Jason Gatson (born June 25, 1980) is a retired

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. He was a member of the

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and won an Olympic silver medal at the

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Gymnastics career

Gatson competed in his first World Championship in 1997 at 17 years old, placing 5th in the team all-around and 22nd in the individual all-around. Many considered him the next champion for the US team, but injuries and other struggles cost him a chance on the 2000 Olympic team. Injuries continued to be a problem for Gatson, but in 2003 he finished second in the US national championships and qualified for the World Championship team, where he and his fellow team members won a silver medal in the team competition. He also competed in the all-around final and still rings final, finishing 8th and 7th, respectively. Gatson battled a back injury heading into the 2004 Olympic trials. Still, he was able to make the Olympic team despite not competing in all of the events. At the

, Gatson and his team won a silver medal behind Japan. In team finals, Gatson scored 9.825 on his parallel bars routine, the highest score of the day on that apparatus.

Personal life

His knee injuries were featured on the season 2 8th episode on Impact: Stories of Survival, titled "Pentagon Survivor". Jason's younger brother,

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, is a

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Eponymous skills

Gatson has two named elements on the parallel bars.

References

External links

* * * https://web.archive.org/web/20090313014625/http://www.kristypage.net/jasongatson/bio.html
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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Gatson, Jason 1980 births Living people American male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships Place of birth missing (living people) Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics Olympic silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics 21st-century American sportsmen