Peter Vidmar

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Peter Vidmar medal table

Artistic gymnast

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Olympic Summer Games
gold 1984 Los Angeles Team all-around
gold 1984 Los Angeles Pommel horse
silver 1984 Los Angeles Individual all-around

Peter Vidmar (* 3. June 1961 in Los Angeles , California ) is a former American gymnast and two-time Olympic champion .

Vidmar graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles and won three NCAA titles. At the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles , he won silver in the individual all-around and together with Li Ning gold on the pommel horse. Both athletes received a grade of 19,950. With the US squad he also won the gold medal in the team all-around competition. He reached 4th place on the horizontal bar and on the rings.

In 1998 Vidmar was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame . He is the host of the Peter Vidmar Invitational Tournament at the Brentwood School in Los Angeles. Vidmar was a gymnastics host for CBS and ESPN . He is currently working as a motivational speaker. He is a member of The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints .

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