Michael Moran

Michael Moran (born June 27, 1976) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. He competed collegiately for the Temple Owls.

Early life and education Moran was born on June 27, 1976, in Hartford, Connecticut. He grew up in Windsor, Connecticut and started gymnastics at 5 years old. He trained under former Olympic gold medalist Tim Daggett at Tim Daggett's Gold Medal Gymnastics in Agawam, Massachusetts. He attended Windsor High School and graduated before a doing a post-graduate year at Loomis Chaffee School in 1995. He enrolled at Temple University to pursue gymnastics.

Gymnastics career In 1995, Moran placed first in the all-around at the First Summer Olympic Festival in Rio de Janeiro. Multiple surgeries resulted in Moran missing large portions of his early career. Under Temple coach Fred Turoff, Moran became a six-time conference champion and three-time All-America selection with the Owls. He retired from competition in 2000.

Awards and honors Moran was inducted into the Temple University Athletics Hall of Fame as part of the Class of 2023.