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Gar O'Quinn
Full name	Garland Deloid O'Quinn, Jr.
Born	(1935-07-01)July 1, 1935 Fort Worth, Texas, U.S.
Height	173 cm (5 ft 8 in)
Weight	61 kg (134 lb)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
College team	Army Black Knights
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing  United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Pan American Games 3 0 2 Total 3 0 2 Pan American Games 1959 Chicago Team 1963 São Paulo Team 1963 São Paulo Pommel horse 1959 Chicago Pommel horse 1963 São Paulo Parallel bars

Garland Deloid "Gar" O'Quinn, Jr. (born July 1, 1935) is an American former gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and is a five-time medalist, including three gold medals, at the Pan American Games. He competed at the 1960 Summer Olympics. In 1995, he was inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

O'Quinn attended the United States Military Academy at West Point.

Bibliography

• 1971: The Effects of Practice Upon the Activity of Antagonistic Muscles During the Performance of a Motor Task

References

1. "Men's and Women's Pan American Games Results". usagym.org. USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on August 7, 2016.
2. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Gar O'Quinn Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 30, 2019.
3. "Gar O'Quinn". US Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
4. "Gar O'Quinn". Olympics.com. Retrieved August 17, 2022.
5. "UTEP professor going to Gymnastics Hall". El Paso Herald-Post. April 22, 1995. p. 39. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
6. Martin Hobratschk (September 29, 1988). "Ex-UT professor's company trains gymnastics instructors". Austin American-Statesman. p. 42. Retrieved August 18, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
7. "Ward youth is named to West Point". The San Angelo Weekly Standard. Standard-Times News Service. April 30, 1954. p. 11. Retrieved August 17, 2022 – via Newspapers.com.
8. O'Quinn, Garland Deloid (1971). "The Effects of Practice Upon the Activity of Antagonistic Muscles During the Performance of a Motor Task". Google Books. Retrieved August 18, 2022.

External links

• Gar O'Quinn at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Gar O'Quinn at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Gar O'Quinn at Olympics.com
• Gar O'Quinn at Olympedia

v t e 1960 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team
Men's artistic gymnastics athletes	Larry Banner Jack Beckner Abie Grossfeld Gar O'Quinn Fred Orlofsky Don Tonry
Women's artistic gymnastics athletes	Doris Fuchs Muriel Grossfeld Betty-Jean Maycock Teri Montefusco Sharon Richardson Gail Sontgerath
Coaches	Tom Maloney (Men's head coach) Janet Bachna (Women's head coach)

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