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Career Highlights
NCAA Champion (Pommel Horse, 2011)
All-American (Pommel Horse, 2011)
Big Ten Champion (Pommel Horse, 2011)
First-Team All-Big Ten (2011)
U.S. Winter Cup Gold Medalist (Pommel Horse, 2011)
Nissen-Emery Award Finalist (2011)
Academic All-Big Ten (2011)
Visa Championships Gold Medalist (Pommel Horse, 2010)
Big Ten Champion (Pommel Horse, 2010)
First-Team All-Big Ten (2010)
U.S. Winter Cup (6th on Pommel Horse, 2010)
CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2010)
Academic All-Big Ten (2010)
Alternate for U.S. World Gymnastics Team (2009)
Visa Championships (T-4th on Pommel Horse, T-6th on Floor, 2009)
NCAA Champion (Pommel Horse, 2009)
All-American (Pommel Horse, 2008-09)
CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete (2009)
First-team All-Big Ten (2008)
Big Ten Champion (Pommel Horse, 2008)
Senior 2011
NCAA champion and All-American on pommel horse ... Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion ... Nissen-Emery Award finalist ... First-team All-Big Ten ... Won gold on pommel horse at the USA Visa Championships and at Winter Cup ... Led the team with a career-high 12 individual event titles, all on pommel horse ... Recorded 21 top-five finishes between floor, pommel horse, vault and parallel bars ... Voted Most Valuable by his teammates and earned the team's Yoshi Hayasaki Award for consistency ... Competed in every meet, never placing lower than second on pommel horse ... Big Ten Gymnast of the Week (3/7) ... Academic All-Big Ten.
Junior 2010
Big Ten Pommel Horse Champion ... First-team All-Big Ten ... Competed in every meet ... Topped previous career high with 10 event titles, including seven on pommel horse and three on vault ... Won on vault (16.150) in his collegiate debut on the event at Penn State ... Tied with Luke Stannard for team-best score on pommel horse (15.800) for the year ... Score also ranks third all-time under the FIG open ended code ... Earned his first-career Big Ten Gymnast of the Week honor for the week of Feb. 22 ... Team captain ... CGA All-America Scholar-Athlete ... Academic All-Big Ten honoree.
Junior 2009
Competed at the 2009 USA Gymnastics Visa Championships in August ... Tied for fourth place on the pommel horse with a two-day combined score of 30.150 ... Also tied for sixth place on the floor exercise (29.700) ... Was an alternate for the U.S. Men's National team for the 2009 World Gymnastics Championships in London.
Sophomore 2009
NCAA National Champion on the pommel horse (15.575) ... Earned his second consecutive All-America honor in the event ... At NCAA Team Qualifying, set a new career-high score of 16.000 on the pommel horse ... The mark was the highest score recorded by any NCAA athlete last season ... Posted eight first-place finishes on the pommel horse, including at the Big Ten and NCAA Team Championships ... Placed sixth on the pommel horse in the Big Ten Individual Event Finals ... Set a new career best on the floor exercise, scoring 15.100 against Minnesota ... Team captain.
Freshman 2008
NCAA All-American with a sixth-place finish on the pommel horse with a score of 14.450 ... Big Ten Champion on the pommel horse with a career-high score of 15.700 ... First-team All-Big Ten selection ... Wiped out the competition on the pommel horse during the Big Ten Championships, beating almost all other competitors by a point ... Came back to tie his career-best score of 15.700 on the pommel horse at the NCAA Qualifiers ... Had a spectacular performance at the NCAA Team Finals with an almost flawless score of 14.950 on the floor and had a top finish of 15.200 on pommel horse.
High School/Club
Coached by Genadi Shub at the US Gymnastics Development Center II ... In 2005, made his first finals appearance in the all-around at Junior Olympic Nationals, while finishing runner-up on the pommel horse ... Backed up the performance by repeating in the all-around finals and took silver on the pommel horse in 2006 ... Continued to dominate JO Nationals in 2007, making his third straight finals appearance in the all-around before breaking through the ranks to seal his first crown on pommel horse ... Helped lead his team to the New Jersey state championship in 2007.
Personal
Born Daniel Joseph Ribeiro on July 13, 1989 ... Son of João and Michele Ribeiro ... His parents are both owners of the US Gymnastics Development Center II ... His father was a college gymnast at East Stroudsburg (Pa.) University, helping his squad to the Division II National Championship in 1985 and was a 1980 Olympian for Brazil ... Has one younger sister, Alexandra ... Enjoys watching baseball and football ... Biggest thrill in gymnastics is when he hits a set and puts up a high score for his team ... His favorite athlete is Derek Jeter ... Plans on majoring in business ... Plans to attend graduate school upon completing his bachelor's degree ... Credits Genadi Shub as the most influential person in his athletic career and his father as the most influential person in his life ... Looked up to Fighting Illini gymnastics heroes Justin Spring and Ben Newman.
Ribeiro's Career Highs
Floor Exercise: 15.100 (at Minnesota, 3/21/09)
Pommel Horse: 16.000 (at NCAA Team Qualifying, 4/16/09)
Vault: 16.150 (at Penn State, 2/20/10)
Parallel Bars: 14.250 (at Pacific Coast Classic, 2/21/09)
