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| Full name | Thomas Applegate Beach | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | January 18, 1955 Buffalo, New York, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.66 m (5 ft 5 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | California Golden Bears (1974–1977) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | South Torrance High School | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach | Harold Frey | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach | Mas Watanabe | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | c. 1984 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Thomas Applegate Beach (born January 18, 1955) is an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in eight events at the 1976 Summer Olympics.[1]
Early life and education
[edit]Beach was born on January 18, 1955, in Buffalo, New York, and started gymnastics before he was six years old.[2] He grew up in Torrance, California and attended South Torrance High School and was a highly sought after gymnastics recruit.[2]
Beach competed at the 1984 United States Olympic trials but was not selected for the 1984 Summer Olympics team after he placed 21st in the all-around.[3]
References
[edit]- ↑ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tom Beach Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 17, 2020. Retrieved August 9, 2019.
- 1 2 Baker, Hugh (May 23, 1973). "South High's Tom Beach 'No one quite like him'". Redondo Reflex. Vol. 68, no. 28. p. 2. Retrieved June 19, 2025.
- ↑ "Gymnastics Olympic Trials". Rapid City Journal. Vol. 107, no. 32986. June 5, 1984. p. 18. Retrieved June 20, 2025.
External links
[edit]- Tom Beach at World Gymnastics
- Tom Beach at Olympics.com
- Tom Beach at Olympedia
- Tom Beach at InterSportStats
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