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American artistic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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 | Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S. | March 14, 1981|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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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Ashe 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.
Ashe 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, Sender 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]
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