Chris Brooks (gymnast)

Chris Brooks
Brooks at the 2016 Summer Olympics
Personal information
Full nameChristopher Dean Brooks
Nickname(s)Hulk
Born (1986-12-19) December 19, 1986
Houston, Texas, U.S.
Height5 ft 8 in (173 cm)
Spouse
(m. 2023)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineMen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
United States
(2009–2017)
College teamOklahoma Sooners
GymUSOTC
Team Hilton HHonors
Cypress Academy
Former coach(es)Mark Williams
RetiredAugust 16, 2017
Medal record
Men's artistic gymnastics
Representing  United States
Event 1st 2nd 3rd
Pacific Rim Championships 5 1 0
Total 5 1 0
Pacific Rim Championships
2012 EverettTeam
2012 EverettAll-around
2012 EverettRings
2012 EverettHorizontal bar
2014 RichmondTeam
2012 EverettPommel horse
Coaching career
Current position
TitleAssistant coach
TeamArkansas Razorbacks
ConferenceSoutheastern Conference
Coaching career (HC unless noted)
2017Nebraska women's (Assistant coach)
2018Oklahoma men's (Assistant coach)
2019–presentArkansas women's (Assistant coach)

Christopher Dean Brooks (born December 19, 1986, in Houston, Texas) is a retired American gymnast who represented the United States at the 2016 Summer Olympic Games. He is now assistant coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks NCAA gymnastics team. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won four gold medals at the 2012 Pacific Rim Championships. He has trained alongside Olympic and World Championships medalist Jonathan Horton as a junior, college, and senior elite gymnast. On August 17, 2017, he announced his retirement from artistic gymnastics.