Name	Jonathan Horton
Height	5′1″
Naionality	American
Date of Birth	December 31, 1985
Place of Birth	Houston, Texas
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Jonathan Horton is an American gymnast. He was a member of the U.S. team to the 2006 and 2007 World Gymnastics Championships. He is a six-time medalist at the U.S. Championships and is the 2006 champion in the floor exercise.

Horton was named to the U.S. Olympic team following the men’s competition at the 2008 Olympic Trials, where he won the All-Around.

Personal Info:

Jonathan Horton was born on December 31, 1985 in Houston, Texas. He is the son of Al, and Margo Horton and has one older sister, Margo, who is a dance instructor and and a Pomeranian dog named Harley. He’s engaged to Haley Deprospero, a fellow University of Oklahoma gymnast. He competed for Cypress Academy in Houston, Texas until 2004 where we when off to the University of Oklahoma, where he became a sooner! He graduated in 2008, and hopes to someday use his degree and open up his own gym!

Jonathan Horton started his career in 1990.

Fourth in the World:
At the 2007 World Championships, Horton took fourth place in the all-around, just two tenths of a point off of the podium. This was the highest finish at Worlds for an American male since Paul Hamm’s victory in 2003. Not surprisingly, he wants to move up at least one spot in Beijing.

The Trickster:
Horton is often called “X-Games” for the extreme skills he throws on the competition floor. He attempted a mind-boggling dismount at the 2007 Winter Cup: a full-twisting triple back. He regularly competes a triple twisting double layout dismount off high bar, as well as full-twisting Kovacs (at :30) and layout Kovacs (at :25) release moves.

Legendary in the NCAA:
Horton competed for the University of Oklahoma, where he earned a record six NCAA individual titles. He was named the 2008 Nissen-Emery Award winner, given to the country’s best senior gymnast.

As a sophomore, Horton won the NCAA all-around title in 2006, and he was the runner-up in 2007 and 2008. In total, Horton captured 18 All-America honors during his career, another OU record.

His Achilles’ Heel:
Pommel horse has long been Horton’s weakness in the gym. At the 2007 Worlds, he scored only a 13.975 on horse, and ranged from 14.825-16.075 on the other events. While top pommel horse workers usually have a 6.0-6.5 A score, Horton does a simpler routine, usually credited at a 5.2 A score.

His strategy on the event? To just stay on and survive. His hope is to make up for that low score with higher marks on his other events.