HOUSTON – In late February of 2020, roughly one year ago, Grant Breckenridge earned a spot on the U.S. Senior National Team.
“I think we’ve got a really strong team, and hopefully people have been able to get some training in during this quarantine,” he said.
Breckenridge has been training in Houston. That is a long way from Illinois, his home state. It is also a long way from California, where he went to college (Stanford).
“I went through, I think, four gyms in the span of a month?” said Breckenridge. “Just trying to find somewhere where I could get in consistently and get good coaching and good training.”
Luckily, Grant Breckenridge is not a novice. He may be just 23 years old, but he has been involved in gymnastics since the age of two.
“It was a progression. Around middle school is when it really started to get serious hours,” he said. “I was seven when we watched the Olympics on TV. I remember watching Paul Hamm winning. And so, ever since that, I thought, I want to be on TV like that.”
That is one of his goals. It is not, however, his only goal.
“Definitely a goal of mine to increase exposure for the sport because I’ve been doing this for 21 years,” smiles Breckenridge. “I love the sport. I want to see more people getting into it.”
By the way, the interview with Breckenridge was conducted by Ryan Burrow for his “Quest For Gold” podcast. You can see this and all of Ryan’s interviews at WGNradio.com.
