Brett Dallas McClure was born on February 19,1981 and is a retired American gymnast.
13 Facts About Brett McClure
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Brett McClure was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a bronze medal in the pommel horse at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, and later helped his US gymnastics team earn a silver in the team competition at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens.
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Brett McClure is currently the High Performance Director with USA men's gymnastics.
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Brett McClure was born in Yakima, Washington, the son of Les and Judy Brett McClure.
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Brett McClure started gymnastics at the age of nine under the influence of his father Les, who pushed him to train and perform ten pushups from a handstand position against the wall.
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In 1999, Brett McClure moved to Colorado Springs, Colorado, to work and train as a full-time resident athlete at the US Olympic Training Center, under head coach Vitaly Marinich.
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Brett McClure made his official worldwide debut at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, where he received an average score of 9.362 to bring home the bronze medal in the pommel horse, finishing behind China's Huang Xu and Romania's Marius Urzica.
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At the 2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, California, Brett McClure scored highest for the United States in team qualification on the pommel horse and horizontal bar to give the team a second straight silver in the men's team all-around competition.
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Brett McClure's team received a composite score of 171.121, which trailed China by nearly eight-tenths of a point.
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Brett McClure competed for the United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens by earning a spot in the men's gymnastics team from the Olympic trials in Boston.
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Brett McClure married Jaycie Phelps in February 2005 at Olowalu, Hawaii.
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On May 25,2006, Brett McClure announced his retirement from competitive gymnastics to pursue other opportunities and spend time with his family in Colorado.
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Brett McClure was later named assistant coach of the Air Force Falcons gymnastics team at the United States Air Force Academy near Colorado Springs, Colorado.