Alexander Michael Diab was born on April 25,1997 and is an American artistic gymnast.
15 Facts About Alex Diab
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Alex Diab is a still rings specialist and is a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team.
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Alex Diab was an alternate for the 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Alex Diab is a two-time NCAA National Champion on still rings and a six-time NCAA All-American.
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Alex Diab was born in Glen Ellyn, Illinois, to Mark and Jennifer Alex Diab.
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Alex Diab's father Mark was an Iowa State Cyclones men's gymnastics team member from 1981 to 1986 and was the Male Athlete of the Year in 1986.
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Alex Diab has a sister, Maddie Diab, who competed for the Iowa State Cyclones women's gymnastics team.
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Alex Diab began competing for the Illinois Fighting Illini men's gymnastics in 2016.
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Alex Diab earned All-America honors on the horizontal bar at the NCAA Championships, finishing fifth on the horizontal bar with a score of 14.900.
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Alex Diab was NCAA All-American on still rings, earning a score of 14.650 for seventh place overall at the NCAA Championships.
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Alex Diab placed 10th on both floor and vault, finishing with scores of 27.250 and 28.350, respectively.
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On March 2,2019, Alex Diab set a career-best and Illinois program record score of 15.200 on rings.
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Alex Diab finished his Illinois career as a six-time NCAA All-American, a four-time Big Ten still rings champion, a two-time still rings national champion, the school's all-time leader with 31 titles on still rings.
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Alex Diab competed in floor exercise, vault, and horizontal bar, placing within the top 20 on each apparatus.
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Alex Diab was named an alternate for Team USA at the 2020 Summer Olympics.