Jonathan horton bio
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Contact Information
- jhorton@
- Zeis Hall
Dr. Horton's research focuses on plant physiological ecology, especially the response of plants to abiotic and biotic stressors. His research has taken him from the southern Appalachian Mountains to the Sonoran Desert and back again. Most recently, Dr. Horton has been collaborating with scientists from Appalachian State University, Warren efternamn College, and Western Carolina University investigating the effects of climate change, disturbance, and fire on forest ecosystems in the Southern Appalachians. He has collaborated with colleagues in the Biology Department on the conservation biology or rare and threatened plants. He is also collaborating with colleagues at the U.S. Forest Service and U.S. Park Service to investigate the health of forest trees in response to non-native insekt invasions and novel silvicultural practices. Additionally, his research investigates the characteristics that make invasive species successful and the int
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Jonathan Horton
Job
Former Olympic Gymnast
Jonathan Alan Horton is a former U.S. Olympic Gymnast.
During his Olympic career, he has won one bronze medal during the men's all-around team, and a silver medal for the horizontal bar, which both took place in the Beijing Olympic Games. He would later compete on American Ninja Warrior, where most people recognizes him as the best ninja to never make it to the National Finals.
American Ninja Warrior 6[]
Horton had first competed in Dallas in American Ninja Warrior 6, where he unfortunately failed the Ring Toss in qualifying, which didn’t get him into the top
American Ninja Warrior 7[]
Horton returned to compete in Houston in American Ninja Warrior 7. It was revealed that he had to participate via the walk-on line. He was eventually selected to run in Houston.
In qualifying, he was able to finish the qualifying course this time around, and even made history as the shortest man to scale the Warped Wall, at 5'1. In the cit
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Jonathan Horton
12/31/
Program:
Men's Artistic
Level:
Senior
Current Residence:
Cypress, TX
Club:
Cypress Academy of Gymnastics
Head Coach:
Tom Meadows
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Career Highlights
- Inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in
- U.S. parallel bars silver medalist
- Olympic team member. Competed in high bar finals.
- U.S. still rings champion and high bar bronze medalist
- World Championships Team bronze medalist
- Three-time American Cup all-around champion - , ,
- World all-around bronze medalist
- Two-time U.S. all-around champions - ,
- U.S. still rings and high bar (tie) champion
- Olympic horizontal bar silver medalist and team bronze medalist
- USA Gymnastics Men's Athlete of the Year
- NCAA Nissen-Emery Award winner
- , World Championships Team member
- NCAA all-around champion
- Holds Oklahoma records for career All-America honors (18) and career NCAA individual titles (six)
- Won three NCAA team titles with Oklahoma (, )