Ron Galimore Explained

Ron Galimore
Full Name:DaVonche Therhon Galimore
Country:United States
Birth Date:7 March 1959
Birth Place:Chicago, Illinois, U.S.
Collegeteam:LSU Tigers
Iowa State Cyclones
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DaVonche Therhon "Ron" Galimore[1] (born March 7, 1959) is an American former gymnast.[2]

Gymnastics

He was the United States artistic gymnastics champion in floor exercise in 1977, 1979, and 1980; and in vault in 1977, 1979, 1980, and 1981. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and qualified for the 1980 U.S. Olympic team, although that team was never sent to Moscow because of a U.S.-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. He was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal years later.[3]

He served as Chief Operating Officer of USA Gymnastics from 2011 until his resignation on November 16, 2018.[4]

Personal life

His father was Willie Galimore, a former National Football League player and College Football Hall of Fame inductee.

Notes and References

  1. News: April 8, 1980 . Galimore making a name for himself in gymnastics . . . 15 . August 2, 2024.
  2. Web site: Ron Galimore (USA) . Gymn Forum . September 7, 2018.
  3. Book: Caroccioli . Tom . Caroccioli . Jerry . Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games . 2008 . New Chapter Press . Highland Park, IL . 978-0942257403 . 243–253.
  4. News: USA Gymnastics Chief Operating Officer Ron Galimore resigns . November 16, 2018 . CNN . November 16, 2018.