Stephen McCain

{{Short description|American gymnast (born 1974)}}

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| name = Stephen McCain

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| full_name = Stephen Wayne McCain

| country = United States

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1974|01|09}}

| birth_place = Houston, Texas, U.S.

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| height = 172 cm

| discipline = MAG

| natlteam = 1993–2005

| gym = USOTC
Team Gattaca
Team Texaco

| collegeteam = UCLA Bruins

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{{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}}

{{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}}

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|World Championships|0|1|0

|Pan American Games|1|1|0

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{{MedalCompetition|World Championships}}

{{MedalSilver|2001 Ghent|Team}}

{{MedalCompetition|Pan American Games}}

{{MedalGold|1995 Mar del Plata|Team}}

{{MedalSilver|1999 Winnipeg|Team}}

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Stephen Wayne McCain (born January 9, 1974) is a retired American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 2000 Olympics and the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. McCain attended the University of California, Los Angeles.{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/stephen-mccain-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200417183414/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/mc/stephen-mccain-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=17 April 2020 |title=Stephen McCain Olympic Results |accessdate=17 August 2019}}

Olympics

After finishing 12th at the 1996 Olympic Trials and failing to make the team,{{cite news|last=Barron|first=David|title=Men carry Houston's gymnastics legacy|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/olympics/article/Men-carry-Houston-s-gymnastics-legacy-3707852.php|accessdate=8 March 2013|newspaper=The Houston Chronicle}} McCain moved to the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado to focus more on his career.{{cite news|last=Barron|first=David|title=Men carry Houston's gymnastics legacy|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/olympics/article/Men-carry-Houston-s-gymnastics-legacy-3707852.php|accessdate=8 March 2013|newspaper=The Houston Chronicle}}

Other international competition

McCain participated in four World Championships. In 2001, his team won a silver medal.{{Cite web|url=http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/men/smccain.html|title = USA Gymnastics Online: Athlete Steve McCain}}

McCain retired from gymnastics after not making the US Olympic Team in 2004.{{Cite web|url=http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/men/smccain.html|title = USA Gymnastics Online: Athlete Steve McCain}}{{Cite web|url=http://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=1663&prog=h|title = 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics: Veteran Men's Team Headed to Atlanta}}{{cite news|last=Barron|first=David|title=Men carry Houston's gymnastics legacy|url=http://www.chron.com/sports/olympics/article/Men-carry-Houston-s-gymnastics-legacy-3707852.php|accessdate=8 March 2013|newspaper=The Houston Chronicle}}

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