Justin Spring
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| Full name | Justin Edward Spring | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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 United States
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March 11, 1984 Houston, Texas |
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| Hometown | Burke, Virginia | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Spouse | Tori Spring (née Tanney) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 7 in (1.70 m) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Capital Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Yoshi Hayasaki | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Jon Valdez | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2009 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Justin Edward Spring (born March 11, 1984) is a retired American gymnast. He is a member of the bronze medal winning U.S. team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing. He was also a top gymnast in NCAA competition, where he represented the University of Illinois.
Spring was born in Houston, Texas and raised in Burke, Virginia. He graduated from Lake Braddock Secondary School in Burke, VA in 2002. His father Sherwood Spring is a retired NASA astronaut. His sister, Sarah, was also a highly decorated collegiate gymnast at The Ohio State University in Columbus, OH from 2000 to 2004.
On May 29, 2010, Spring married fellow Illinois alumnus Tori Tanney.
Justin and Tori welcomed their first Child, Cody, in July 2012.
Currently, Spring is entering his fifth season as a coach with the University of Illinois men's gymnastics program. Spring, one of the Illinois's most talented gymnasts, finished his competitive career in 2006 and now looks to help lead the Orange and Blue to Big Ten and NCAA Championship titles in his new role on the coaching staff.
In 2006, Spring strung together one of the best seasons in Illinois gymnastics' history, which culminated in earning the 2006 Nissen-Emery Award, an honor that goes to the top senior male gymnast in the nation. A double titlist at the 2006 NCAAs, Spring took home the crown in the high bar and defended his title in parallel bars. In addition, he carded five total All-America honors with a second-place finish in all-around, third on floor exercise and fourth on vault.
Along with his individual honors, Spring helped the Illini to runner-up finishes at the 2006 NCAA and Big Ten Championships. The finish at NCAAs came half-a-point shy of team-champion Oklahoma, and just short of the Orange and Blue's 10th national title.
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