Jason Gatson
{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2024}}
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| country = United States
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1980|06|25}}
| birth_place = Mesa, Arizona, U.S.
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| height = 5 ft 5 in
| discipline = MAG
| natlteam = 1997–2000, 2002–2007
| gym = USOTC
Team Chevron
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| eponymousskills = Gatson 1 (Parallel bars)
Gatson 2 (Parallel bars)
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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Olympic Games}}
{{MedalSilver|2004 Athens|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}
{{MedalSilver|2003 Anaheim|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Alliance Championships}}
{{MedalGold|2004 Honolulu|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2004 Honolulu|Rings}}
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Jason Gatson (born June 25, 1980) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won an Olympic silver medal at the 2004 Summer Olympics.
Gymnastics career
Gatson competed in his first World Championship in 1997 at 17 years old, placing 5th in the team all-around and 22nd in the individual all-around. Many considered him the next champion for the US team, but injuries and other struggles cost him a chance on the 2000 Olympic team.
Injuries continued to be a problem for Gatson, but in 2003 he finished second in the US national championships and qualified for the World Championship team, where he and his fellow team members won a silver medal in the team competition. He also competed in the all-around final and still rings final, finishing 8th and 7th, respectively.
Gatson battled a back injury heading into the 2004 Olympic trials. Still, he was able to make the Olympic team despite not competing in all of the events. At the 2004 Summer Olympics, Gatson and his team won a silver medal behind Japan. In team finals, Gatson scored 9.825 on his parallel bars routine, the highest score of the day on that apparatus.
Personal life
His knee injuries were featured on the season 2 8th episode on Impact: Stories of Survival, titled "Pentagon Survivor".
Jason's younger brother, Brandon Gatson, is a professional wrestler.{{cite web |url=http://www.f4wonline.com/content/view/17411/ |title=PWG Battle of LA Night One report |last=Alvarez |first=Bryan |authorlink=Bryan Alvarez |date=September 5, 2010 |accessdate=September 6, 2010 |work=Wrestling Observer Newsletter |quote=Gatson was a gymnast and dancer (Google him) and his brother was an Olympian, so he's far more agile than you'd think looking at him.}}{{cite web |url=http://www.411mania.com/politics/columns/57828 |title=Even More WWE News: Hardy No Shows Raw, Identity of Jobbers |last=Csonka |first=Larry |date=July 31, 2007 |accessdate=September 6, 2010 |work=411Mania}}
Eponymous skills
Gatson has two named elements on the parallel bars.{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/pdf/mag_named_elements.pdf |title=Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics |date=December 2023 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 13, 2024}}{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20MAG%20CoP%202025-2028.pdf |title=Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028 |date=July 3, 2024 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 13, 2024}}
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|+Gymnastics elements named after Jason Gatson |
| scope="col"| Apparatus
!scope="col"| Name !scope="col"| Description !scope="col"| Difficulty{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}} !scope="col"| Added to Code of Points |
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| rowspan="2" | Parallel bars
|scope="row"| Gatson 1 | "Swing bwd. with 1/1 t. hop to handstand." | align=center|E, 0.5 | align=center|1997 |
| scope="row"| Gatson 2
| "Gatson 1 with ¼ t to handstand on 1 rail and ¼ t. handstand on 2 rails." | align=center|E, 0.5 | align=center|2003 |
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- {{Team USA|new_id=jason-gatson|old_id=Jason-Gatson|sport=usa-gymnastics|archive=20200925102230}}
- https://web.archive.org/web/20090313014625/http://www.kristypage.net/jasongatson/bio.html
- [https://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2003-08-13-jason-gatson_x.htm Gymnast lands on his feet] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110211233459/http://www.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2003-08-13-jason-gatson_x.htm |date=February 11, 2011 }}
- [http://www.gymn-forum.net/Results/Olympics/2004_Athens/2004_men_team_finals_1-4.html 2004 Olympic games results]
- [https://g-flash.net/en/pb-gatson Gatson1 (Parallel bars)] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170204010449/https://g-flash.net/en/pb-gatson |date=February 4, 2017 }}
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Category:American male artistic gymnasts
Category:Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:Medalists at the 2004 Summer Olympics
Category:Olympic silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics