Chris Brooks
Chris Brooks was born in Houston, Texas, United States on December 19th, 1986 and is the Gymnast. At the age of 37, Chris Brooks biography, profession, age, height, weight, eye color, hair color, build, measurements, education, career, dating/affair, family, news updates, and networth are available.
At 37 years old, Chris Brooks has this physical status:
He returned to elite gymnastics in 2008 when he competed in the US national championships in Houston, Texas. He made a huge comeback at the beginning of 2009 at the Winter Cup coming 5th all-around, 4th on high bar and winning a bronze medal on floor exercise. Due to injury, he was not able to compete fully at the 2009 USA nationals and did not make the national team that year.
After graduating from the University of Oklahoma he returned to Houston to train at Cypress Academy of Gymnastics under coach Tom Meadows, with American teammate Jonathan Horton.
In 2010, he won gold in the all-around and high bar as well as a bronze on the vault at the Winter Cup. He went on to compete at the American Cup where he won bronze in the all-around behind teammate Jonathan Horton and Russian Maxim Devyatovskiy beating the world silver medalist, Daniel Keatings. He went on to compete in the Japan Cup in July helping the USA men's team to a bronze medal finish. Later in the summer, he competed fully in the US national championships in Hartford, Connecticut where he won a gold medal on high bar and silver on parallel bars securing a place on the senior national team. He went on to represent the USA at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Rotterdam where he helped the team to a 4th place finish, and 6th place finish in the high bar final. After the world championships, he had to have surgeries on his ankles and wrist.
In 2011, he was chosen to be a member of the team Hilton HHonors, a group of male gymnasts sponsored by Hilton Worldwide. He competed in the USA national championships where he won a silver medal on high bar and bronze on parallel bars. He was chosen to be an alternate for the team representing USA at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo where they won the first men's team world medal for the USA, since 2003.
In February 2012, he competed at the Winter Cup, where he won bronze on horizontal bar. In March 12, had an outstanding performance at the Pacific Rim championships, in Everett, Washington, where he led the team to a gold. He went on to win 3 more individual golds as well. At the Visa championships, he showed some inconsistency in his routines, but great potential with difficult moves on high bar and vault. He went on to compete in the Olympic trials where his combined scores placed him in joint 4th place with Jake Dalton. At the announcement of the men's Olympic team on July 1, he was named as an alternate to the 2012 Summer Olympics team.
In 2014, Brooks won the Winter Cup Challenge all-around competition and was named to the U.S. gymnastics men's senior national team. Later in the year, he was recovering from a hand injury and did not compete in the P&G Championships.