David Sender

David Sender (born August 27, 1985) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won two bronze medals competing internationally.

Early life and education Sender was born on August 27, 1985, to Ira and Bonnie Sender. He grew up in Arlington Heights, Illinois, and started gymnastics at the age of 5 at Buffalo Grove Gymnastics Center. He later enrolled at Stanford University to pursue gymnastics.

Gymnastics career Sender was a member of the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team. He was the back-to-back NCAA vault champion at the 2006 and 2007 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships.

On the international stage, Sender represented the United States at the 2003 Pan American Games and won a bronze medal in the team all-around. He later won an individual bronze medal on the vault at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Gymnastics Championships and made the United States team for the 2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

An injury during warmups caused Sender to miss the 2008 United States Olympic trials.

In September 2009 after the 2009 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, Sender declined a spot on the United States national team and announced his subsequent retirement. He later took up the sport again and trained with Justin Spring at the University of Illinois Urbana-Champaign while doing veterinary school. He took a one-year leave of absence from his graduate school. In another attempt to make the Olympics, he made the national team again in 2012. Despite placing second on vault at the 2012 United States Olympic trials, he was not selected.