David Jacobs (gymnast)
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 Jacobs and Judy Wills in 1968 | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | March 2, 1942 Sheboygan, Wisconsin, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Trampoline gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||
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David Jacobs (born March 3, 1942) is a retired American trampoline gymnast. During the 1960s, he won several top-level trampolining medals.
Life and career[]
Jacobs was born in Sheboygan, Wisconsin, to Careta (née Aschenbach) and her husband. The family moved to Amarillo, Texas, in 1957, and moved back to Sheboygan in 1965. While a sophomore, he joined Nard's trampoline club in Texas.[1]
In 1964, he competed at the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) championships and finished third. While there, he began a working relationship with .[1]
Jacobs was a student at the University of Michigan (U of M) during the 1960s. At the 1966 Trampoline World Championships (TWC), he won the synchronized trampoline title with fellow Michigan student .[2]
He is also known for his unintentional appearance on the reality TV series Impractical Jokers. In the 2019 episode "Irritable Vowel Syndrome", a 77-year-old Jacobs was shopping at a Fairway Market, when he met comedian Brian Quinn, who was performing a challenge for the show. Quinn started a conversation with Jacobs afterwards, where Jacobs said that he was a "superhuman athlete." The other members of the group then went up to Jacobs and pretended that they were fans and took a picture with him.[3]
References[]
- ^ a b "City-Born Tramp Star Holds All Major Titles". The Sheboygan Press. November 11, 1967. p. 16. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "U.S. Retains Tumbling Title". The Shreveport Journal. April 30, 1966. p. 5. Retrieved February 24, 2021.
- ^ "Q Meets A Living Legend". TruTV.com. Retrieved August 26, 2021.
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