Townsend was a member of the 2000 U.S. Olympic Team and a member of three World Championships teams (1999, 2001-02).
At the 2001 World Championships, he earned the gold medal on parallel bars, the first U.S. male to earn an individual gold medal since 1979, and helped his team bring home the silver medal.
A Sullivan Award finalist, Townsend captured four gold medals at the 2001 U.S. National Championships (all-around, floor exercise, parallel bars, and still rings). He won his second-straight U.S. parallel bars crown at the 2002 U.S. Championships and was a member of the men’s 2002 World Championships team.
Townsend served as a U.S. Men’s National Team member for 10 years. During his tenure, he represented the United States at numerous international competitions, which included appearing in five American Cup (1999, 2001-03, 2005) and five World Cup (1999, 2002, 2005-07) events.
Townsend clinched his first World Cup medal by capturing bronze on the floor exercise at the 1999 Paris World Cup, and he was the parallel bars silver medalist and still rings bronze medalist in 2001. Townsend added three additional World Cup medals (one silver and two bronze) to his resume in 2002. Additionally, he claimed parallel bars bronze at the 2006 Glasgow World Cup and placed second on the horizontal bar at the 2007 Paris World Cup. In total, Townsend garnered eight World Cup medals (three silver and five bronze).
At the 2001 World Championships, he earned the gold medal on parallel bars, the first U.S. male to earn an individual gold medal since 1979, and helped his team bring home the silver medal.
A Sullivan Award finalist, Townsend captured four gold medals at the 2001 U.S. National Championships (all-around, floor exercise, parallel bars, and still rings). He won his second-straight U.S. parallel bars crown at the 2002 U.S. Championships and was a member of the men’s 2002 World Championships team.
Townsend served as a U.S. Men’s National Team member for 10 years. During his tenure, he represented the United States at numerous international competitions, which included appearing in five American Cup (1999, 2001-03, 2005) and five World Cup (1999, 2002, 2005-07) events.
Townsend clinched his first World Cup medal by capturing bronze on the floor exercise at the 1999 Paris World Cup, and he was the parallel bars silver medalist and still rings bronze medalist in 2001. Townsend added three additional World Cup medals (one silver and two bronze) to his resume in 2002. Additionally, he claimed parallel bars bronze at the 2006 Glasgow World Cup and placed second on the horizontal bar at the 2007 Paris World Cup. In total, Townsend garnered eight World Cup medals (three silver and five bronze).
Townsend was a member of the 2001 World Championship Team that earned an unprecedented silver medal, and he received the first individual medal for the U.S. men since 1979 when he became the world parallel bars champion. Townsend was a Sullivan Award finalist in 2001.
2008 U.S. Olympic Team Trials - Gymnastics, Philadelphia, Pa. - 11th-AA, FX, PH, SR, VT, PB, HB2008 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 8th-HB2008 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 2nd-VT, PB2007 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-AA, PB; 4th-VT2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn. - 2nd-PB; 5th-AA2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind. - 4th-VT2005 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -2004 Visa Championships, Nashville, Tenn. - 3rd-SR; 5th-AA2004 Winter Cup, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-VT, HB; 2nd-AA; 3rd-PB2003 National Championships, Milwaukee, Wis. -2003 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -2002 U.S. Championships, Cleveland, Ohio - 1st-PB; 4th-SR; 5th-AA, FX(T)2002 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Colorado Springs, Colo. -2002 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-SR2001 National Championships, Philadelphia, Pa. - 1st-AA, FX, SR; 2nd-VT, PB2001 U.S. Men's Qualifier, Santa Barbara, Calif. -2001 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. -2000 Olympic Trials, Boston, Mass. - 3rd-AA2000 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo. - 2nd-AA, VT2000 Winter Cup Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-FX, VT, PB(T); 4th-AA1999 World Team Trials, Kansas City, Mo. - 4th-AA1999 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Sacramento, Calif. - 3rd-FX(T); 5th-AA
2008 USA vs Canada, Calgary, Albera, Canada - 1st-Team; 2nd-FX2007 Arthur Gander Memorial Competition, Morges, Switzerland - 2nd-PB2007 USA vs. UKR vs. RUS, Kiev, Ukraine - 3rd-Team2007 Internationaux de France - World Cup, Paris, France - 2nd-HB2006 World Cup, Glasgow, Scotland - 3rd-PB2005 World Cup, Paris, France - 5th-PB2005 American Cup, Long Island, N.Y. - 7th-HB2004 Stella Zakharova Cup, Kiev, Ukraine - 1st-Team; 2nd-PH(T), HB; 3rd-SR2003 Chunichi Cup, Nagoya, Japan - 3rd-FX2003 Visa American Cup, Fairfax, Va. - 2nd-SR; 3rd-PH, PB2003 Internationaux de France, Paris-Bercy, France - 8th-HB; 9th-SR2002 Individual Event World Championships, Debrecen, Hungary -2002 Li Ning Cup, Beijing, China - 3rd-PB2002 Sino-American Team Competition, Beijing, China -2002 Pacific Alliance Championships, Vancouver, B.C., Canada - 1st-Team; 3rd-SR; 4th-AA2002 Visa American Cup, Orlando, Fla. - 4th-AA2002 World Cup, Cottbus, Germany - 3rd-SR(T), 3rd-PB2001 Glasgow Grand Prix, Glasgow, Scotland - 2nd-PB; 4th-SR2001 World Championships, Ghent, Belgium - 1st-PB; 2nd-Team; 8th-AA2001 Goodwill Games, Brisbane, Australia -2001 World University Games, Beijing, China - 4th-AA2001 Pontiac American Team Cup, Honolulu, Hawaii - 1st-Team, AA2001 10th French Internationaux Competition, Paris, France - 2nd-PB; 3rd-SR2001 Visa American Cup, Orlando, Fla. - 1st-FX, PB; 2nd-AA, PH, HB(T); 3rd-SR2000 Olympic Games, Syndey, Australia - 5th-Team2000 Quantas International Challenge, Sydney, Australia - 6th-AA1999 Grand Prix Zurich, Zurich, Switzerland -1999 Pontiac International Team Championships, Richmond, Va. - 1st-Team; 2nd-PB1999 World Cup, Stuttgart, Germany -1999 World Championships, Tianjin, China - 6th-Team1999 World University Games, Palma Majorca, Spain - VT1999 American Cup, St. Petersburg, Fla. -1999 Ixemes International France Telecom, Paris-Bercy, France - 3rd-FX