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American gymnast

Ray Sorensen

Full name

Raymond Stephen Sorensen

Born

(1922-05-12)May 12, 1922
Warren, Pennsylvania, U.S.

Died

December 17, 1974(1974-12-17) (aged 52)

Gymnastics career

Discipline

Men's artistic gymnastics

Country represented

College team

Penn State Nittany Lions

Medal record

Men's artistic gymnastics

Representing Penn State Nittany Lions

Event	1st	2nd	3rd
NCAA Championships	3	0	0
Total	3	0	0

NCAA Championships

Team

All-around

Parallel bars

Raymond Stephen Sorensen (May 12, 1922 – December 17, 1974) was an American gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in eight events at the 1948 Summer Olympics.

Sorensen died in a motorcycle accident on December 17, 1974.

References

Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Ray Sorensen Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 22, 2019.
"Raymond Sorensen". The Arizona Republic. Gannett. December 19, 1974. p. 46. Retrieved January 12, 2020 – via Newspapers.com.

External links

Ray Sorensen at Olympics.com
Ray Sorensen at Olympedia

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1948 USA Olympic Gymnastics Team

Men's artistic gymnastics athletes

Team	William Bonsall Louis Bordo Frank Cumiskey Vincent D'Autorio Joe Kotys Bill Roetzheim Ed Scrobe Ray Sorenson

Women's artistic gymnastics athletes

Team	Ladislava Bakanic Marian Barone Dorothy Dalton Meta Elste-Neumann Consetta Caruccio-Lenz Helen Schifano Clara Schroth Anita Simonis

Coaches

Gene Wettstone (Men's head coach)
George Gulack (Men's manager)
George Miele (Women's coach)
Joseph Salzman (Women's coach)

NCAA Championships for Ray Sorensen

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NCAA Gymnastics Championships – Men's Individual All-Around

1938: Joe Giallombardo (Illinois)
1939: Joe Giallombardo (Illinois)
1940: Paul Fina (Illinois)
1940 Joe Giallombardo (Illinois)
1941: Courtney Shanken (Chicago)
1942: Newt Loken (Minnesota)
1948: Ray Sorensen (Penn State)
1949: Joe Kotys (Kent State)
1950: Joe Kotys (Kent State)
1951: Bill Roetzheim (Florida State)
1952: Jack Beckner (USC)
1953: Jean Cronstedt (Penn State)
1954: Jean Cronstedt (Penn State)
1955: Karl Schwenzfeier (Penn State)
1956: Don Tonry (Illinois)
1957: Armando Vega (Penn State)
1958: Abie Grossfeld (Illinois)
1959: Armando Vega (Penn State)
1960: Jay Werner (Penn State)
1961: Gregor Weiss (Penn State)
1962: Robert Lynn (USC)
1963: Gil Larose (Michigan)
1964: Ronald Barak (USC)
1965: Mike Jacobson (Penn State)
1966: Steve Cohen (Penn State)
1967: Steve Cohen (Penn State)
1968: Makoto Sakamoto (USC)
1969: Mauno Nissinen (Washington)
1970: Yoshi Hayasaki (Washington)
1971: Yoshi Hayasaki (Washington)
1972: Steve Hug (Stanford)
1973: Steve Hug (Stanford)
1975 Marshall Avener (Penn State)
1974: Steve Hug (Stanford)
1975: Wayne Young (BYU)
1976: Peter Kormann (S. Conn. State)
1977: Kurt Thomas (Indiana State)
1978: Bart Conner (Oklahoma)
1979: Kurt Thomas (Indiana State)
1980: Jim Hartung (Nebraska)
1981: Jim Hartung (Nebraska)
1982: Peter Vidmar (UCLA)
1983: Peter Vidmar (UCLA)
1984: Mitch Gaylord (UCLA)
1985: Wes Suter (Nebraska)
1986: Jon Louis (Stanford)
1987: Tom Schlesinger (Nebraska)
1988: Miguel Rubio (Houston Baptist)
1989: Patrick Kirksey (Nebraska)
1990: Mike Racanelli (Ohio State)
1991: John Roethlisberger (Minnesota)
1992: John Roethlisberger (Minnesota)
1993: John Roethlisberger (Minnesota)
1994: Dennis Harrison (Nebraska)
1995: Richard Grace (Nebraska)
1996: Blaine Wilson (Ohio State)
1997: Blaine Wilson (Ohio State)
1998: Travis Romagnoli (Illinois)
1999: Jason Hardabura (Nebraska)
2000: Jamie Natalie (Ohio State)
2001: Jamie Natalie (Ohio State)
2002: Raj Bhavsar (Ohio State)
2003: Daniel Furney (Oklahoma)
2004: Luis Vargas (Penn State)
2005: Luis Vargas (Penn State)
2006: Jonathan Horton (Oklahoma)
2007: Taqiy Abdullah-Simmons (Oklahoma)
2008: Casey Sandy (Penn State)
2009: Steven Legendre (Oklahoma)
2010: Chris Cameron (Michigan)
2011: Sam Mikulak (Michigan)
2012: Jake Dalton (Oklahoma)
2013: Sam Mikulak (Michigan)
2014: Sam Mikulak (Michigan)
2015: Akash Modi (Stanford)
2016: Yul Moldauer (Oklahoma)
2017: Akash Modi (Stanford)
2018: Yul Moldauer (Oklahoma)
2019: Brody Malone (Stanford)
2021: Brody Malone (Stanford)
2022: Paul Juda (Michigan)
2023: Fred Richard (Michigan)
2024: Khoi Young (Stanford)

