Brandon Dang
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| Born | May 26, 2005 San Jose, California, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  United States (2025–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Illinois Fighting Illini (2024–present) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Daniel Ribeiro | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brandon Han Dang (born May 26, 2005) is an American artistic gymnast who is a pommel horse specialist. He is a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team.
Early life
[edit]Dang was born to Eric and Lynne Dang and has a brother named Ethan who works at Padlet. He attended Evergreen Valley High School in San Jose, California, where he was a six-time national pommel horse champion.[1]
Gymnastics career
[edit]2024
[edit]In February 2024, Dang competed at the 2024 Winter Cup, and won bronze on pommel horse.[2]
He began competing for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics team in 2024. During the season, he was named CGA National Rookie of the Week three times, Big Ten Freshman of the Week five times, Big Ten Specialist of the Week two times, and Big Ten Freshman of the Year.[1][3]
He competed at the 2024 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships and won bronze on pommel horse.[4]
2025
[edit]In February 2025, he competed at the 2025 Winter Cup and won gold on pommel horse.[5] As a result, he was named to the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team.[6] He was selected to compete at the 2025 FIG World Cup.[7] He made his international debut at the Baku World Cup and won gold on pommel horse.[8]
During the 2025 NCAA season, he was named CGA Specialist of the Week four times and Big Ten Specialist of the Week five times. During the regular season, he was undefeated on pommel horse, going a perfect 7–0, and was named Big Ten Specialist of the Year.[9][10]
Dang was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Championships alongside Asher Hong, Taylor Christopulos, Taylor Burkhart, Joshua Karnes, and alternate Jun Iwai.[11] During the event, he helped team USA win team gold. He also won gold on the pommel horse.[12] In August, Dang competed at the National Championships where he placed on pommel horse behind Patrick Hoopes. After the competition, he was selected to compete at the 2025 World Championships alongside Hoopes, Asher Hong, Brody Malone, Kameron Nelson, and Donnell Whittenburg.[13]
At the World Championships, Dang finished twenty-first on pommel horse during the qualification round and did not qualify for the event final.[14]
2026
[edit]On May 11, 2026, Dang was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 Pan American Championships as a non-traveling replacement athlete.[15] He replaced Donnell Whittenburg as the official traveling alternate. Since the United States won team bronze, Dang was also awarded the bronze as the alternate.[16]
Competitive history
[edit]| Year | Event | Team | AA | FX | PH | SR | VT | PB | HB |
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| 2023 | Winter Cup | 4 | |||||||
| 2024 | Winter Cup |  | |||||||
| Big Ten Championships |  | ||||||||
| NCAA Championships | 5 | 4 | |||||||
| U.S. National Championships | | ||||||||
| 2025 | Winter Cup | | |||||||
| Baku World Cup | | ||||||||
| Antalya World Cup | 6 | ||||||||
| Big Ten Championships | | ||||||||
| NCAA Championships | 6 | ||||||||
| Cairo World Cup | 4 | ||||||||
| Pan American Championships | | | |||||||
| U.S. National Championships |  | ||||||||
| World Championships | 21 | ||||||||
| 2026 | Cottbus World Cup | 6 | |||||||
| NCAA Championships | 5 | | |||||||
| Pan American Championships | |
References
[edit]- 1 2 "Brandon Dang". fightingillini.com. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Dang Takes Bronze at 2024 Winter Cup". fightingillini.com. February 26, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Dang Earns Big Ten Freshman of the Year Award". fightingillini.com. April 2, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Malone takes third career all-around title; Senior Men's National Team named at Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. June 2, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Loos clinches all-around, floor and rings titles; 2025 Senior Men's National Team Presented by Xfinity named at Winter Cup". USA Gymnastics. February 23, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Dang Secures Pommel Horse Title at Winter Cup, Named to USA Senior National Team". fightingillini.com. April 2, 2024. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "U.S. artistic programs announce 2025 spring international assignments". USA Gymnastics. February 26, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ Crumlish, John (March 27, 2025). "Golden World Cup debut puts U.S. gymnast Brandon Dang in winning company". intlgymnast.com. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Big Ten Announces 2025 Men's Gymnastics Awards". BigTen.org. April 2, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "Three Illini Secure Big Ten Awards Ahead of the Postseason". fightingillini.om. April 2, 2025. Retrieved May 5, 2025.
- ↑ "U.S. men's program announces roster for 2025 Senior Pan American Championships, World University Games". USA Gymnastics. May 7, 2025.
- ↑ "U.S. sweeps team titles at Senior Pan Am Championships". USA Gymnastics. June 14, 2025. Retrieved June 14, 2025.
- ↑ "Hong commands all-around; Senior National Team and World Champs roster named at Xfinity U.S. Championships". USA Gymnastics. August 9, 2025.
- ↑ "Quartet of American men advance to Artistic World Championships finals". USA Gymnastics. October 20, 2025.
- ↑ "2026 Pan American Championships men's team announced". USA Gymnastics. May 11, 2026. Retrieved May 11, 2026.
- ↑ "U.S. women win team title; men take bronze to kick off 2026 Artistic Pan American Championships". USA Gymnastics. June 17, 2026.
External links
[edit]- Brandon Dang at World Gymnastics
- Brandon Dang at USA Gymnastics
- Brandon Dang at InterSportStats
- Brandon Dang at Illinois Fighting Illini
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