John Orozco was born on December 30,1992 and is an artistic gymnast who competed in the 2012 Olympics and is the 2012 USnational champion.
24 Facts About John Orozco
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John Orozco was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team selected for the US Olympic gymnastics team for the 2016 Olympic Games but withdrew on July 15,2016, due to an ACL injury.
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John Orozco was born in The Bronx, New York, and is the son of Puerto Rican parents.
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At the age of 8 years old John Orozco was enrolled into free gymnastics lessons at a gym in Manhattan called Sutton Gymnastics.
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John Orozco trained at World Cup Gymnastics in Chappaqua while finishing his high school education at Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute in Soundview.
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John Orozco then became an alternate on the Junior National Team and represented the USA in the Pan-American Games.
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John Orozco won three consecutive Junior Visa US National Championships in a row.
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John Orozco then competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in 2008 and 2010, helping the team to gold medals.
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In 2010, John Orozco competed in the US National Visa Championships as a Senior for the first time at 17 years old.
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John Orozco made the Senior National team in 2011 where he performed well at the US National Visa Championships in St Paul, Minnesota.
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John Orozco ranked 2nd on Parallel Bars, 3rd in All-Around, Pommel Horse and Horizontal Bar, and 4th on Still Rings.
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John Orozco was chosen to be part of the USA team traveling to the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan, where his consistent performances helped the team to a Bronze medal.
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John Orozco competed in the All-Around final where he finished 5th, and the Horizontal Bar final where he made a costly error, finishing in 8th place.
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John Orozco ended up finishing the competition in first place, more than 5 full points ahead of 2nd-place finisher Steven Legendre.
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At the Visa Championships in St Louis, Missouri in June 2012, John Orozco edged out 2011 All Around Champion Danell Leyva by a slight margin to win the All-Around Gold medal and clinch the national championship.
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In July 2012, John Orozco competed in the 2012 London Summer Olympics for the United States.
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John Orozco competed in the Men's artistic team all-around and the Men's artistic individual all-around, placing fifth and eighth respectively.
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In conjunction with his participation in the 2012 Summer Olympics, John Orozco appeared in First: The Official Film of the London 2012 Olympic Games, appearing as the first athlete profiled, giving his backstory and reviewing his actions in competition.
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John Orozco underwent surgery to repair the ligaments, went through rehabilitation, and returned to competition.
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At the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, John Orozco performed on the pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar in the qualification rounds.
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John Orozco placed 4th after a fall on the horizontal bar.
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In February, John Orozco competed at the 2014 Winter Cup and won gold on the horizontal bar.
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John Orozco placed first in the horizontal bar competition and second in all-around.
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John Orozco was featured in the Gym Class Heroes music video for "The Fighter" that featured the vocals of Ryan Tedder.