Bart Conner Biography - A Champion Is Nurtured, Olympic Years, Mr. Nadia Comaneci, Chronology, Awards And Accomplishments - CONTACT INFORMATION, SELECTED WRITINGS BY CONNER:
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American gymnast
Bart Conner was the first U.S. male gymnast to receive a gold medal in international competition. He is credited with helping to bring the American men's gymnastics team to a first place finish at the 1984 Olympics and is remembered as the only American male gymnast to win a gold medal at every level of competition.
CONTACT INFORMATION
Address: c/o IMG Speakers New York, 825 7th Avenue, New York, NY 10019. Fax: (212) 246-1596. Phone: (212) 774-6735. Address: c/o Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, 3206 Bart Conner Dr., P.O. Box 720217, Norman, Oklahoma 73070-4166. Fax: (405) 447-7600. Phone:(405) 447-7500. Email: speakers@imgworld.com. On-line: www.bartconnergymnastics.com/.
SELECTED WRITINGS BY CONNER:
(With Paul Ziert) Winning the Gold. New York: Warner Books, 1985.
Additional Topics
Bart Conner was born on March 28, 1958, in Chicago, the son of Harold and Jackie Conner. Conner's father, an engineer, was the director of the School of Construction Science. Conner was an athletic youngster growing up in Morton Grove, Illinois; he played pee wee football and enjoyed speed skating. His participation in an elementary school gymnastics program at age ten led him to seek furth…
In 1976, after winning the first McDonald's American Cup, Conner was named to the U.S. team for the Montreal Olympics. He finished at forty-sixth place in
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the all-around preliminaries, but distinguished himself as the youngest member of the team. At the University of Oklahoma in Norman from 1976-79, Conner trained under Coach Paul Ziert. Oklahoma took the Big Eight and Na…
Five years after winning the gold, the grit and determination of Olympic competition segued into an international romance for Bart Conner when in 1989 he became personally entwined in the dramatic personal life of gold-medal Romanian gymnast Nadia Comaneci. It was some years earlier in 1976 when the two first met at Madison Square Garden, during a pre-Olympic gymnastics exhibition. In the rush of …
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over 5 years ago
Bart Conner is a really good gymnist. He's a real inspiration to other gymnists and peope who want to start doing this sport.