Sean Golden

    
Birth Date: 06/13/1983
Program: Men's Artistic
Level: Senior
Residence: Houston, TX
Club: Houston Gymnastics Academy
Coach: Kevin Mazeika
Biography
Golden is the youngest child of Ronald and Patricia. He has five siblings: Ronald, a prison security guard; Donna, a security guard; Kym, a social worker; Kevin, a sales representative; and Tony. Golden's favorite movie is Click because he says that it has a really good message. His personal Web site is www.seangolden.com.

Personal Information
Hometown: Camden, NJ
Began Gymnastics In: 1987
How did you get involved?: I was bouncing all over the place so my mom put me in gymnastics to calm me down.
Favorite Gymnastics Thing: My favorite thing about gymnastics is the ability to be different and creative by taking a skill that many other people do and making it my own.
Goals: I want to be the best that I can be and I have not gotten to that point yet.

Interests Outside the Gym
Favorite Music/Book: Music: soulful music; book: A Child Called "It"
Favorite TV Show: It changes a lot, but right now it's Scrubs
Hobbies: Playing pool and ping pong at my house

National Competition Results
2009 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 5th-FX
2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa.: 1st-VT; 3rd-FX; 4th-SR
2008 Visa Championships, Houston, Texas: 2nd-VT; 3rd-SR(T); 7th-FX(T)
2007 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif.: 1st-VT; 2nd-SR; 4th-FX
2007 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2nd-SR
2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn.: 2nd-SR; 6th-FX
2006 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 2nd-SR, VT; 7th-FX
2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.: 1st-VT, SR; 3rd-FX(T)
2005 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.:

International Competition Results
2007 Good Luck Beijing International Tournament, Beijing, China: 8th-Team
2007 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany: 4th-Team
2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 2nd-SR; 3rd-Team
2006 World Cup, Cottbus, Germany: 8th-VT
2005 World Championships, Melbourne, Australia:
LEGEND: AA = All Around | FX = Floor Exercise | PH = Pommel Horse | SR = Still Rings | VT = Vault | PB = Parallel Bars | HB = Horizontal Bars | (T) = Tie