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Joseph Hagerty

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Joseph Hagerty
Full nameJoseph Hagerty
Country representedUnited States
Born (1982-04-19) April 19, 1982 (age 42)
Albuquerque, New Mexico, U.S.
Height163 cm (5 ft 4 in)
Weight61 kg (134 lb)
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2005–2011
GymUSOTC
Team Chevron
Gold Cup Gymnastics
Head coach(es)Vitaly Marinich
Assistant coach(es)Alex Shchennokov
Retired2011
Medal record
Representing  United States
Men's artistic gymnastics
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Olympic Games 0 0 1
Pan American Games 0 0 1
Pan American Championships 1 0 1
Total 1 0 3
Olympic Games
Bronze medal – third place 2008 Beijing Team
Pan American Games
Bronze medal – third place 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2005 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal – third place 2005 Rio de Janeiro Horizontal bar

Joseph Hagerty (born April 19, 1982, in Albuquerque, New Mexico) is an American artistic gymnast. He is the 2008 U.S. national champion on the horizontal bar and the 2008 all-around bronze medalist. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won an Olympic bronze medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics.[1]

Gymnastics career

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A native of Rio Rancho, New Mexico, Hagerty was coached by Ed Burch, owner of Gold Cup Gymnastics in Albuquerque, NM.[2] Hagerty trained at the U.S. Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado.

In March 2011, Hagerty announced his retirement from gymnastics.

Personal life

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He is now currently performing as one of the Tumble Monkeys in the Festival of the Lion King at Disney's Animal Kingdom in Walt Disney World.

References

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  1. ^ 2008 U.S. Olympic men's gymnastics team finalized Archived 2009-11-12 at the Wayback Machine
  2. ^ "Staff".
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