# Morgan Hamm

Morgan Carl Hamm (born September 24, 1982 in Washburn, Wisconsin) is an American retired artistic gymnast and former member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He is an Olympic silver medalist in the team competition at the 2004 Olympics and a two-time Olympian (2000, 2004). He was a member of the silver-medal winning team at the 2003 World Championships. Hamm was named to the 2008 Olympic team but withdrew from it due to injury.

## Early life

Hamm was born September 24, 1982, in Washburn, Wisconsin, to Sandy and Cecily Hamm. His twin brother, Paul Hamm, is the 2004 Olympic All-Around Champion. His older sister, Elizabeth (Betsy), is a former member of the USA Gymnastics Senior National Team. He was raised in Waukesha, Wisconsin and attended Waukesha South High School.

## Gymnastics career

Hamm competed at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney at age 17, and the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, alongside his twin brother Paul. At the 2004 Olympics, he won the silver medal with the U.S. team in the team competition. Morgan's contribution to this medal-winning performance was vital as he performed on four of the six apparatus and was the highest scorer for the team on the vault and horizontal bar. He also competed in the floor and horizontal bar finals and only a tie-breaker kept him from winning the bronze medal in the latter event. Morgan was also a member of the U.S. team at the 2003 World Championships that won a silver medal in the team competition.
In February 2007, Hamm announced that he would return to competitive gymnastics. He competed at the 2007 Visa National Championships, on floor and pommel horse. He competed at the 2008 National Championships and the 2008 Olympic Trials. He was warned by the United States Anti-Doping Agency in July for testing positive for glucocorticosteroid, which is not performance-enhancing or banned but only allowed if proper paperwork is filed to document that the drug is used for therapeutic reasons. Hamm received the substance through an anti-inflammatory shot to his injured ankle but failed to file the paperwork and his results at the May 24 National Championships were thrown out. Hamm claimed that he had a legitimate medical need for the drug. He was ultimately selected for the 2008 Olympic team. However, Hamm withdrew from the Olympics on August 7, 2008, due to an ankle injury. Alexander Artemev replaced him on the team.

### Airflare

Morgan Hamm was the first person to officially introduce the B-Boy maneuver Airflare to gymnastics.

## Personal life

Morgan Hamm also competed alongside his brother, Paul Hamm, in the two 2005 Sasuke competitions (#14, #15,). In the 14th competition, he timed out before he attempted the "Rope Climb" in the First Stage. In the 15th competition, he made it to the third stage and ultimately failed on the "Curtain Cling" obstacle. Unlike his brother, he did not compete in the 16th competition.
In 2010, Hamm enrolled at Concordia University Wisconsin to study pharmacology. In 2014, he completed his studies and earned his Doctor of Pharmacy degree. He worked as a pharmacist in Milwaukee.

## Competitive history
### 2008 season

| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final |
| 2008 | U.S. Championships | Houston | Floor Exercise | 1 |
| 2008 | U.S. Championships | Houston | Vault | 3 (tie) |
| 2008 | U.S. Championships | Houston | Horizontal bar | 3 |
| 2008 | U.S. Championships | Houston | Pommel horse | 8 |

### 2007 season

| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
| 2007 | U.S. Championships | San Jose | Pommel horse | 9 (tie) | | | |

### 2004 season

| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens | All Around | | | 67 | 38.662 |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens | Floor Exercise | 8 | 9.650 | | |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens | Horizontal Bar | 4 | 9.787 | | |
| 2004 | Olympic Games | Athens | Team | 2 | 172.933 | 2 | 230.419 |
| 2004 | World Cup/Series | Rio de Janeiro | Floor Exercise | 2 | 9.637 | 1 | 9.612 |
| 2004 | World Cup/Series | Rio de Janeiro | Horizontal Bar | 1 | 9.550 | 4 | 9.275 |
| 2004 | U.S. Championships | Nashville | Vault | 2 | | | |
| 2004 | U.S. Championships | Nashville | Horizontal Bar | 2 | | | |
| 2004 | U.S. Championships | Nashville | All-Around | 3 | | | |
| 2004 | U.S. Championships | Nashville | Floor Exercise | 3 | | | |

### 2003 season

| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
| 2003 | World Championships | Anaheim | Team | 2 | 171.121 | 1 | 227.743 |
| 2003 | U.S. Championships | Milwaukee | Floor Exercise | 1 | | | |
| 2003 | U.S. Championships | Milwaukee | All-Around | 4 | | | |

### 2002 season

| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
| 2002 | U.S. Championships | Cleveland | Floor Exercise | 1 | | | |
| 2002 | U.S. Championships | Cleveland | All-Around | 4 | | | |

### 2001 season

| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
| 2001 | World Championships | Ghent | Team | 2 | 166.845 | 2 | 221.420 |

### 2000 season

| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney | Floor Exercise | 7 | 9.262 | 7 | 9.612 |
| 2000 | Olympic Games | Sydney | Team | 5 | 228.983 | 4 | 229.208 |