Gregor Weiss
{{short description|American gymnast}}
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| full_name = Gregor Richard Weiss
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| birth_date = {{Birth date|1941|2|18}}
| birth_place = Newark, New Jersey, U.S.
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| height = 167 cm
| discipline = MAG
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| collegeteam = Penn State Nittany Lions
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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold|1959 Chicago|Team}}
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Gregor Richard Weiss (born February 18, 1941) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and represented the United States at the 1964 Summer Olympics, placing 7th in the team event and 59th in the individual all-around. He was a member of the U.S. team at the 1966 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In the NCAA, he competed for Penn State University and was the NCAA all-around champion in 1961. He was inducted into the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1991.
A resident of Ridgefield, New Jersey, Weiss graduated from Dwight Morrow High School in nearby Englewood.[https://issuu.com/usagymnastics/docs/1964_8nov The Modern Gymnast], November 1964. Accessed November 16, 2017. "Greg Weiss: Height , 5-6; Weight, 138; Age, 23; Ridgefield , New Jersey.... Attended high school at Dwight Morrow, Englewood, New Jersey."
Following his graduation from Penn State, Weiss served in the U.S. Air Force while still competing internationally and coached at the United States Air Force Academy. He is the father of Michael Weiss.
See also
References
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- {{cite news | first = Herman | last = Weiskopf | url = https://vault.si.com/vault/1966/05/16/now-you-cant-now-you-can/ | archive-url = https://archive.today/20130102060748/http://vault.sportsillustrated.cnn.com/vault/article/magazine/MAG1078545/index.htm | url-status = live | archive-date = January 2, 2013 | title = Now You Can't, Now You Can | publisher = Sports Illustrated | date = May 16, 1966 | access-date = June 24, 2009}}
- {{cite web|url= http://web1.ncaa.org/web_files/stats/champs_records_book/1999-00/m_gymnastics.pdf |title=NCAA Record Book: Gymnastics }}
- {{cite web|url= http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/home/college/pdfs/2009/ncaa/m_pennstate.pdf |title=Penn State Men's Gymnastics: 2009 National Collegiate Championships Guide }}
- {{cite web | url = http://www.usghof.org/files/bio/g_weiss/g_weiss.html | title = Biography: WEISS, Gregor "Greg" | date = 21 March 2018 | publisher = U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame}}
- {{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/greg-weiss-1.html |title=Greg Weiss |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090515143255/http://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/we/greg-weiss-1.html |archive-date=2009-05-15 |url-status=dead}}
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Category:American male artistic gymnasts
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Category:Gymnasts at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1959 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics
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