Grant Breckenridge
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| Full name | Grant Douglas Breckenridge | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | April 8, 1997 Highland Park, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 8 in (173 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States (2017, 2020–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Stanford Cardinal (2016–2019) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Head coach(es) | Thom Glielmi | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | c. 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Grant Douglas Breckenridge (born April 8, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast and coach. He is a former member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team.
Early life and education
[edit]Breckenridge was born April 8, 1997, in Highland Park, Illinois, to Alexander and Elizabeth Breckenridge. He trained with Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center.[1] He attended Libertyville High School and later enrolled at Stanford University to pursue gymnastics.
Gymnastics career
[edit]In 2019, he represented the United States at the Pan American Games held in Lima, Peru and he won a silver medal in the team event.[2] He also won the silver medal both in the floor exercise and in the men's artistic team all-around event.[2]
Domestically, Breckenridge competed for the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team. He was the 2018 and 2019 NCAA horizontal bar silver medalist and won the 2019 NCAA men's gymnastics championship with Stanford. He also medaled at the 2017, 2018, 2019, and 2020 Winter Cups.
Coaching career
[edit]He is currently an assistant coach with Stanford. He was a member of the coaching staff for the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
References
[edit]- ^ "Local gymnasts competing in NCAA Men's Championships in Chicago this weekend". abc7chicago.com. April 20, 2018. Retrieved June 26, 2025.
- ^ a b "Artistic Gymnastics Results Book" (PDF). 2019 Pan American Games. Archived (PDF) from the original on October 12, 2020. Retrieved November 7, 2020.
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- Living people
- 1997 births
- American male artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics
- Stanford Cardinal men's gymnasts
- 21st-century American sportsmen
- Sportspeople from Libertyville, Illinois