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2006 Season (Junior): Competed primarily on the still rings for the Cardinal, as well as the vault, parallel bars and high bar ... Posted career-bests of 8.8 on the vault, 8.625 on the parallel bars and 8.9 on the still rings at the Stanford Open ... Also notched an 8.85 on the still rings at home versus Michigan ... 2006 MPSF Academic All-Conference.
2005 Season (Sophomore): Competed in the floor exercise, still rings and vault for the Cardinal ... Posted a season-best 8.65 on the still rings at the Cardinal Open ... Recorded season bests in the floor exercise (7.85) and the vault (8.85) at the Peter Vidmar Invitational.
2004 Season (Freshman): Competed on rings and vault during the regular season ... Posted a season-high mark on vault at California with an 8.700 ... Posted his best rings score of the year against Oklahoma with an 8.650.
In High School: A four-time Academic All-American (2000-03) ... Also a four-time participant in the Junior Olympic National Championships.
Career Bests:
Floor Exercise - 7.85
Still Rings - 8.9
Vault - 8.85
Parallel bars - 8.625
High Bar - 7.25
| Parents: | Charles and Rebecca Goldman |
| Major: | Biology |
| Nickname: | Hammer (short for "The Hebrew Hammer") |
| The best thing about Stanford is: | It is beautiful |
| My favorite place on campus is: | The Medieval Reading Room in Green Library |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | A successful physician (oncologist) |
| My favorite class at Stanford: | Cancer and the Immune System |
| Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I read War and Peace in 5.5 hours |
| The place I would most like to visit: | Timbuktu |
| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: | Mushroom Clap |
| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | We are going to win, and that is that. |
| My greatest athletic moment was: | Catching my first reverse hect |
| The athlete I admire most: | Ivan Ivankov |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoying watching perform: | Bryn Kehoe (Stanford Women's Volleyball) |
| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | So much. It is ridiculous. |
| Best book I have ever read: | Ender's Game |
| Favorite food: | Steak |
| Least favorite food: | Vegetables |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Scrambled eggs |
| Favorite movie: | The Graduate |
| Favorite TV show: | Arrested Development and Entourage |
| Favorite actor: | Al Pacino |
| Favorite actress: | Gwyneth Paltrow in Great Expectations or Audrey Hepburn in anything |
| My ultimate SportsCenter highlight would be: | Catching my first reverse hect |
| My favorite musical group: | Death Cab For Cutie |
| The best advice I ever received was: | Always keep "the cool." - My dad's version of "don't cry over spilt milk" |
| If I could invite three people to dinner in history, they would be: | Woody Allen, Peter Derman, and John Belushi |
| I'd like to switch places for a day with: | The Queen of England |
| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | My family |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | "Calendar Days" by The Rocket Summer |
Last Updated: 12/27/06