{{short description|American gymnast (born 1991)}} {{for|the professor of religion and Tibetan studies|Jacob P. Dalton}} {{Use mdy dates|date=August 2012}} {{Infobox gymnast | name = Jake Dalton | image = Jake Dalton (28736161771) (cropped) (1).jpg | image_size = | caption = Dalton at the 2016 Summer Olympics | full_name = Jacob William Dalton | country = United States | formercountry = | birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1991|08|19}} | birth_place = Reno, Nevada, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | spouse = | training = | height = 5 ft 6 in | discipline = MAG | natlteam = 2009–2017 | gym = USOTC<br />Team Hilton HHonors<br />Gym Nevada | collegeteam = Oklahoma Sooners | headcoach = Mark Williams | assistcoach = Rustam Sharipov, Daniel Furney | formercoach = | eponymousskills = Dalton (parallel bars) | retired = August 9, 2017 | worldranking = | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Men's artistic gymnastics}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCount |World Championships|0|1|3 |Pacific Rim Championships|4|0|0 |Pan American Championships|1|0|1 | total = yes }} {{MedalCompetition|World Championships}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Antwerp|Floor}} {{MedalBronze|2011 Tokyo|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Nanning|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2014 Nanning|Vault}} {{MedalCompetition|Pacific Rim Championships}} {{MedalGold|2012 Everett|Team}} {{MedalGold|2012 Everett|Floor}} {{MedalGold|2016 Everett|Team}} {{MedalGold|2016 Everett|Floor}} {{MedalCompetition|Pan American Championships}} {{MedalGold|2010 Guadalajara|Team}} {{MedalBronze|2010 Guadalajara|Floor}} }}
'''Jacob William Dalton''' (born August 19, 1991) is a retired American gymnast who was a member of the Oklahoma Sooners men's gymnastics team and the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He represented the United States at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London and 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro.
==Early life and education== Dalton was born August 19, 1991, in Reno, Nevada, to Tim and Denise Dalton. He grew up in Sparks, Nevada and attended Spanish Springs High School.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Margiott |first=Kenzie |date=2019-12-10 |title=Life after Olympics: Sparks' Jake Dalton starts second phase of life |url=https://nevadasportsnet.com/sports/olympics/life-after-olympics-sparks-jake-dalton-starts-second-phase-of-life |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=Nevada Sports Net |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |last=Staff |first=News 4-Fox 11 Sports |date=2017-06-19 |title=Olympic gymnast Jake Dalton helps train youngsters in Sparks |url=https://foxreno.com/sports/content/olympic-gymnast-jake-dalton-helps-train-youngsters-in-sparks |access-date=2025-07-15 |website=KRXI |language=en}}</ref>
Dailton trained at Gym Nevada under Wanda Fredericks and Andrew Pileggi. After graduating, he received an NCAA scholarship to compete for the University of Oklahoma in 2009<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/dalton_jacob00.html |title=Player Bio: Jacob Dalton - SoonerSports.com - Official Athletics Site of the Oklahoma Sooners |access-date=2011-10-15 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110907000255/http://www.soonersports.com/sports/m-gym/mtt/dalton_jacob00.html |archive-date=September 7, 2011 |df=mdy-all}} Jacob Dalton – University of Oklahoma profile</ref> where he earned All-America honors and won the NCAA men's gymnastics floor and vault titles in 2011.
