26, 2021
Medal record Representing  United States Men's artistic gymnastics Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 0 2 Pacific Rim Championships 3 0 0 Total 3 0 3 Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Pommel horse World Championships 2011 Tokyo Team 2014 Nanning Team Pacific Rim Championships 2014 Richmond Team 2016 Everett Team 2016 Everett Pommel horse

Early life and education

Naddour was born on March 4, 1991, to Mike and Sandy Naddour in Gilbert, Arizona. He attended Highland High School before enrolling at the University of Oklahoma to pursue gymnastics.^[1]

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.^[2]

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.^[3] Naddour tweeted in response: "I have no idea what is happening or why, we are trying to contact safe sport for any information."^[4] 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.^[5]

Olympics

On June 25, 2016, Naddour was named to the 2016 U.S. men's gymnastics team for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio. Naddour had been named as an alternate for the U.S. in 2012.^[6] 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.

Personal life

In 2015, Naddour married fellow gymnast Hollie Vise. The couple have a daughter, Lilah, born in February 2016,^[7] and a son, Crew, born in June 2018.^[8]

References

1. "Queen Creek dad, Olympic gymnast Alex Naddour eyes 2020 U.S. team". raisingarizonakids.com. June 13, 2017. Retrieved August 7, 2024.
2. Metcalfe, Jeff (June 23, 2016). "Alex Naddour leads on pommel horse at Olympic Gym Trials". The Arizona Republic. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
3. Olympic, Medalist (June 20, 2018). "Olympic medalist Alex Naddour suspended by USA Gymnastics after sexual misconduct charges". The Press-Enterprise. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
4. Tweet, Naddour (June 2018). "I have no idea". Twitter. Retrieved June 21, 2018.
5. Metcalfe, Jeff (November 27, 2018). "Olympic medalist Alex Naddour suspended by USA Gymnastics after sexual misconduct charges". Arizona Central. Retrieved March 2, 2019.
6. Graves, Will (June 25, 2016). "National Champion Sam Mikulak Leads US Men's Gymnastics Team". ABC News. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
7. Axon, Rachel (June 26, 2016). "Once an alternate, Alex Naddour clinches men's gymnastics Olympic spot on emotional night". USA Today. Retrieved June 26, 2016.
8. Instagram, Son (June 5, 2018). "4:55 pm today, My Son was born!". Instagram. Archived from the original on December 24, 2021. Retrieved June 21, 2018. {{cite news}}: |last1= has generic name (help)

External links

• Alexander Naddour at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Alexander Naddour at USA Gymnastics
• Alexander Naddour at Olympics.com
• Alexander Naddour at Olympedia