Bart Conner

Bart Conner
— Gymnast —
Bart Conner (right) talking with Mark Spitz at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	(1958-03-28) March 28, 1958 (age 58)
Hometown	Morton Grove, IL
Height	5'6"
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
College team	University of Oklahoma
Head coach(es)	Paul Ziert
Medal record Men's gymnastics Representing the  United States Olympic Games 1984 Los Angeles Men's artistic team all-around 1984 Los Angeles Parallel bars World Championships 1979 Ft. Worth Parallel bars 1979 Ft. Worth Vault 1979 Ft. Worth Team competition Pan American Games 1975 Mexico City Rings 1975 Mexico City Floor exercise American Cup 1976 New York All-Around 1981 Fort Worth All-Around 1982 New York All-Around

Bart Conner (born March 28, 1958) is an American Olympic gymnast. As a member of the men's gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, Conner won two Gold medals. He currently owns and operates the ‘’Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy" Norman, Oklahoma along with his wife, Romanian Olympic medalist Nadia Comăneci. In addition, both Comăneci and Conner are highly involved with The Special Olympics.

Conner was born on March 28, 1958 and grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois. He first became involved in gymnastics at school and his local YMCA. He later was on the gymnastics team at Niles West High School (which he graduated from in 1976).

He later attended the University of Oklahoma to work with coach Paul Ziert on the gymnastics team. He eventually graduated from OU in 1984, where he was an All-American and won the 1981 Nissen Award as America’s best gymnast.

He won the 1972 U.S. Junior National Championships when he was 14, the U.S. Gymnastics Federation All-Around championship when he was 17, and was the youngest member of the Olympic team during the 1976 Summer Olympics. He also won a team all around Gold medal at the 1975 Pan American Games.

Although he qualified for the 1980 Summer Olympics, he did not participate due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott. During the 1984 Summer Olympic Games, however, he won two Gold medals for the Team All-Around and for the Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars. His win on the parallel bars helped "the U.S. win its first men's Olympic gymnastic gold medal in 80 years." He also demonstrated an original move called the "Conner Spin” during the 1984 Olympics.