Tim Daggett

Tim Daggett
— Gymnast —
Full name Timothy P. Daggett
Country represented  United States
Born (1962-05-22) May 22, 1962
Springfield, Massachusetts
Discipline Men's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior elite
Head coach(es) Art Shurlock
Assistant coach(es) Makoto Sakemoto
Retired 1988

Timothy P. (Tim) Daggett (born May 22, 1962) is a former American gymnast born in Springfield, Massachusetts and an Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of West Springfield High School and UCLA, who competed in the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics, along with Bart Conner, Peter Vidmar and Mitch Gaylord.[1] In addition to the team gold medal, he earned an individual bronze medal on the pommel horse.

Personal

Daggett began in gymnastics at the age of 12. While he was a college student at UCLA he competed in NCAA Division I gymnastics. He graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a degree in psychology.[2]

Daggett is married to Deanne (née Lazer), formerly a collegiate level gymnast at Eastern Michigan University and now an M.D. practicing anesthesiology. Their children are Peter and Carlie Daggett. Tim named his son Peter after team mate Peter Vidmar. Peter's son Tim is named after Tim Daggett. They all currently live in East Longmeadow, Mass.

Gymnastics record

U.S. Nationals

U.S. Olympic trials

World Championships

Olympics

Post-retirement career

Since his retirement following the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Daggett has worked as a television commentator, covering the gymnastics events for NBC at the Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Atlanta, Sydney, Athens, Beijing, London and Rio. He is the primary commentator for NBC gymnastics. He comments with Elfi Schlegel, Al Trautwig, Nastia Liukin, John Roethlisberger, Amanda Borden, and Andrea Joyce and also with John Tesh.

He is also the proprietor of a gymnastics facility in Agawam, Massachusetts that features competitive Boys and Girls Team Programs. He coaches the competitive Boys Junior Olympic Team Program. He has had multiple national champions and national team members come from his gym.

Notes

  1. ↑ UCLA History Project. "This Month in History, July 28 - Aug. 12, 1984… The 23rd Olympiad". UC Regents. Retrieved 2007-01-28.
  2. ↑ John Nielsen (April 17, 1988). "OLYMPICS; Olympic Profiles: Tim Daggett; Gymnast's Scars Spurring Him On". The New York Times. Retrieved April 17, 2013.

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