Sean Townsend

Sean Lanier Townsend (born January 20, 1979, in Temple, Texas) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was part of the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team where he became world champion on Parallel Bars and helped his team win a silver medal in the Team final. He also qualified to the Men's Individual All Around final where he placed 8th.

Sean Townsend
Full name	Sean Lanier Townsend
Country represented	United States
Born	(1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 Temple, Texas, U.S.
Hometown	Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Weight	62 kg (137 lb)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team	1998–2008
Gym	Houston Gymnastics Academy Team Chevron Team Gattaca Team Texaco
Head coach(es)	Kevin Mazeika
Retired	2008
Medal record Representing United States Men's artistic gymnastics Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 1 1 0 Pacific Alliance Championships 1 0 1 Total 2 1 1 World Championships 2001 Ghent Parallel bars 2001 Ghent Team Pacific Alliance Championships 2002 Vancouver Team 2002 Vancouver Rings

In 2001, he was a finalist for the James E. Sullivan Award.

External links

• Sean Townsend at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Sean Townsend at USA Gymnastics
• Sean Townsend at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Sean Townsend at Olympics.com
• Sean Townsend at Olympedia