Marvin Kimble (born October 27, 1995) is a retired American

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. He was a member of the

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and in 2015, Kimble and

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of Colombia won the gold medal in the men's pommel horse event at the

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held in Toronto, Canada.

Early life and education

Kimble was born on October 27, 1995, in

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, to Marvin Kimble and Carolyn Crenshaw. He trained at Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy. He attended Alexander Hamilton High School and graduated in 2014.

Gymnastics career

Kimble competed at the 2015 Winter Cup and won gold on rings, silver on pommel horse, and bronze on parallel bars. He competed at the 2016 Winter Cup where he won bronze on horizontal bar. He again competed at the 2018 Winter Cup where he won gold on vault and silver in the all-around. In 2018, he won the gold medal in the men's pommel horse event at the 2018 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships held in Medellín, Colombia. Kimble is also known for his horizontal bar, parallel bars, and rings. He has won multiple titles in those events and the All Around. In 2018 he won the silver on the horizontal bar at the Doha World Cup. He also got 7th on Parallel Bars and 8th on the Rings. In 2017 Marvin won the silver at the Cottbus World Cup. Marvin attended the 2017 World Championship in Montreal Canada. Kimble trained with

Donnell Whittenburg Donnell Whittenburg (born August 18, 1994) is an American artistic gymnast. He is a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. Early life and education Whittenburg was born on August 18, 1994, in Baltimore, Maryland. H ...

at Salto Gymnastics Center, with hopes of qualifying for the

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, but retired a month before the 2020 U.S. Olympic trials.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kimble, Marvin Living people 1995 births Place of birth missing (living people) American male artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics 21st-century American sportsmen