Michael Ashe
{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=September 2024}}
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| name = Michael Ashe
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| full_name = Michael Brandon Ashe
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1981|03|14|mf=yes}}
| birth_place = Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S.
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| height = 5 ft 8 in
| discipline = MAG
| country = United States
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| collegeteam = California Golden Bears
| collegeyears = 2000–2004
| gym = {{ubl|Atlanta School of Gymnastics|Greenville Gymnastics Center}}
| headcoach = Barry Weiner
| assistcoach = {{ubl|Evgenii Zherebchevskiy|Kip Simons}}
| retired = {{Circa|2003}}
| show-medals = yes
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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}
{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}
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{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}
{{MedalSilver|1999 Winnipeg|Team}}
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Michael Brandon Ashe (born March 14, 1981) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. He competed collegiately for the California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team and was a two-time NCAA national champion on the horizontal bar.
Early life and education
Ashe was born on March 14, 1981, to Frances and Terry Ashe in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He trained at Greenville Gymnastics Center, then later at the Atlanta School of Gymnastics.{{Cite news |date=February 7, 1991 |title=Gymnastics |url=https://newspapers.com/image/192010608/ |newspaper=The Greenville News |page=11D |access-date=September 3, 2024}} His hometown is Stone Mountain, Georgia, and he attended Stephenson High School where he played high school basketball and baseball.{{Cite news |last=Arrington |first=Debbie |date=August 22, 1999 |title=Pommel horse |url=https://newspapers.com/image/628255636/ |newspaper=The Sacramento Bee |volume=286 |access-date=September 3, 2024}} He later enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to pursue gymnastics.
Gymnastics career
Ashe was a California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team member. He was the back-to-back NCAA horizontal champion at the 2000 and 2001 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships.{{Cite web |url=http://fs.ncaa.org.s3.amazonaws.com/Docs/stats/gymnastics_champs_records/NCmen.pdf |title=NATIONAL COLLEGIATE MEN'S GYMNASTICS CHAMPIONSHIPS |year=2023 |website=ncaa.org |access-date=September 3, 2024}}
On the international stage, Ashe represented the United States at the 1999 Pan American Games and won a silver medal in the team all-around.{{Cite news |date=August 9, 1999 |title=Georgia Pan Am Games Medalists |url=https://newspapers.com/image/981025583/ |newspaper=The Atlanta Journal-Constitution |volume=117 |number=113 |page=D6 |access-date=September 3, 2024}}
Following his retirement, Ashe began coaching gymnastics in 2003.{{Cite web |url=https://hohathleticarts.com/staff/michael-ashe/ |title=Michael Ashe Competitive Team |website=hohathleticarts.com |access-date=September 3, 2024}} Additionally, he judges gymnastics and was named the 2013 National Judge of the Year for the Western region of the National Gymnastics Judges Association.{{Cite web |url=https://www.ngja.org/national/national-judge-of-the-year.html |title=National Judge of the Year |website=ngja.org |access-date=September 3, 2024}} He was a judge at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.{{Cite web |url=https://www.turn-gymnastics.com/blogs/news/15136721-ask-mike-youth-olympic-games-special |title=Ask Mike: Youth Olympic Games Special |date=August 15, 2014 |website=turn-gymnastics.com |access-date=September 3, 2024}}
References
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External links
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- [https://calbears.com/sports/2013/4/17/208199496.aspx Michael Ashe] at California Golden Bears
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Category:American male artistic gymnasts
Category:California Golden Bears men's gymnasts
Category:Gymnasts at the 1999 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 1999 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics