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Louis Bordo
Full name	Louis John Bordo
Born	(1920-06-02)June 2, 1920 Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Died	February 27, 2001(2001-02-27) (aged 80) Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, U.S.
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States
College team	Penn State Nittany Lions (1941–1943)
Medal record Representing Penn State Nittany Lions Men's artistic gymnastics Event 1st 2nd 3rd NCAA Championships 0 1 0 Total 0 1 0 NCAA Championships 1942 Annapolis Team

Louis John Bordo (June 2, 1920 – February 27, 2001) was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in eight events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

As a gymnast, Bordo was a member of the Penn State Nittany Lions men's gymnastics team from 1941 to 1943. He served as team captain for his final season in 1943.

Bordo was inducted into the National Gymnastics Judges Association Hall of Fame in 1979. In 1991, he was inducted to the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

References

1. Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Louis Bordo Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on January 6, 2009. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
2. ^ "Men's Gymnastics 2022 Media Guide". Penn State Nittany Lions. 2022. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
3. "Hall of Fame NGJA – Frank J. Cumiskey Judging Hall of Fame Award". ngja.org. Retrieved November 21, 2023.
4. "Three Penn Staters to be inducted into Hall of Fame". Centre Daily Times. State College, Pennsylvania. April 14, 1991. p. 5C. Retrieved November 21, 2023.

External links

• Louis Bordo at the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Louis Bordo at Olympics.com
• Louis Bordo at Olympedia

v t e 1948 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team
Men's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team William Bonsall Louis Bordo Frank Cumiskey Vincent D'Autorio Joe Kotys Bill Roetzheim Ed Scrobe Ray Sorenson
Women's artistic gymnastics athletes	Team Ladislava Bakanic Marian Barone Dorothy Dalton Meta Elste-Neumann Consetta Caruccio-Lenz Helen Schifano Clara Schroth Anita Simonis
Coaches	Gene Wettstone (Men's head coach) George Gulack (Men's manager) George Miele (Women's coach) Joseph Salzman (Women's coach)

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