Gar O'Quinn‎

{{Short description|American gymnast (born 1935)}}

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| full_name = Garland Deloid O'Quinn, Jr.

| country = United States

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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1935|7|1}}

| birth_place = Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.

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| height = 173 cm

| discipline = MAG

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| collegeteam = Army Black Knights

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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}

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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold|1959 Chicago|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1963 São Paulo|Team}}

{{MedalGold|1963 São Paulo|Pommel horse}}

{{MedalBronze|1959 Chicago|Pommel horse}}

{{MedalBronze|1963 São Paulo|Parallel bars}}

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Garland Deloid "Gar" O'Quinn, Jr. (born July 1, 1935) is an American former gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and is a five-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Pan American Games.{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/panam_results_artistic.html |title=Men's and Women's Pan American Games Results |website=usagym.org |publisher=USA Gymnastics |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160807023831/https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/panam_results_artistic.html |archivedate=2016-08-07 |url-status=live}} He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oq/gar-oquinn-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418015308/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/oq/gar-oquinn-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Gar O'Quinn Olympic Results |accessdate=July 30, 2019}} In 1995, he was inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame.{{Cite web |url=https://www.usagymlegacy.org/hof/bio/oquinn-garland/ |title=Gar O'Quinn |website=US Gymnastics Hall of Fame }}{{Cite news |title=Gar O'Quinn |work=Olympics.com |url=https://olympics.com/en/athletes/garland-deloid-jr-o-quinn |access-date=17 August 2022}}{{cite news |title=UTEP professor going to Gymnastics Hall |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107788025/utep-professor-going-to-gymnastics-hall/ |access-date=17 August 2022 |work=El Paso Herald-Post |date=22 Apr 1995 |page=39 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}{{cite news |author1=Martin Hobratschk |title=Ex-UT professor's company trains gymnastics instructors |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107841141/ex-ut-professors-company-trains/ |access-date=18 August 2022 |work=Austin American-Statesman |date=29 September 1988 |page=42 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}

O'Quinn attended the United States Military Academy at West Point.{{cite news |title=Ward youth is named to West Point |url=https://www.newspapers.com/clip/107788384/ward-youth-is-named-to-west-point/ |access-date=17 August 2022 |work=The San Angelo Weekly Standard |agency=Standard-Times News Service |date=30 Apr 1954 |page=11 |via=Newspapers.com}} {{open access}}