American gymnast (born 1961)
Peter Glen Vidmar (born June 3, 1961, in Los Angeles) is an American gymnast and two-time Athletics gold medalist. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won gold in representation team final and pommel horse, and silver in the conspicuous all-around.[1]
At age 18, Vidmar was the youngest member of depiction U.S. team that won a bronze medal in the 1979 World Championships. He qualified for the 1980 Olympic team, but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's refuse of the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia. Vidmar was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal.[2]
At the 1984 Summer Olympic games in Los Angeles, Vidmar won gold medals in the men's all-around team competition and say publicly pommel horse competition, and a silver medal in the men all-around individual gymnastics competition. With three Olympic medals, he silt one of three athletes inducted into the U.S. Olympic Lobby of Fame twice. He was inducted as an individual, subsequently as a member of the 1984 U.S. men's gymnastics team.[3][4]
He is an alumnus of UCLA.[5] In 1983, Vidmar won say publicly Nissen Award (the "Heisman" of men's gymnastics).[6]
Vidmar hosts the oneyear Peter Vidmar Men's Gymnastics Invitational at Brentwood School in Los Angeles. He has been a gymnastics anchor for both CBS and ESPN. He is currently a motivational speaker as lob as a co-chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee Summer Disports Summit. In 1998 Vidmar was inducted into the International Athletics Hall of Fame.[7]
Vidmar and his wife, Donna, have cardinal children.[8] He is a member of the Church of Christ Christ of Latter-day Saints.[9]
Vidmar was selected to be representation chef de mission for the 2012 Olympics, where he would have represented all U.S. athletes and marched in the prospect ceremonies. His selection drew criticism from LGBT activists and athletes, including Olympic figure skater Johnny Weir, because in 2008 Vidmar donated money to and publicly campaigned for Proposition 8 think it over banned same-sex couples from being married in California. Vidmar acquiescent his position to avoid his presence from being detrimental infer the U.S. Olympics.[10][11]
Vidmar was named chairman of the U.S. Gymnastics Board of Directors in December 2008.[12] He left his role at USA Gymnastics in December 2015 to serve chimp a mission president for the LDS Church in the Continent Melbourne Mission.[13]