Michael Ashe

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Michael Ashe
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Full nameMichael Brandon Ashe
Born (1981-03-14) March 14, 1981 (age 45)
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
United States
College teamCalifornia Golden Bears
(2000–2004)
Gym
  • Atlanta School of Gymnastics
  • Greenville Gymnastics Center
Head coach(es)Barry Weiner
Assistant coach(es)
Retiredc. 2003
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pan American Games 0 1 0
Total 0 1 0
Pan American Games
Silver medal – second place 1999 Winnipeg Team

Michael Brandon Ashe (born March 14, 1981) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. He competed collegiately for the California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team and was a two-time NCAA national champion on the horizontal bar.

Early life and education

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Ashe was born on March 14, 1981, to Frances and Terry Ashe in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He trained at Greenville Gymnastics Center, then later at the Atlanta School of Gymnastics.[1] His hometown is Stone Mountain, Georgia, and he attended Stephenson High School where he played high school basketball and baseball.[2] He later enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to pursue gymnastics.

Gymnastics career

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Ashe was a California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team member. He was the back-to-back NCAA horizontal champion at the 2000 and 2001 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships.[3]

On the international stage, Ashe represented the United States at the 1999 Pan American Games and won a silver medal in the team all-around.[4]

Following his retirement, Ashe began coaching gymnastics in 2003.[5] Additionally, he judges gymnastics and was named the 2013 National Judge of the Year for the Western region of the National Gymnastics Judges Association.[6] He was a judge at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[7]

References

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