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At the 2012 Visa Championships, Brooks finished in a tie for fifth, making the US National Team and advancing to the Olympic Trials. His top event finishes came on rings (6th) and parallel bars (3rd tie).

At the 2012 Winter Cup, Chris placed 3rd on high bar, 4th on rings, and 5th AA. Chris was chosen as alternate for the 2012 American Cup. At the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships, Chris won the AA, still rings, and high bar, placed 2nd on pommel horse, 4th on floor, and 5th on parallel bars. Team USA also won gold.

At the beginning of 2011, Chris was chosen to be a member of the Team Hilton HHonors which is a team of male gymnasts who are sponsored by Hilton Worldwide. At the 2011 Visa Championships, Chris placed 2nd on High Bar, 3rd on Parallel Bars, 7th on Rings, 8th on Pommel Horse and 4th in the All Around. Chris was chosen as the alternate for the US Men's World Team that competed in Tokyo, Japan.

Before attending Oklahoma, Chris was a standout club gymnast. He was coached by Bill Foster at Houston North Gymnastics and spent four years on U.S. Junior National Team (1999-2001, 2003-05). He was a Vault finalist at the 2004 Winter Cup, tied for first in the all-around and won the vault, parallel bars and high bar at 2003 Junior Nationals, finished first on the high bar at the 2003 U.S. Championships, and also finished first on the high bar at the 2002 Junior Nationals and 2000 Junior Nationals. ]]> http://c0179261.cdn.cloudfiles.rackspacecloud.com/730611_z5bIRCyUbivvdh6my46J_m.jpg http://www.gymnastike.org/rss/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks en-us Tue, 21 May 2013 21:55:07 GMT Tue, 21 May 2013 21:55:07 GMT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/701237-Pro-Gymnastics-Challenge Thu, 21 Mar 2013 15:36:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/701237-Pro-Gymnastics-Challenge http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/686222-Chris-Brooks-on-Olympics-DSB-and-2016 Sat, 26 Jan 2013 23:23:00 CST http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/686222-Chris-Brooks-on-Olympics-DSB-and-2016 http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/646715-Not-Quite-Twenty-Questions-with-Chris-Brooks Mon, 09 Jul 2012 09:01:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/646715-Not-Quite-Twenty-Questions-with-Chris-Brooks http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/645686-Music-legend-Kenny-Loggins-on-performing-for-Team-USA-and-his-childhood-attempts-at-some-Danger-Zone-backyard-gymnastics
Kick off your Sunday shoes and catch Kenny live on his nationwide tour this summer. Tour schedule: http://www.kennyloggins.com/tour.php.]]> Tue, 03 Jul 2012 00:15:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/645686-Music-legend-Kenny-Loggins-on-performing-for-Team-USA-and-his-childhood-attempts-at-some-Danger-Zone-backyard-gymnastics http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/644963-Behind-the-Scenes-of-Olympic-Trials-Podium-Training Thu, 28 Jun 2012 22:45:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/644963-Behind-the-Scenes-of-Olympic-Trials-Podium-Training http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/641856-Chris-Brooks-The-Hulk-of-Team-USA
Click here to watch Brooks' big vault and celebration]]> Fri, 15 Jun 2012 15:48:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/641856-Chris-Brooks-The-Hulk-of-Team-USA http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/640274-Chris-Brooks-on-Pommels-and-Piked-Double-Fronts Thu, 07 Jun 2012 22:40:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/640274-Chris-Brooks-on-Pommels-and-Piked-Double-Fronts http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/640150-Chris-Brooks-on-his-Latest-Car-and-a-Big-New-Vault Thu, 07 Jun 2012 00:57:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/640150-Chris-Brooks-on-his-Latest-Car-and-a-Big-New-Vault http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/639992-Cypress-Chris-Brooks Wed, 06 Jun 2012 14:55:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/639992-Cypress-Chris-Brooks http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/615778-American-Cup-alternate-Chris-Brooks-on-his-6-for-6-performance Sat, 03 Mar 2012 16:40:00 CST http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/615778-American-Cup-alternate-Chris-Brooks-on-his-6-for-6-performance http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/596659-Super-Bowl-Predictions-from-Team-USAs-Winter-Cup-Gymnasts Sun, 05 Feb 2012 13:03:00 CST http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/596659-Super-Bowl-Predictions-from-Team-USAs-Winter-Cup-Gymnasts http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/593516-Chris-Brooks-Leads-the-2012-Winter-Cup-All-Around-after-session-1-of-2 Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:38:00 