Donnell Whittenburg

Donnell Whittenburg
Donnell Whittenburg
	Whittenburg at the 2024 Winter Cup
Personal information
Country represented	United States
Born	August 18, 1994; Baltimore, Maryland
Residence	Milwaukee, Wisconsin
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2013–present (USA)
Club	Salto Gymnastics Center
College team	DeVry University
Head coach(es)	Anthony Ingrelli
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing United States
World Championships
Pan American Games
Pan American Championships
FIG World Cup

Donnell Whittenburg (born August 18, 1994) is an American artistic gymnast whose strongest events are rings, vault, and floor.[1]

Early life

Whittenburg is from central Baltimore, Maryland.[2]

Career

Whittenburg won a bronze medal at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.[3] He was the 2014 U.S. National champion on Vault and is the 2015 U.S. national champion on rings. At the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Whittenburg won the bronze medal in the team event with the Americans,[4] and contributed scored on floor exercise (15.300), still rings (14.766), vault (14.966) and parallel bars (14.633).[5] At the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, he won the individual bronze medal on vault with an average combined score of 15.350 behind Ri Se Gwang of North Korea (15.450) and Marian Drăgulescu of Romania (15.400). He also qualified for the individual still rings event final but finished in eight place with 15.300. At the 2017 London World Cup, Whittenburg won gold in that all-around competition, and at the 2017 Koper World Challenge Cup, the individual apparatus competition, in Slovenia, Whittenburg won gold on parallel bars, and silvers on floor and vault.

In 2022 he placed second in the United States men's all around behind Brody Malone, scoring highest in rings and second highest on vault.[6][7] At the 2022 World Challenge Cup in Paris he won bronze medal on parallel bars and rings.[8]

Named skill

Whittenburg has one skill in gymnastics named after him in the 2022–2024 Code of Points, the triple salto backwards piked on still rings. The Whittenburg dismount has the highest difficulty score (D-score) in still rings at H (0.8).[9]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
Junior
2010	U.S. National Championships (14-15)		10	11	20	6		12	5
2011	U.S. National Championships (16-18)		6	11	17		4	6	4
2012	Winter Cup		21	9	35	13	25	32	28
	U.S. National Championships (16-18)			5	6
	Mexican Open		6
Senior
2013	Winter Cup		11	17	30	7	6	16	25
	National Qualifier						11		7
	U.S. National Championships		13	24	17	6	7	8	24
	DTB Pokal Team Cup	5
2014	Winter Cup			6	20		4	7	10
	Doha Challenge Cup							4
	National Qualifier				5			21	13
	U.S. National Championships		4	7	14			6	11
	World Championships		17					7
	Stuttgart World Cup
2015	Winter Cup			5	21	4	14		13
	American Cup
	Pan American Games		4
	U.S. National Championships				8			9	26
	World Championships	5	8			8
2016	Winter Cup		6	32	17			10	12
	American Cup
	Pacific Rim Championships								6
	U.S. National Championships		5	11	25		4	5	12
	Olympic Trials		4	8	14				12
2017	Winter Cup		4	4	14		13	5	7
	London World Cup
	Koper Challenge Cup					4
	U.S. National Championships			11	10				1
	World Championships			6		R2		R1
2018	U.S. National Championships					5		9
2019	National Qualifier				12			6	22
2019	U.S. National Championships		7	7	14		7	11	16
2021	Winter Cup		11	4	21		11	10
	Pan American Championships
	Olympic Trials			14
	World Championships			30			12
2022	U.S. Classic				20			13	23
	U.S. National Championships			5	14			10	8
	Paris Challenge Cup
	World Championships	5				8
2023	U.S. Classic		7	10	65		13	9	16
	U.S. National Championships		7		25			18	13
	Pan American Games			6
2024	Winter Cup		5	4	19			6	16
	U.S. National Championships		7	7	13	4		8	22
	Olympic Trials

References

"Donnell Whittenburg, still chasing an Olympic spot, in hunt at nationals". Retrieved October 12, 2022.
"Donnell Whittenburg closes in on stardom, one vault at a time". Retrieved October 12, 2022.
Nick; Zaccardi (October 7, 2014). "China stuns Japan at World Gymnastics Championships; U.S. wins bronze (video)". NBC Sports. NBC. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
"Donnell Whittenburg". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved October 7, 2014.
Graves, Will (June 25, 2021). "Whittenburg making one last stand at US gymnastics trials". Associated Press.
"Donnell Whittenburg wins second at 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships". August 21, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
"Donnell Whittenburg, still chasing an Olympic spot, in hunt at nationals". Retrieved October 12, 2022.
"U.S. gymnasts capture 10 medals, including four gold, as Paris World Challenge Cup concludes". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved October 12, 2022.
MAG COP 2022–2024 p. 97, passim

External links

Donnell Whittenburg at the International Gymnastics Federation

Donnell Whittenburg at USA Gymnastics

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[1] "Donnell Whittenburg, still chasing an Olympic spot, in hunt at nationals". Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[2] "Donnell Whittenburg closes in on stardom, one vault at a time". Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[3] Nick; Zaccardi (October 7, 2014). "China stuns Japan at World Gymnastics Championships; U.S. wins bronze (video)". NBC Sports. NBC. Retrieved October 7, 2014.

[4] "Donnell Whittenburg". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved October 7, 2014.

[5] Graves, Will (June 25, 2021). "Whittenburg making one last stand at US gymnastics trials". Associated Press.

[6] "Donnell Whittenburg wins second at 2022 U.S. Gymnastics Championships". August 21, 2022. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[7] "Donnell Whittenburg, still chasing an Olympic spot, in hunt at nationals". Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[8] "U.S. gymnasts capture 10 medals, including four gold, as Paris World Challenge Cup concludes". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved October 12, 2022.

[9] MAG COP 2022–2024 p. 97, passim