JESSEN David

Czech Republic

Artistic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 5 Dec 1996

Age: 24

Gender: Male

Height (m/ft): 1.75/5'8''

Place of birth: BRNO

Birth Country:

Czech Republic

Place of residence : ALLENTOWN, PA

Residence Country:

United States of America

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Gymnastics	Men's All-Around
	Men's Floor Exercise
	Men's Pommel Horse
	Men's Rings
	Men's Vault
	Men's Parallel Bars
	Men's Horizontal Bar

Schedule

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Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	FX	HB	PB	PH	SR	AA
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	70	35	62	68	64	47

World Championships

Year	Location	FX	HB	PB	PH	SR	AA
2019	Stuttgart, GER	103	37	111	28	136	52
2017	Montreal, QC, CAN	61	76	50	94	85	35
2015	Glasgow, GBR	105	74	55	46	138	50

European Championships

Year	Location	FX	HB	PB	PH	SR	AA	Team
2021	Basel, SUI	37	16	40	15	60	18	-
2020	Mersin, TUR	16	10	15	29	-	-	7

World Cup overview - Best rank per season and event since 2017

Year	HB	PH
2019/2020	1 x 14th	1 x 38th

World Cup - Ten best performances since 2017

Rank	Year	Event	Location	Result
14	2019/2020	Horizontal Bar	Doha, QAT	13.533
38	2019/2020	Pommel Horse	Doha, QAT	11.666

Legend
FX - Floor Excercise, VT - Vault, HB - Horizontal Bar, PB - Parallel Bars, PH - Pommel Horse, SR - Rings, AA - Individual All-Around, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Nickname:

Dad ["My Stanford [University] gymnastics teammates gave it to me because I would always look out for them."] (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Hobbies:

Collecting coins, darts, tennis, listening to music, learning languages. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Occupation:

Student

Education:

Biology - Stanford University, United States of America

Family:

Partner Ashley

Languages spoken:

Czech, English, Spanish

Club name:

Sokol Brno I [Czech Republic]

Coach:

Petr Hedbavny [club, national], CZE

Sporting relatives:

His mother Hana Ricna-Jessen competed in artistic gymnastics for Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul, while his father Lorin Jessen has served as a gymnastics coach. His sister Sandra has competed in gymnastics at international level. (Parkettes National Gymnastics Facebook page, 01 Jun 2019; thesundevils.com, 01 Jan 2019; denik.cz, 04 Jun 2015; baku2015.com, 30 Apr 2015; SportsDeskOnline, 24 Jul 2021)

Debut:

2015 for Czech Republic, European Championships in Montpellier, France (sport.idnes.cz, 21 Apr 2015)

Injuries:

In 2018 he suffered a torn labrum and biceps tendon in his left shoulder that took him six months to recover from. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

National team:

2015 (sport.idnes.cz, 21 Apr 2015)

Start:

He took up the sport at age two in Florida, United States of America. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Reason:

His parents were gymnastics coaches. His mother competed in artistic gymnastics for Czechoslovakia at the 1988 Olympic Games in Seoul. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Ambition:

To attend medical school and become a doctor. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Memorable:

Competing in the all-around final at the 2020 European Championships in Basel, Switzerland. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Hero:

Japanese gymnast Kohei Uchimura, his mother. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Influence:

His mother Hana Ricna-Jessen. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Ritual:

He carries good luck elephant key chains with him to every competition. (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

Philosophy:

"Treat every training session and competition as if it were your last." (Athlete, 19 Jul 2021)

General Interest

General
RETIREMENT PLANS
He was a health care volunteer in the United States of America during the height of the COVID-19 pandemic, helping out in a testing centre. He would like to pursue a career or further health or medical studies after the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. He plans to retire from the sport after competing in Tokyo. "I think it will probably be better if I move on with my life." (idnes.cz, 25 Jun 2021)

REPRESENTING CZECH REPUBLIC
He was born in the Czech Republic but moved to the United States of America as a child with his family. Although he represented the United States of America as a junior, he later switched to compete for the Czech Republic. "I decided for myself that representing the Czech Republic would provide me a better opportunity to compete at international level." (intlgymnast.com, 15 Feb 2017; baku2015.com, 30 Apr 2015)

NAMED ELEMENT
He has an element named after him in the International Gymnastics Federation [FIG] Code of Points. First performed in international competition at the 2019 World Cup in Doha, Qatar, the pommel horse element includes a Direct Stokli A [DSA] with hop backward through handstand on the other end. (gostanford.com, 22 Apr 2020)

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Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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