CST http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/593516-Chris-Brooks-Leads-the-2012-Winter-Cup-All-Around-after-session-1-of-2 http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/593508-Cypress-Chris-Brooks Thu, 02 Feb 2012 18:17:00 CST http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/593508-Cypress-Chris-Brooks http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/509113-The-Alternates-Perspective-Chris-Brooks-of-Team-USA Wed, 05 Oct 2011 00:22:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/509113-The-Alternates-Perspective-Chris-Brooks-of-Team-USA http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/507909-USA-Mens-World-Teleconference-OU-Teammates-and-the-Newcomers The 2011 USA Men's World Team is:
Danell Leyva, Jonathan Horton, Jake Dalton, Steven Legendre, Alexander Naddour, John Orozco, and the alternate is Chris Brooks.]]> Wed, 28 Sep 2011 01:32:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/507909-USA-Mens-World-Teleconference-OU-Teammates-and-the-Newcomers http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/507481-USA-Mens-World-Team-Team-Gold-is-Our-Goal Danell Leyva, Jonathan Horton, John Orozco, Steven Legendre, Jake Dalton, Alex Naddour, and the alternate is Chris Brooks.]]> Thu, 22 Sep 2011 11:51:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/507481-USA-Mens-World-Team-Team-Gold-is-Our-Goal http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/505804-EVOLUTION-Chris-Brooks-vs-Danell-Leyva Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:56:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/505804-EVOLUTION-Chris-Brooks-vs-Danell-Leyva http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/505803-J-Bieger-Jessica-Gil-and-Chris-Brooks Sat, 03 Sep 2011 19:55:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/505803-J-Bieger-Jessica-Gil-and-Chris-Brooks http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/505588-Evolution-Competition-Brooks-vs-Leyva-on-Parallel-Bars Thu, 01 Sep 2011 16:05:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/505588-Evolution-Competition-Brooks-vs-Leyva-on-Parallel-Bars http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/505582-Evolution-Competition-Chris-Brooks-to-Win Thu, 01 Sep 2011 15:02:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/505582-Evolution-Competition-Chris-Brooks-to-Win http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/504224-Chris-Brooks-after-Day-2-of-Mens-Competition-at-the-2011-Visa-Championships Sat, 20 Aug 2011 00:53:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/504224-Chris-Brooks-after-Day-2-of-Mens-Competition-at-the-2011-Visa-Championships http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/504014-Chris-Brooks-on-his-Lucky-Shirt-and-Sitting-in-5th-After-Day-1 Wed, 17 Aug 2011 22:26:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/504014-Chris-Brooks-on-his-Lucky-Shirt-and-Sitting-in-5th-After-Day-1 http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/503882-2010-Worlds-Team-Member-Chris-Brooks-back-from-injury-chris-brooks Tue, 16 Aug 2011 12:20:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/503882-2010-Worlds-Team-Member-Chris-Brooks-back-from-injury-chris-brooks http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/487192-Chris-P-bars Wed, 27 Apr 2011 20:58:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/487192-Chris-P-bars http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/475869-Brooks-HB Thu, 10 Mar 2011 09:59:14 CST http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/475869-Brooks-HB http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/405276-Flashback-Friday-2010-Year-in-Video Fri, 31 Dec 2010 13:33:00 CST http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/405276-Flashback-Friday-2010-Year-in-Video http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/361627-Chris-Brooks-of-USA-after-Closing-Out-His-1st-World-Championships-with-6th-Place-in-the-High-Bar-Final Sun, 24 Oct 2010 12:48:54 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/361627-Chris-Brooks-of-USA-after-Closing-Out-His-1st-World-Championships-with-6th-Place-in-the-High-Bar-Final http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/360602-Chris-Brooks-of-USA-after-competing-All-Around-in-Worlds-Prelims Mon, 18 Oct 2010 15:56:15 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/360602-Chris-Brooks-of-USA-after-competing-All-Around-in-Worlds-Prelims http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/359722-USA-Chris-Brooks-stick Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:35:00 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/359722-USA-Chris-Brooks-stick http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/359716-USA-Chris-Brooks Thu, 14 Oct 2010 20:22:23 CDT http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/2447-Chris-Brooks/video/359716-USA-Chris-Brooks