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American gymnast

Brody Malone
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Malone in 2019
Full name John Brody Malone
Country represented United States
Born (2000-01-07) January 7, 2000 (age 23)
Johnson City, Tennessee, USA
Hometown Johnson City, Tennessee
Residence Rockmart, Georgia
Height 1.68 m (5 ft 6 in)
Discipline Men’s artistic gymnastics
Level Senior elite
Years on national team 2017–present (USA)
Club Cartersville Gymnastics
College team Stanford Cardinal
Head coach(es) Thom Glielmi
Assistant coach(es) Mark Freeman
Former coach(es) Yuri Kouznetsov

John Brody Malone (born January 7, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics. He is the 2022 World Champion on horizontal bar and is the 2021 and 2022 U.S. National Champion. He is a ten-time NCAA National Champion and is the 2021 World Championships bronze medalist on horizontal bar.

Personal life[edit]

Malone was born in Johnson City, Tennessee, on January 7, 2000, to John and Tracy Malone. He has two brothers and one sister.[1] Malone’s parents enrolled him in gymnastics at age three because he was a very active child.[2] Malone’s mother died of cancer in 2012,[3] and his step-mother died in 2019 after suffering a brain aneurysm.[2] Throughout middle school and high school Malone competed in rodeo events such as team roping and jackpots,[4] similar to his father, who competed in rodeo at Georgia Southern University.[2]

Malone studies engineering and management at Stanford University.[2]

Gymnastics career[edit]

Junior[edit]

2015–16[edit]

Malone competed at the Junior Olympic level. At the 2015 National Championships he placed seventh.[5] At the 2016 National Championships he placed second behind Vitaliy Guimaraes. Additionally Malone won silver on vault and parallel bars and bronze on rings.[6]

Malone competed at his first elite National Championships in 2016. He placed 15th in the all-around but won bronze on horizontal bar in the 15–16 age division.[7]

2017–18[edit]

Malone competed at the 2017 Junior Olympic National Championships where he won silver in the all-around behind Bennet Huang.[8] He next competed at the 2017 U.S. National Championships. After two days of competition Malone won the all-around competition. He also won gold on floor exercise, pommel horse, parallel bars, and horizontal bar.[9] Malone was later selected to represent the US at the International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Japan.[10] While there he placed fourth in the all-around but won silver on horizontal bar.[11]

In January 2018 Malone competed at the RD761 International Junior Team Cup where he helped USA finish third in the team competition. Individually he finished sixth in the all-around and won silver on horizontal bar and third on rings.[12]

Senior[edit]

2019[edit]

Malone began competing for the Stanford Cardinal gymnastics team in 2019. At the NCAA National Championships Malone helped Stanford win the team title and individually he won the all-around, floor exercise, and horizontal bar titles.[13] Malone was selected to represent the US at the 2019 Pan American Games where he helped the USA finish second as a team behind Brazil.[14]

2020–21[edit]

In early 2020 Malone competed at the Winter Cup where he finished third in the all-around.[15] The NCAA season was cut short due to the ongoing COVID-19 pandemic.[16]

Malone returned to competition at the 2021 NCAA Championships where he helped Stanford defend their team title. He additionally defended his all-around and horizontal bar titles and won silver on rings.[17] At the 2021 U.S. National Championships he won his first senior all-around title, defeating six-time national champion Sam Mikulak.[18][19] As a result, he qualified to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials.[20] Malone clinched his spot on the Olympic team by finishing first in the all-around at the Olympic Trials.[21] Malone was joined by Yul Moldauer, Sam Mikulak, and Shane Wiskus to form the United States men’s Olympic gymnastics team.[22]

During qualification at the Olympic Games Malone finished 11th overall and qualified for the all-around final and additionally qualified for the horizontal bar final in fourth.[23] During the team final Malone helped the United States place fifth.[24] During the all-around final Malone finished tenth; however he successfully competed his new skill on the parallel bars, a shoot up to handstand and fall back to support with ¾ turn mount, which will bear his name in the code of points.[25][26]

In October Malone competed at the 2021 World Championships where he opted to only compete on the horizontal bar. He qualified to the event final in fourth place. During the event final he scored 14.966 and finished third behind Hu Xuwei and Daiki Hashimoto.[27]

2022[edit]

In February Malone competed at the Cottbus World Cup where he advanced to the pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar event finals.[28] On the first day of event finals Malone won bronze on pommel horse behind Filip Ude and Illia Kovtun and placed sixth on rings. On the second day he won bronze on parallel bars behind Kovtun and Mitchell Morgans and won gold on the horizontal bar.[29] Malone next competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart alongside Vitaliy Guimaraes, Asher Hong, Yul Moldauer, and Khoi Young; they finished first as a team.

