Ian Gunther | |
Fullname: | Ian David Gunther |
Birth Date: | 10 September 1999 |
Birth Place: | Houston, Texas, USA |
Discipline: | MAG |
Level: | Senior elite |
Natlteam: | 2021 (USA) |
Collegeteam: | Stanford Cardinal (2019–23) |
Headcoach: | Thom Glielmi |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Ian David Gunther[1] is an American artistic gymnast and social media content creator. He is a 4-time NCAA team champion, and an MPSF team champion with Stanford.[2] Individually, he was a high bar bronze medalist at the 2023 Winter Cup,[3] and placed 8th all-around.[4] He was described in 2023 as a "star to watch" and an "NCAA standout" by Olympics.com.[5]
Gunther was born in Houston on September 10, 1999.[6] He attended Westside High School in Houston, class of 2018.[7] At Stanford, he majored in product design, graduating in 2022, and completed an M.S. in sustainability science & practice.[8]
Gunther has suffered from osteochondritis dissecans of the knee from his intense gymnastics training. He had surgery to correct it in 2015.[9]
Gunther began in gymnastics at age 4 and a half.[10] During his career, he has been an NCAA All-American 10 times. Gunther was MPSF Gymnast of the Week for a week in March 2010.[11] In 2017, he was a gold medalist on rings and parallel bars at the Junior Olympic national meet. He was formerly a member of the US Senior National Team.[12] In 2022, he received media attention for breaking a high bar in half.[13]
At Stanford, he has been a teammate of Asher Hong, Jeremy Bischoff, Riley Loos, Ian Lasic-Ellis, Khoi Young, Brody Malone and others, winning four NCAA championships together.[14]
Gunther's favorite event is pommel horse.
Gunther received media recognition for his work on Collyge, an app rivaling TikTok in the short-form video market.[15] [16] The app launched in March 2023.[17]
width=7% class=unsortable | Year | width=37% class=unsortable | Event | width=7% class=unsortable | Team | width=7% class=unsortable | AA | width=7% class=unsortable | FX | width=7% class=unsortable | PH | width=7% class=unsortable | SR | width=7% class=unsortable | VT | width=7% class=unsortable | PB | width=7% class=unsortable | HB |
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Junior | |||||||||||||||||||
2016 | align=left | U.S. National Championships (15-16) | 19 | 25 | 6 | 6 | 28 | 11 | 16 | ||||||||||
2017 | align=left | RD761 International | 5 | ||||||||||||||||
align=left | 27 | 33 | 30 | 23 | 33 | 35 | 27 | ||||||||||||
align=left | U.S. National Championships (17-18) | 10 | 14 | 10 | 4 | 15 | 5 | ||||||||||||
2018 | align=left | 14 | 14 | 4 | 9 | 13 | 13 | ||||||||||||
align=left | Elite Team Cup | ||||||||||||||||||
Senior | |||||||||||||||||||
2019 | align=left | 36 | |||||||||||||||||
align=left | 28 | 4 | |||||||||||||||||
2020 | align=left | 10 | 17 | 5 | 7 | 20 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||
2021 | align=left | 5 | 4 | 7 | |||||||||||||||
align=left | 8 | 22 | 11 | 14 | 20 | 4 | 6 | ||||||||||||
align=left | 12 | 13 | 12 | 11 | 16 | 11 | 8 | ||||||||||||
2022 | align=left | 13 | 31 | 10 | 14 | 34 | 20 | 4 | |||||||||||
align=left | 6 | 5 | |||||||||||||||||
2023 | align=left | 8 | 20 | 9 | 5 | 13 | |||||||||||||
align=left | 14 | 10 | 17 | ||||||||||||||||
align=left | 12 | 47 | 39 | 50 | 40 | 11 | 17 | ||||||||||||
align=left | 16 | 18 | 18 | 13 | 28 | 19 | |||||||||||||
2024 | align=left | 11 | 9 | 6 | |||||||||||||||
align=left | 21 | 13 | 27 | 8 |