Sport: Gymnastics Inducted: 1988 Country: United States Born: March 10, 1961
in Los Angeles, California
Mitch
Gaylord won four medals in the 1984 Olympic Games in Los
Angeles—a gold in Team Event, a
silver in Vaulting, and bronze medals in both Rings
and Parallel Bars.
Gaylord saw his first international
competition at the eleventh Maccabiah
Games in 1981, where he dominated
the gymnastics events and won seven
gold medals. The only gold medal he
did not win was won by his brother,
Chuck, who took top honors in the
Vault, with Mitch winning the silver.
