25 Facts About Alec Yoder

Alec Yoder was born on January 21,1997 and is a retired American artistic gymnast.

Alec Yoder was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and represented the United States at the 2020 Olympic Games, competing as an individual athlete.

Alec Yoder is the 2014 Youth Olympic all-around bronze medalist and the 2019 NCAA champion on pommel horse.

Alec Yoder began training in gymnastics at age four when his mother took him to a "mommy and me" class.

Alec Yoder began training at Deveau's School of Gymnastics in Fishers, Indiana.

Alec Yoder later enrolled at Ohio State University to pursue gymnastics.

Alec Yoder was part of the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships team in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, where he won two gold medals, a silver and a bronze.

Alec Yoder was a part of the 2014 Junior Pan Am Championships in Aracaju, Brazil, where he won four gold medals and a silver.

Alec Yoder won the all-around title at the 2014 Men's Junior Olympic Men's Nationals.

Alec Yoder won the pommel horse and horizontal bar gold medals at that event.

At the 2015 Winter Cup in Las Vegas, Alec Yoder finished 8th All Around in the Senior Division and was named to the Men's Senior National Team.

Alec Yoder continued his elite career in February 2018 by again making the 2018 Senior National Team following his performance at the 2018 Winter Cup, where he claimed sixth place in the All-Around and an individual event championship in the pommel horse.

In March 2018, Alec Yoder returned to international competition for Team USA for the first time in four years and finished with a bronze medal in pommel horse and a fifth-place finish in the horizontal bar at the Doha World Cup in Doha, Qatar.

Alec Yoder repeated in 2021 to accomplish a third Winter Cup pommel horse championship.

In Tokyo, Alec Yoder scored the fourth-highest score in pommel horse preliminaries to earn a place in the Olympic Finals.

Alec Yoder then traveled to Japan again for Team USA in October 2021 for the FIG World Championships where he again made the pommel horse event finals, finishing fifth.

Alec Yoder announced his retirement from the sport on August 9,2022.

Alec Yoder began classes at Ohio State starting August 25,2015.

At the 2016 Big Ten Championships, Alec Yoder helped lead the Buckeyes to their first championship since 2007.

Alec Yoder finished second in the all-around and first on the pommel horse.

Alec Yoder opted for surgery in May 2016 to repair a torn labrum and torn bicep sustained at the 2016 Big Ten Championships in event finals.

Alec Yoder's recovery was in time to compete in 2017 where he won four pommel horse event titles capped off by helping lead Ohio State to back-to-back Big Ten Team Championships, a silver medal on parallel bars at Big Ten event finals, and then a second-place team finish at NCAAs where he finished in sixth in the All-Around and fourth in pommel horse less than a year after surgery.

At NCAAs in 2018, Alec Yoder finished third in the All-Around, fourth in pommel horse, and seventh in parallel bars.

Alec Yoder was an All American on parallel bars - ending his collegiate career with 10 All American Awards, tied for fourth in Ohio State history.

Alec Yoder turned professional in May 2019 and is represented by Shade Global.