Bart Conner

About Bart Conner

Bart Conner (born March 28, 1958, in Chicago, Illinois) is an American former gymnast who, as a member of the gold medal-winning men's gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympic Games won an individual gold on the parallel bars. Conner was also the 1979 World Champion on that apparatus.

Conner currently owns and operates the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy in Norman, Oklahoma along with his wife, Romanian gold medalist Nadia Com?neci. He is also a commentator for televised gymnastics events and an editor of International Gymnast Magazine.

Conner was also part of the 1976 and 1980 USA Olympic gymnastics teams. He won the World Cup in 1979, and the American Cup in 1976, 1980, and 1981. He has been inducted into several Halls of Fame, including those of the US Olympic Committee, USA Gymnastics, International Gymnastics, and Oklahoma Sports. He was inducted into the Oklahoma Hall of Fame in 2012

Bart Conner Achievements

lympic Games:

Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around - Gold Medal

Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's parallel bars - Gold Medal

World Championships:

1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships- Men's parallel bars - Gold Medal

1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships- Vault bars - Bronze medal

1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships- Team competition - Bronze medal

Pan American Games:

1975 Pan American Games - Rings - Bronze medal

1975 Pan American Games - Floor exercise - Bronze medal

American Cup (gymnastics):

1976 New York - All-Around - Gold Medal

1981 New York - All-Around - Gold Medal

1982 New York - All-Around - Gold Medal