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David Jessen
Czech artistic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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David Jessen (born 5 December 1996) is a Czech male artistic gymnast. He represented the Czech Republic at the 2016 and 2020 Summer Olympics.
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Early life
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]
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Personal life
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
Jessen has a pommel horse skill named after him in the Code of Points.[23]
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