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David Jessen

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David Jessen
Born (1996-12-05) 5 December 1996 (age 28)
Brno, Czech Republic
Height1.75 m (5 ft 9 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		 Czech Republic
Former countries represented United States
College teamStanford Cardinals
ClubParkettes/Sokol Brno I
Head coach(es)Petr Hedbávný

David Jessen (born 5 December 1996) is a Czech male artistic gymnast. He represented the Czech Republic at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.

Early life

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David Jessen was born on 5 December 1996 in Brno, Czech Republic. His mother is Czech 1988 Olympic gymnast Hana Říčná, and his father Lorin Jessen is an American gymnastics coach.[2][3] His younger sister Sandra also competed in gymnastics at Stanford.[4] The family moved to the United States when Jessen was young, and he began gymnastics when he was two years old.[5]

Gymnastics career

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Jessen originally competed for the United States and was a member of the junior national team; however, he switched to competing for the Czech Republic in 2014 and became the Czech all-around champion.[2][5] His nationality change was officially approved by the International Gymnastics Federation in 2015.[6] He competed alongside Martin Konečný and Daniel Radovesnický and the 2015 European Games, and they finished 22nd in the team competition.[7] He then competed at the 2015 World Championships and placed 50th in the all-around during the qualification round, qualifying for the 2016 Olympic Test Event.[8][9] There, he finished 32nd in the all-around and qualified for the 2016 Olympic Games.[10][11]

Jessen competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics and finished 47th in the all-around during the qualification round.[12] He also competed at the 2017 World Championships and finished 35th in the all-around during the qualification round.[13] At the 2019 Szombathely World Challenge Cup, he qualified for the horizontal bar final and finished seventh.[14] He then competed at the 2019 World Championships and finished 52nd in the all-around qualification round.[15]

Jessen competed with the Czech team that finished seventh at the 2020 European Championships,[16] and he was the first reserve for the horizontal bar final.[17] He qualified for the all-around final at the 2021 European Championships, finishing 18th.[18]

After Manrique Larduet from Cuba withdrew,[19] Jessen was called up to compete at the 2020 Summer Olympics as the first alternate.[20] He placed 57th in the all-around during the qualification round.[21] After the Olympic Games, Jessen retired from gymnastics to attend medical school.[3]

Personal life

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Jessen studied Molecular, Cellular and Developmental Biology at Stanford University where he was part of the Stanford Cardinals men’s gymnastics team.[22] He then attended Temple/St. Luke's School of Medicine.[3]

Eponymous skill

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Jessen has a pommel horse skill named after him in the Code of Points.[23]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Added to Code of Points
Pommel horse Jessen DSA with hop backward through handstand on the other end D (0.4) 2019 Doha World Cup
  1. ^ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points.[24]

See also

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References

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  1. ^ "David Jessen". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  2. ^ a b "Interview: David Jessen (Czech Republic)". International Gymnast Magazine. 15 February 2017. Archived from the original on 5 July 2017. Retrieved 15 April 2017.
  3. ^ a b c "Temple/St. Luke's Med Student is Former Olympic Gymnast". Saucon Source. 25 July 2024. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  4. ^ Hixson, Chuck (26 November 2019). "Jessen joins older brother at Stanford". Lehigh Valley Press. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  5. ^ a b "David Jessen - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  6. ^ "FIG Executive Committee - Official News". International Gymnastics Federation. 3 March 2015. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  7. ^ "1st European Games Results Book Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). European Gymnastics. Baku 2015. p. 43. Retrieved 1 October 2024.
  8. ^ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Men's Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 25 October 2015. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 March 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  9. ^ "Aquece Rio Final Gymnastics Qualifier Rio de Janeiro (BRA) (Test Event) 16 – 24 April 2016 Mens' Artistic Gymnastics Eligible Gymnasts / NOC to participate in the Test Event" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  10. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 16 April 2016. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  11. ^ "List of the Men's Artistic Gymnastics Tokyo 2016 Olympic Qualifiers" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 26 February 2023.
  12. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's Qualification Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. Rio 2016. 6 August 2016. Archived from the original (PDF) on 23 April 2023. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  13. ^ "47th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships 2017 Montréal (CAN) Men's Individual All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 2 October 2017. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  14. ^ "Results for FIG World Challenge Cup Szombathely (HUN)". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  15. ^ "49th FIG Artistic Gymnastics World Championships Stuttgart (GER), 4 October - 13 October 2019 Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 6 October 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 4 July 2022. Retrieved 23 April 2023.
  16. ^ "34th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Teams Qualification" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  17. ^ "34th European Men's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics Qualification Results By Apparatus" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 10 December 2020. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  18. ^ "9th European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Individual Championships Men Artistic Gymnastics All-Around Final" (PDF). European Gymnastics. 23 April 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  19. ^ Bregman, Scott (7 May 2021). "Rounding Off: Manrique Larduet says 'No!' to Tokyo Games". International Olympic Committee. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  20. ^ "Do Tokia pojede i gymnasta Jessen, naopak atleti přišli o dvě jména" [Gymnast Jessen will also go to Tokyo, while the athletes have lost two names]. České Noviny (in Czech). 1 July 2021. Archived from the original on 1 July 2021. Retrieved 1 July 2021.
  21. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Men's All-Around Qualification" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Olympic Committee. 24 July 2021. Retrieved 1 April 2025.
  22. ^ "David Jessen Stanford Men's Gymnastics Profile". Stanford Cardinals. Retrieved 2 July 2021.
  23. ^ "10 new elements named for their creators in Men's Gymnastics". International Gymnastics Federation. 13 January 2020. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
  24. ^ "Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025-2028" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 3 July 2024. Retrieved 31 March 2025.
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