birth_date residence hometown headcoach country assistcoach club spouse image name caption fullname level height relationship discipline nickname collegeteam formercoach article_title
19 august 1991 norman , oklahoma reno , nevada mark williams united states rustam sharipov , daniel furney gym nevada kayla nowak jake dalton.png jacob dalton dalton in london , 2012 jacob dalton international senior elite 5 ft 5 in married mag jake university of oklahoma andrew pileggi , wanda fredericks , will culp jacob dalton

jacob dalton

jacob `` jake '' dalton -lrb- born august 19 , 1991 -rrb- is an american gymnast and member of the university of oklahoma gymnastics and the u.s. national team .
he grew up in reno , nevada , the son of tim and denise dalton .
he represented the united states at the 2012 summer olympics in london .
dalton attended spanish springs high school while training at gym nevada under coach , andrew pileggi .
after graduating , he won an ncaa scholarship to compete for the university of oklahoma in 2009 where he has earned all-america honors , as well as winning the ncaa men 's gymnastics floor and vault titles in 2011 .
he was the u.s. national vault champion in 2009 and 2011 , and the floor champion in 2011 and the all-around gold medalist of the winter cup challenge in 2011 .
he was a member of the usa team that won the bronze medal in the 2011 world artistic gymnastics championships in tokyo , japan .
it was announced on july 1 , 2012 that dalton would be a member of the 2012 olympic team .
the `` new york times '' stated that the team roster is `` considered so good that it could be the first united states men 's team to win gold since the 1984 los angeles games . ''
dalton as part of the united states gymastics team placed fifth in the team competition in the 2012 london olympic games .
in 2013 , dalton won the bronze medal at the p&g national championships en route to making the world championships team .
he went on the win a silver medal on floor exercise at 2013 world artistic gymnastics championships .
in 2015 , dalton was still recovering from a small shoulder labrum tear and did not compete in the p&g national championships .
