Stanley Tarshis

Stanley Gordon Tarshis (November 15, 1937 – October 6, 2022) was an American artistic gymnast. He was the NCAA horizontal bar champion in 1959 and 1960. In 1958, he came in second place to Abie Grossfeld preventing him from becoming the only three-time horizontal bar champion in NCAA history.^[1] Tarshis was also awarded the “Big Ten Medal of Honor” in 1960 in his final year at Michigan State University.^[2]

Stanley Tarshis
Full name	Stanley Gordon Tarshis
Born	(1937-11-15)November 15, 1937 Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Died	October 6, 2022(2022-10-06) (aged 84) Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 11 in (180 cm)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
College team	Michigan State Spartans
Retired	c. 1964

Death

Stan (who had changed his last name to Gordon) died from complications of a fall due to Parkinson's disease.^[3]