Joseph Hagerty (born April 19, 1982, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American artistic gymnast. He is the 2008 U.S. national champion on the horizontal bar and the 2008 all-around bronze medalist. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]
| Joseph Hagerty | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Joseph Hagerty | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 19, 1982 Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 163 cm (5 ft 4 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 61 kg (134 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2005–2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | USOTC Team Chevron Gold Cup Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Vitaly Marinich | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Alex Shchennokov | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2011 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Gymnastics career
editA native of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Hagerty was coached by Ed Burch, owner of Gold Cup Gymnastics in Albuquerque, NM.[2] Hagerty trained at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.
In March 2011, Hagerty announced his retirement from gymnastics.
Personal life
editHe is now performing as one of the Tumble Monkeys in the Festival of the Lion King at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World.
References
edit- ^ 2008 U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team finalized Archived 2009-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
- ^ "Staff".
External links
edit- Joseph Hagerty at the International Gymnastics Federation
- Joseph Hagerty at USA Gymnastics
- Joseph Hagerty at Olympics.com
- Joseph Hagerty at Olympedia
- Joseph Hagerty at Team USA (archived)
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