Peter Kormann

{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}

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| full_name = Peter Martin Kormann

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1955|06|21}}

| birth_place = Braintree, Massachusetts, U.S.

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| height = 170 cm

| discipline = MAG

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| collegeteam = Southern Connecticut State Owls

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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}

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{{MedalBronze|1976 Montreal|Floor}}

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{{MedalGold|1975 Mexico City|Team}}

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Peter Martin Kormann (born June 21, 1955){{FIG|bio=24444|lic=651|name=Peter KORMANN}} is an American retired gymnast and gymnastics coach. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. At the 1976 Olympics, he became the first American to medal in a competition against the Soviets when he won a bronze medal in the men's floor competition.[http://www.shadeglobal.com/category/athletes/peterkormann Peter Kormann] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080902020205/http://www.shadeglobal.com/category/athletes/peterkormann |date= September 2, 2008 }}. shadeglobal.com. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.[http://www.usghof.org/files/bio/p_kormann/p_kormann.html Biography: KORMANN, Peter]. Usghof.org. Retrieved on December 30, 2011.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/peter-kormann-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183748/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ko/peter-kormann-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 17, 2020 |title=Peter Kormann |accessdate=December 30, 2011}} Kormann's bronze medal was also the first Olympic medal of any type won by an American gymnast in 44 years.Lader, Martin (July 24, 1976) "Olympics: Part II, Games Enter Second Week With Russians Leading in Medals; Walker Fails to Qualify, Gymnast Kormann Wins Bronze" The Republic (Columbus, Indiana) [https://www.newspapers.com/image/138662481] Retrieved via Newspapers.com, September 23, 2017

Kormann competed for Southern Connecticut State University under coach Abie Grossfeld. In 1977, Kormann won the Nissen Award (the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics).[https://usagym.org/pages/home/college/nissenemery.html Nissen Award] Peter went on to coach at the United States Naval Academy, the Ohio State University and was named head coach of the USA men's team from 1996 to 2001.

Kormann currently owns Yellow Jackets Gymnastics with his two sons in Massachusetts.Shuman, Cary (January 7, 2016) "Business is Beaming: Yellow Jackets is Drawing Aspiring Gymnasts from Lynn", The Lynn Journal [http://www.lynnjournal.com/2016/01/07/business-is-beamingyellow-jackets-is-drawing-aspiring-gymnasts-from-lynn/]