Guard Young
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| Full name | Guard Wayne Young | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 United States
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| Born |
June 3, 1977 State College, Pennsylvania, United States |
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| Residence | Norman, Oklahoma, United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 1.60 m (5 ft 3 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 55 kg (121 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1987–2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | BYU Cougars | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Mark Williams | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Makato Sakamoto | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Guard Wayne Young (born June 3, 1977 in State College, Pennsylvania) is a retired American gymnast. He is a three-time member of the U.S. gymnastics team at the World Championships, and contributed to a silver medal in the men's team competition in 2001. Three years later, at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Young helped his U.S. squad to earn a silver medal in the same program, a best finish since 1984. During his college career, Young has earned six All-American and two NCAA titles in the men's vault. In 2010, Young was inducted to the sports hall of fame by the Brigham Young University.
Young was born in State College, Pennsylvania, the son of former gymnast and 1976 U.S. Olympic team captain Wayne Young. He started gymnastics at the age of ten, coached by his father. When his family moved to Norman, Oklahoma at the age of 12, Young trained under head coach Mark Williams, first at Oklahoma Gold and then later moving with Williams to the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy. Because of his coach's guidance, he became a junior national champion in 1996, and later a full-fledged member of the U.S. senior gymnastics team.
Despite having a difficult decision for college, Young attended his father's alma mater Brigham Young University in Provo, Utah, where he competed for the BYU Cougars gymnastics team. During his college career, he received a total of six All-American titles and became a double vault champion and all-around runner-up at the NCAA Gymnastics Championships. At the end of his junior year, the men's gymnastics program at BYU was cut. Sadly, he missed a spot on the 2008 U.S. squad, finishing tenth in the all-around from the trials. In 2001, Young graduated from the University with a Bachelor of Arts degree in communications major in broadcast journalism.
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