Name: Sam Mikulak

Sport: Gymnastics

Discipline(s): Artistic Gymnastics

Event(s): Team

Height: 5-6

DOB: 10/13/1992

Birthplace: Corona del Mar, Calif.

Hometown: Newport Beach, Calif.

High School: Corona del Mar High School (Newport Beach, Calif.) ‘10

College: University of Michigan ‘15, Psychology

Team/Club: U.S. Olympic and Paralympic Training Center

Coach(es): Andriy Stepanchenko

Olympic Experience

• Three-time Olympian (2012, 2016, 2020)
• Olympic Games Tokyo 2020, 5th (team), 6th (high bar), 12th (all-around)
• Olympic Games Rio 2016, 4th (horizontal bar), 5th (team), 7th (all-around), 8th (floor)
• Olympic Games London 2012, 5th (team, vault)

World Championship Experience

• Most recent: 2019 – 4th (team), 5th (high bar), 7th (all-around)
• Years of participation: 2013, 2014, 2017, 2018, 2019
• Medals: 2 (2 bronzes)
• Bronze – 2018 (high bar); 2014 (team)

Personal: Son of Steve and Tina Mikulak...Has one younger sister, Alex...Won back-to-back NCAA all-around titles in leading the University of Michigan to consecutive national team titles (2013-14)...Named the 2014 Nissen-Emery award recipient...A year before the 2012 Olympic Games, he broke both of his ankles, but was able to utilize the time off his feet to better himself on pommel horse and still rings...Co-founded an herbal tea company called MatéBros with two of his gymnastics friends...Enjoys long boarding, beatboxing, skeet shooting and playing tennis, soccer, football and golf...Began gymnastics at age 2...Favorite event is high bar.

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