Malone was awarded the Nissen Emery Award, the highest honor in college men’s gymnastics.[30] At the NCAA Championship Malone helped Stanford defend their national title. Additionally he defended his high bar title, co-won gold on pommel horse, won bronze on floor exercise, and placed second in the all-around behind Paul Juda after a subpar routine on parallel bars.[31]

In June Malone was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Championships alongside Riley Loos, Yul Moldauer, Colt Walker, and Shane Wiskus.[32] On the first day of competition Malone competed on pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar to help qualify the United States in first place to the team final. Individually he won gold on horizontal bar and recorded the third highest parallel bars score but did not medal due to two-per country limitations and teammates Moldauer and Walker scoring higher.[33] During the team final Malone competed on pommel horse, rings, vault, and horizontal bar to help the USA win gold ahead of the reigning team champion Brazil.[34]

In late July Malone competed at the U.S. Classic where he won the all-around title with a score of 88.558 (86.000 without bonus). Additionally he posted the top horizontal bar score, second highest rings score, and third highest pommel horse and parallel bars score.[35] In August Malone competed at the U.S. National Championships where he won his second consecutive national all-around title. As a result he and second place finisher Donnell Whittenburg were selected to represent the United States at the upcoming World Championships. Additionally Malone placed first on floor exercise and horizontal bar, second on pommel horse, seventh on rings, eighth on vault, and fifth on parallel bars.[36]

In September Malone competed at the Paris World Challenge Cup. He qualified to the rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar event finals. Although he withdrew from the rings final, he won gold on horizontal bar and silver on parallel bars behind Caio Souza.[37]

At the 2022 World Championships Malone qualified to the all-around and horizontal bar finals. During the team final he contributed scores on all apparatuses towards the USA’s fifth place finish.[38] During the all-around final Malone finished in fourth place, three-tenths of a point behind third place finisher Wataru Tanigawa.[39] During the horizontal bar final Malone beat Daiki Hashimoto by 0.1 point, and became the second American to win a world gold on the apparatus after Kurt Thomas did so in 1979.[40]

Eponymous skills[edit]

Competitive history[edit]

References[edit]

