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**All-American**
Collegiate Bests:
Floor Exercise: 15.850
Pommel Horse: 14.900
Still Rings: 14.800
Vault: 16.000
Parallel Bars: 14.600
High Bar: 15.100
All-Around: 85.750
As a Redshirt Junior in 2009: Played a key role in Stanford's national title, competing in five events at the NCAA Finals ... top finish at the NCAA Finals came in the floor exercise where he finished tied for eighth (15.500) ... competed in the NCAA Individuals in the floor exercise ... competed in all 13 meets for Stanford in 2009 ... earned a season best 16.000 on vault at the Pacific Coast Classic ... season best of 85.750 in the all-around came at the Stanford Open.
As a Redshirt Sophomore in 2008: An All-American in floor exercise and pommel horse ... competed in eight meets ... finished first in floor exercise on four occasions, with a 15.65 at the Stanford Open (1/26), a 15.75 against Nebraska (2/16), a 15.5 at Michigan (3/2), and a 15.85 against California (3/8) ... floor exercise score against California (3/8) was a personal and team season-best ... also achieved a personal season-best of 15.95 on vault against Cal ... took third on floor at the NCAA Qualifier.
As a Redshirt Freshman in 2007: Recorded a season-best score of 9.4 on floor exercise at both the NCAA Qualifier and Final ... also earned a 8.95 on vault at the NCAA Team Finals ... helped Stanford to a second place MPSF finish with a 9.35 on floor exercise and an 8.85 on the vault ... scored a season high 9.0 on vault against Michigan ... posted a season-best 8.65 on the horizontal bar at the Pacific Coast Classic.
As a Freshman in 2006: Redshirted.
High School: The 2005 Northern California club champion in all-around ... finished fourth in all-around at the 2005 Junior Olympic Nationals ... took fourth at the 2004 Visa U.S. Championships (14-15 age division) ... a four-time JO Academic All-American ... trained at the West Coast Gymnastics Academy.
Personal: Parents are Andrey and Tatiana Ter-Zakhariants ... majoring in economics with a minor in international relations.
Getting To Know Greg Ter-Zakhariants
| Born in: | |
| Major: | Economics |
| Nickname: | |
| The best thing about Stanford is: | Stanford really is a bubble, from which you can't escape, but in which you can find help with your problems (both school and life), professors that write the textbooks and are leaders in their fields, and a truly caring community. |
| My favorite place on campus is: | The Cactus Garden |
| Ten years from now I hope to be: | A billionaire |
| My favorite class at Stanford is: | Political Science 140C |
| Something people would be surprised to know about me: | I'm finally a U.S. Citizen |
| The place I would most like to visit is: | Timbuktu |
| My favorite pre-meet rituals are: | Eating sugar-covered fat snacks for breakfast |
| Stanford Men's Gymnastics will be fun to watch this year because: | We comprise a (racially) diverse group of nerds with a common goal |
| My greatest athletic moment was: | Earning All-American status on pommel horse while not actually being an American |
| The current or former Stanford athlete I most enjoy watching perform is: | Sho Nakamori |
| Since coming to Stanford, I have learned: | What's the best part. Of a joke; timing! |
| The best book I have ever read is: | Umberto Eco's Baudolino |
| Favorite food: | Pilmeni (a Russian twist on ravioli) |
| Least favorite food: | Guacamole-based foods |
| If I had to cook all of my meals, I'd probably survive on: | Banana-Nutella sandwiches |
| Favorite movie: | Analyze This |
| Favorite TV show: | Scooby Doo |
| Favorite actor: | Antonio Banderas |
| Favorite actress: | Catherine Zeta Jones |
| My ultimate ESPN SportsCenter highlight would be: | To be in a SportsCenter commercial |
| My favorite musical group/singer is: | The Wiggles |
| The best advice I've ever received was: | A soldier who doesn't want to become a general is a bad soldier |
| If I could invite three people from history to dinner, they would be: | Gilgamesh, Siddartha, and Moses |
| If I could bring anything from my hometown to Stanford it would be: | The water tower from downtown Campbell, Calif. |
| If I had one CD to listen to it would be: | Alexander Rozenbaum's "The Best Domestic and Coassack Songs" |