Robert Neff
{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=November 2020}}
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| full_name = Robert Hayden Neff
| country = United States
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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1995|10|09}}
| birth_place = Brookfield, Wisconsin, U.S.
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| height = 5 ft 7 in
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| discipline = MAG
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| natlteam = 2017, 2019–2022
| gym = USOTC
| collegeteam = Stanford Cardinal
| headcoach = Syque Caesar
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| formercoach = Thom Glielmi
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| retired = August 10, 2022
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Robert Hayden Neff (born October 9, 1995) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He is a former member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team.
Early life and education
Neff was born October 9, 1995, in Brookfield, Wisconsin, to Richard and Jo-Ann Neff. He lived outside of the United States for nine years, spending time in Australia, Switzerland, and England. He trained with Swiss Turners Gymnastics Academy. He attended Brookfield Academy and later enrolled at Stanford University to pursue gymnastics.
Gymnastics career
In 2019, he represented the United States at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru and he won the silver medal in the men's pommel horse event.{{Cite web|title=Artistic Gymnastics Results Book|url=https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/GA_Results_Book_1.0.pdf|url-status=live|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201012195634/https://www.panamsports.org/downloads/pdf/lima-2019/GA_Results_Book_1.0.pdf|archive-date=12 October 2020|access-date=7 November 2020|website=2019 Pan American Games}}{{Cite news|last=Pavitt|first=Michael|date=30 July 2019|title=Barretto masters pommel horse in gymnastics apparatus finals at Lima 2019|work=InsideTheGames.biz|url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1082854/lima-2019-gymnastics-gold-medals|url-status=live|access-date=7 November 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201107222358/https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1082854/lima-2019-gymnastics-gold-medals|archive-date=7 November 2020}} He also won the silver medal both in the floor exercise and in the men's artistic team all-around event.
Neff announced he had retired from gymnastics via Instagram in August 2022.{{Cite web |url=https://www.instagram.com/rneff_1/p/ChFrnTfuSUf/?img_index=1 |title=After 21 years of doing the sport I love I’m moving on to the next chapter of my life! |date=August 10, 2022 |website=instagram.com |access-date=August 15, 2024}}
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Category:Place of birth missing (living people)
Category:American male artistic gymnasts
Category:Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
Category:Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics
Category:Competitors at the 2017 Summer Universiade