Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Male |
Full name | Blaine Carew•Wilson |
Used name | Blaine•Wilson |
Born | 3 August 1974 in Columbus, Ohio (USA) |
Measurements | 163 cm / 62 kg |
Affiliations | The Ohio State Buckeyes, Columbus (USA) / Team Chevron, Columbus (USA) |
NOC | United States |
Medals | OG |
Gold | 0 |
Silver | 1 |
Bronze | 0 |
Total | 1 |
Blaine Wilson competed in gymnastics at the 1996, 2000, and 2004 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal in the team competition in 2004. Wilson won the US all-around title five times consecutively, from 1996-2000. He was only the third man to win five consecutive US all-around titles. Attempting to make the 2008 Olympic team, he retired in 2008 shortly before the US Trials.
Wilson competed in college for The Ohio State University. He was the 1997 Big 10 Athlete of the Year and won the Nissen Award, emblematic of the nation’s top gymnast. Wilson later married Olympic rhythmic gymnast Aliane Baquerot. They settled near Columbus, Ohio where Wilson ran Integrity Athletics, a gymnastics, cheerleading, and volleyball training facility.