==Gymnastics career== Dalton was the U.S. National vault champion in 2009 and 2011, the floor champion in 2011, and the All-Around Gold medalist of the Winter Cup Challenge in 2011.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=322928 |title=Jacob Dalton |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=2020-04-22}}</ref>
Dalton was a member of the USA team that won the bronze medal in the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tokyo, Japan. In February 2013, Dalton competed at the 2013 Winter Cup and won gold on the floor, rings, and all-around.<ref>{{cite web |author1=Kentkoven |url=https://www.wintercup.com/2013/02/10/dalton-wins-2013-winter-cup-challenge-title/ |title=Dalton wins 2013 Winter Cup Challenge title |website=wintercup.com |date=February 9, 2013 |access-date=July 16, 2021}}</ref> In August 2013, he won the bronze medal at the P&G National Championships en route to making the World Championships team. He went on to win a silver medal in the floor exercise at 2013 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships behind 17-year-old newcomer Kenzo Shirai of Japan. In 2015, Dalton was still recovering from a small shoulder labrum tear and did not compete in the P&G National Championships.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://olympictalk.nbcsports.com/2015/08/16/sam-mikulak-wins-gymnastics-national-championships-danell-leyva-donnell-whittenburg-olympics/ |title=Sam Mikulak three-peats at P&G Championships on fall-filled day |date=August 17, 2015}}</ref>
===2012 & 2016 Summer Olympics=== thumb|left|150px|Dalton during the 2012 Olympics It was announced on July 1, 2012, that Dalton would be a member of the 2012 Olympic team representing the United States. The ''New York Times'' stated that the team roster was "considered so good that it could be the first United States men's team to win gold since the 1984 Los Angeles Games."<ref name=Favorites>{{cite news |last=Macur |first=Juliet |title=Harboring High Hopes, U.S. Men's Team Adds 3 Gymnasts for Olympics |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2012/07/02/sports/olympics/us-mens-gymnastics-team-selected.html |work=The New York Times |date=July 2012 |access-date=July 21, 2012}}</ref> Dalton, as part of the United States Gymnastics team, placed fifth in the team competition in the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.<ref name=TBS>{{cite web |last=Quinn |first=Sam |title=Olympic Results 2012: US Men Gymnasts' Show in Team Final Is Huge Disappointment |url=https://bleacherreport.com/articles/1278357-olympic-results-2012-us-men-gymnasts-show-in-team-final-is-huge-disappointment |publisher=TBS |access-date=February 28, 2013}}</ref>
On June 25, 2016, Dalton was once again named to the five-man United States men's gymnastics team for the Olympics.<!--<ref name="Graves, Will; National Champian Leads" />--> He represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro alongside Sam Mikulak, John Orozco (who was later substituted with Danell Leyva due to injury), Alex Naddour, and Chris Brooks.<ref name="Graves, Will; National Champian Leads">{{cite news |last1=Graves |first1=Will |title=National Champion Sam Mikulak Leads US Men's Gymnastics Team |url=https://abcnews.go.com/Sports/wireStory/national-champion-sam-mikulak-leads-us-mens-gymnastics-40135684 |access-date=26 June 2016 |publisher=ABC News |date=25 June 2016}}</ref> Dalton placed second in vault at the 2016 Gymnastics Olympic Test Event.
===2017: Retirement=== On August 9, 2017,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://mynews4.com/news/local/n-nevada-native-olympian-jake-dalton-announces-retirement-from-competitive-gymnastics |title=N. Nevada native & Olympian Jake Dalton announces retirement from competitive gymnastics |date=August 8, 2017}}</ref> news surfaced that Dalton was retiring from competitive gymnastics.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/60083-jake-dalton-retires-from-gymnastics-shifts-focus-to-managing-gyms |title=Jake Dalton Retires from Gymnastics, Shifts Focus to Managing Gyms - FloGymnastics |date=August 9, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.insidegymnastics.com/news-features/inside-exclusive-two-time-olympian-jake-dalton-retires/ |title=INSIDE EXCLUSIVE: Two-time Olympian Jake Dalton retires |last=Duffy |first=Patricia C. |date=August 9, 2017 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190324100515/https://www.insidegymnastics.com/news-features/inside-exclusive-two-time-olympian-jake-dalton-retires/ |archive-date=March 24, 2019 |access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref>
==Personal life== In 2013, Dalton signed a multi-year sponsorship agreement with Adidas Gymnastics.<ref>Adidas Gymnastics announces Jake Dalton is all in! http://news.theelegantsports.com/2013/03/jake-is-all-in.html</ref>
Mesomorphic was a clothing brand founded in 2012 by Jake Dalton and fulfilled by Stars and Stripes Chicago.
==Eponymous skills== Dalton has one named element on the parallel bars.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/pdf/mag_named_elements.pdf |title=Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics |date=December 2023 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name='magcop25'>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20MAG%20CoP%202025-2028.pdf |title=Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028 |date=July 3, 2024 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref> {| class="wikitable" |+Gymnastics elements named after Jake Dalton |- !scope="col"| Apparatus !scope="col"| Name !scope="col"| Description !scope="col"| Difficulty{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}} !scope="col"| Added to Code of Points |- | Parallel bars | '''''Dalton''''' | "Roll bwd. with ½ t. tuck to hang." | align=center|E, 0.5 | Newsletter 30, 2016. Performed at the 2015 World Challenge Cup in Doha<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1438287 |title=Eight new elements named, added to Men's Gymnastics Code of Points |date=February 14, 2016 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 9, 2024}}</ref> |} {{notelist}}
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