  1. ^ “Brody Malone Stanford profile”. Stanford Cardinal.
  2. ^ a b c d “Artistic Gymnastics MALONE Brody”. Tokyo 2020 Olympics. Archived from the original on July 27, 2021. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  3. ^ “Saddle up: Gymnast Malone takes unusual path to Tokyo”. Associated Press. July 6, 2021.
  4. ^ “High bars, frog legs: Brody Malone stays true to Southern roots”. The Stanford Daily. April 23, 2020.
  5. ^ “Men’s Junior Olympic Championships conclude with crowning of Level 8, Level 9 champions”. USA Gymnastics. May 11, 2015.
  6. ^ “Level 10 Champions crowned at U.S. Men’s Junior Olympic Championships”. USA Gymnastics. May 7, 2016.
  7. ^ McCarvel, Nick (June 25, 2016). “Wiskus, Wenske claim junior men’s titles at P&G Championships”. USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on August 6, 2016.
  8. ^ “Level 10 champions named at Men’s Junior Olympic Nationals”. USA Gymnastics. May 14, 2017.
  9. ^ “Braunton, Malone win junior men’s titles at P&G Championships”. USA Gymnastics. August 19, 2017.
  10. ^ “Four U.S. juniors set for International Junior Gymnastics Competition”. USA Gymnastics. September 15, 2017.
  11. ^ “O’Keefe, Malabuyo go one-two in women’s all-around at International Junior Gymnastics competition”. USA Gymnastics. September 17, 2017.
  12. ^ “U.S. wins team bronze at 2018 RD761 Junior International Team Cup”. USA Gymnastics. January 22, 2018.
  13. ^ “Cheers From Champaign”. Stanford Cardinal. April 20, 2019.
  14. ^ “USA wins men’s team silver at 2019 Pan Am Games”. USA Gymnastics. July 29, 2019.
  15. ^ “Mikulak Wins Senior All-Around Title 2020 Winter Cup Challenge”. USA Gymnastics. February 21, 2020.
  16. ^ “NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns”. NCAA. March 13, 2020.
  17. ^ “Watch Brody Malone secure the all-around title at the 2021 NCAA men’s gymnastics championship”. National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 17, 2021.
  18. ^ “Brody Malone wins first U.S. gymnastics title, with Tokyo Olympics in sight”. Los Angeles Times. June 5, 2021.
  19. ^ “Malone takes senior all-around crown at 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships”. USA Gymnastics. June 5, 2021.
  20. ^ “USA Gymnastics names eight additional athletes to Men’s Junior and Senior National Teams, introduces inaugural Senior Development Team lineup”. USA Gymnastics. June 8, 2021.
  21. ^ “Sam Mikulak, Yul Moldauer, Brody Malone highlight U.S. Olympic men’s gymnastics team”. OlympicTalk | NBC Sports. June 26, 2021. Retrieved June 27, 2021.
  22. ^ “USA Gymnastics announces men’s Olympic team roster for artistic gymnastics”. USA Gymnastics. June 26, 2021.
  23. ^ Raymond, Jonathan (July 24, 2021). “Result | Georgia native Brody Malone makes mark in gymnastics qualifying”. WXIA-TV. Retrieved July 27, 2021.
  24. ^ “U.S. gymnasts finish fifth in men’s team final at 2020 Tokyo Olympic Games”. USA Gymnastics. July 26, 2021.
  25. ^ “Three original elements submitted in Men’s Artistic Gymnastics at Tokyo 2020”. International Gymnastics Federation. July 21, 2021.
  26. ^ a b @gymnastics (July 28, 2021). “Brody Malone ?? nails his Parallel Bars mount, which he has submitted as an original element to bear his name in the Code of Points” (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  27. ^ “Malone, Wong each claim bronze on final night of 2021 Artistic Gymnastics World Championships”. USA Gymnastics. October 24, 2021.
  28. ^ “Malone advances to pommel horse, still rings finals at 2022 Cottbus World Cup”. USA Gymnastics. February 24, 2022.
  29. ^ “Two titles for Ukrainian gymnasts as Cottbus kicks off World Cup season”. International Gymnastics Federation. February 28, 2022.
  30. ^ “Stanford’s Brody Malone Wins Prestigious Nissen-Emery Award”. USA Gymnastics. April 14, 2022.
  31. ^ “Stanford three-peats, wins 2022 men’s college gymnastics championship”. National Collegiate Athletic Association. April 16, 2022.
  32. ^ “Three Olympians will lead U.S. men at Pan American Championships July 15–17”. USA Gymnastics. June 7, 2022.
  33. ^ “U.S. seniors earn 14 medals, including five gold, on second day of Pan American Championships”. USA Gymnastics. July 15, 2022.
  34. ^ “U.S. senior men win team title, women capture silver as Pan American Championships end”. USA Gymnastics. July 17, 2022.
  35. ^ “Malone cruises to all-around title as men take over U.S. Classic”. USA Gymnastics. July 31, 2022.
  36. ^ “Malone repeats as all-around champion at 2022 OOFOS U.S. Gymnastics Championships”. USA Gymnastics. August 21, 2022.
  37. ^ “USA dazzles in Paris with ten medals, including four gold”. International Gymnastics Federation. September 26, 2022.
  38. ^ “U.S. men fifth at Artistic World Championships”. USA Gymnastics. November 2, 2022.
  39. ^ “Malone fourth in men’s all-around, Hong sixth at Artistic World Championships”. USA Gymnastics. November 4, 2022.
  40. ^ “Brody Malone ends gymnastics worlds with high bar gold; U.S. women win more medals”. NBC Sports. November 6, 2022.

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