Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | James Patrick "Jim"•Culhane, Jr. |
Used name | Jim•Culhane, Jr. |
Born | 13 August 1942 in Rochester, New York (USA) |
Measurements | 170 cm / 64 kg |
Affiliations | NYAC, New York (USA) |
NOC | ![]() |
Jim Culhane attended Penn State, helping them win the NCAA team title in 1965. Culhane was on the US national team from 1965-75, competing at the 1971 Pan American Games and the 1972 Olympics. After college Culhane attended Southern Connecticut State University. He later became a gymnastics coach, serving as an assistant at Southern Connecticut and the US Military Academy. He then became a head coach at East Stroudsburg State College and Cal State Northridge. Culhane retired and then settled in Texas where he taught boys’ gymnastics at Texas Star Gymnastics. He also became a skydiver and helped set a world record for the largest formation of Skydivers over 60.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1972 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | ![]() |
Jim Culhane, Jr. | |||
Individual All-Around, Men (Olympic) | =72 r1/2 | |||||
Team All-Around, Men (Olympic) | United States | 10 | ||||
Floor Exercise, Men (Olympic) | =83 r1/1 | |||||
Horse Vault, Men (Olympic) | =54 r1/1 | |||||
Parallel Bars, Men (Olympic) | =72 r1/1 | |||||
Horizontal Bar, Men (Olympic) | =89 r1/1 | |||||
Rings, Men (Olympic) | 64 r1/1 | |||||
Pommelled Horse, Men (Olympic) | 63 r1/1 |