Kip Simons
{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
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| full_name = Kip Alexander Simons
| country = United States
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1972|09|11}}
| birth_place = Media, Pennsylvania, U.S.
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| discipline = MAG
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| natlteam = 1993–1997
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| collegeteam = Ohio State Buckeyes
| headcoach = Peter Kormann, Miles Avery
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| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}
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|Pacific Alliance Championships|1|1|0
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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalGold|1995 Mar del Plata|Team}}
{{MedalCompetition|Pacific Alliance Championships}}
{{MedalGold|1994 Auckland|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|1994 Auckland|Rings}}
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| awards = Nissen-Emery Award (1994)
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Kip Alexander Simons (born September 11, 1972) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in the 1996 Olympics and the 1994 and 1995 World Championships.{{Cite web|url=http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/s/ksimons.html|title=USA Gymnastics Official Biography: Kip Simons}}
Biography
Simons competed for Ohio State University. In 1994, his senior year, Simons won the Nissen Award, the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics. Simons credited a hard summer of training between his junior and senior years propelling him to the next level.Ohio State's Unforgettables. p. 136. Hooley, Bruce. 2002
Simons has been the gymnastics head coach at the United States Naval Academy since 2015. Before his Naval Academy appointment, Kip was the Head Coach of the men's gymnastics team at The United States Air Force Academy for 11 seasons, beginning in 2005. He was an assistant coach at the University of California, Berkeley from 2001 to 2005.{{cite web |url=http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/simons_kip00.html |title=Player Bio: Kip Simons - AIR FORCE OFFICIAL ATHLETIC SITE |website=www.goairforcefalcons.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090922122158/http://www.goairforcefalcons.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/simons_kip00.html |archive-date=2009-09-22}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/simons_kip00.html |title=Kip Simons Bio - the University of California Official Athletic Site |access-date=2013-02-25 |archive-url=https://archive.today/20130407224247/http://www.calbears.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/simons_kip00.html |archive-date=2013-04-07 |url-status=dead }}
References
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External links
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- [https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/s/ksimons.html Kip Simons] at USA Gymnastics
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Category:American male artistic gymnasts
Category:United States Air Force Academy people
Category:Ohio State University people
Category:Olympic gymnasts for the United States
Category:Gymnasts at the 1996 Summer Olympics
Category:Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics