Sean Townsend

Sean Townsend
Full name	Sean Lanier Townsend
Born	(1979-01-20) January 20, 1979 Temple, Texas, U.S.
Height	161 cm (5 ft 3 in)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	United States (1998–2008)
Gym	Houston Gymnastics Academy Team Chevron Team Gattaca Team Texaco
Head coach(es)	Kevin Mazeika
Retired	2008
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Championships 1 1 0 Pacific Alliance Championships 1 0 1 Total 2 1 1 World Championships Gold medal – first place 2001 Ghent Parallel bars Silver medal – second place 2001 Ghent Team Pacific Alliance Championships Gold medal – first place 2002 Vancouver Team Bronze medal – third place 2002 Vancouver Rings

Sean Lanier Townsend (born January 20, 1979, in Temple, Texas) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was part of the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team where he became world champion on Parallel Bars and helped his team win a silver medal in the Team final. He also qualified for the men's individual all-around final where he placed 8th.

In 2001, he was a finalist for the James E. Sullivan Award.

External links

• Sean Townsend at Team USA (archive January 16, 2021)