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NCAA Gymnastics Championships – Men's Parallel Bars

1938: Erwin Beyer (Chicago)
1939: Erwin Beyer (Chicago)
1940: Bob Hanning (Minnesota)
1941: Caton Cobb (Illinois)
1942: Hal Zimmerman (Penn State)
1948: Ray Sorensen (Penn State)
1949: Joe Kotys (Kent State)
1949 Mel Stout (Michigan State)
1950: Joe Kotys (Kent State)
1951: Jack Beckner (USC)
1952: Jack Beckner (USC)
1953: Jean Cronstedt (Penn State)
1954: Jean Cronstedt (Penn State)
1955: Carlton Rintz (Michigan State)
1956: Armando Vega (Penn State)
1957: Armando Vega (Penn State)
1958: Ted Muzyczko (Michigan State)
1959: Armando Vega (Penn State)
1960: Robert Lynn (USC)
1961: Jeff Cardinalli (Springfield)
1961 Fred Tijerina (S. Illinois)
1962: Robert Lynn (USC)
1963: Arno Lascari (Michigan)
1964: Ronald Barak (USC)
1965: Jim Curzi (Michigan State)
1966: Jim Curzi (Michigan State)
1967: Makoto Sakamoto (USC)
1968: Makoto Sakamoto (USC)
1969: Ron Rapper (Michigan)
1970: Ron Rapper (Michigan)
1971: Tom Dunn (Penn State)
1971 Brent Simmons (Iowa State)
1972: Dennis Mazur (Iowa State)
1973: Steve Hug (Stanford)
1974: Steve Hug (Stanford)
1975: Yoichi Tomita (Long Beach State)
1976: Gene Whelan (Penn State)
1977: Kurt Thomas (Indiana State)
1978: John Corritore (Michigan)
1979: Kurt Thomas (Indiana State)
1980: Phil Cahoy (Nebraska)
1981: Phil Cahoy (Nebraska)
1981 Jim Hartung (Nebraska)
1981 Peter Vidmar (UCLA)
1982: Jim Hartung (Nebraska)
1983: Scott Johnson (Nebraska)
1984: Tim Daggett (UCLA)
1985: Dan Hayden (Arizona State)
1985 Noah Riskin (Ohio State)
1985 Seth Riskin (Ohio State)
1986: Dan Hayden (Arizona State)
1987: Kevin Davis (Nebraska)
1988 Tom Schlesinger (Nebraska)
1988: Kevin Davis (Nebraska)
1989: Vacated
1990: Patrick Kirksey (Nebraska)
1991: Scott Keswick (UCLA)
1991 John Roethlisberger (Minnesota)
1992: Dominick Minicucci (Temple)
1993: Jair Lynch (Stanford)
1994: Richard Grace (Nebraska)
1995: Richard Grace (Nebraska)
1996: Jamie Ellis (Stanford)
1996 Blaine Wilson (Ohio State)
1997: Marshall Nelson (Nebraska)
1998: Marshall Nelson (Nebraska)
1999: Justin Toman (Michigan)
2000: Justin Toman (Michigan)
2000 Kris Zimmerman (Michigan)
2001: Raj Bhavsar (Ohio State)
2002: Cody Moore (California)
2003: Daniel Furney (Oklahoma)
2004: Ramon Jackson (William & Mary)
2005: Justin Spring (Illinois)
2006: Dylan Carney (Stanford)
2006 Justin Spring (Illinois)
2007: Tim McNeill (California)
2008: Tim McNeill (California)
2009: Paul Ruggeri (Illinois)
2010: Ryan Lieberman (Stanford)
2011: Tyler Mizoguchi (Illinois)
2012: Jake Dalton (Oklahoma)
2013: Sam Mikulak (Michigan)
2014: Sam Mikulak (Michigan)
2015: Brian Knott (Stanford)
2016: Akash Modi (Stanford)
2017: Akash Modi (Stanford)
2018: Yul Moldauer (Oklahoma)
2019: Shane Wiskus (Minnesota)
2021: Shane Wiskus (Minnesota)
2022: Curran Phillips (Stanford)
2023: Fred Richard (Michigan)
2024: Asher Hong (Stanford)

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