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{{Short description|American gymnast (born 1961)}}
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| full_name          = Peter Glen Vidmar
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| birth_place        = [[Los Angeles]], [[California]], U.S.
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{{MedalCompetition|[[Summer Olympic Games|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic team all-around|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalSilver|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's artistic individual all-around|All-around]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1979 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1979 Fort Worth]]|Team}}
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'''Peter Glen Vidmar''' (born June 3, 1961, in [[Los Angeles]]) is an American [[gymnast]] and two-time Olympic gold medalist. He was a member of the [[United States men's national artistic gymnastics team]] and won gold in the team final and pommel horse, and silver in the individual all-around.<ref name="TrialsAndTriumphs1992">{{cite book |last1=Benson |first1=Lee |last2=Robinson |first2=Doug |date=1 Jan 1992 |title=Trials & Triumphs/Mormons in the Olympic Games |url=https://www.deseret.com/1992/7/19/18995352/trials-triumphs-isn-t-just-golly-gee-whiz-look-at-champs |publisher=[[Deseret Book Company]] |page=Foreword |location=Salt Lake City, UT |language=en |access-date=13 Oct 2023 }}</ref>

==Olympics==
At age 18, Vidmar was the youngest member of the U.S. team that won a bronze medal in the 1979 World Championships. He qualified for the 1980 Olympic team, but did not compete due to the U.S. Olympic Committee's [[1980 Summer Olympics boycott|boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics]] in Moscow, Russia. Vidmar was one of 461 athletes to receive a [[List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients|Congressional Gold Medal]].<ref>{{cite book| last1=Caroccioli| first1=Tom| last2=Caroccioli| first2=Jerry| title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games| year=2008| publisher=New Chapter Press| location=Highland Park, IL| isbn=978-0942257403| url=https://books.google.com/books?id=YGoNAQAAMAAJ&q=vidmar| pages=243–253| url-access=subscription}}</ref>

At the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Summer Olympic]] games in Los Angeles, Vidmar won gold medals in the men's all-around team competition and the pommel horse competition, and a silver medal in the men's all-around individual gymnastics competition. With three Olympic medals, he is one of three athletes inducted into the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame twice. He was inducted as an individual, then as a member of the 1984 U.S. men's gymnastics team.<ref>"[https://web.archive.org/web/20200417121704/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/vi/peter-vidmar-1.html Peter Vidmar]". [[Sports Reference]]</ref><ref>[https://wayback.archive-it.org/all/20131021192723/http://www.speakersoffice.com/pdf/PV%20Bio.pdf Peter Vidmar Biography] SpeakersOffice Inc.</ref>

==UCLA==
He is an alumnus of [[UCLA]].<ref>{{cite web |website=UCLA History Project |title=July 28, 1984: The 23rd Olympiad Begins |url = https://alumni.ucla.edu/ucla-history/ucla-history-22/ | access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref> In 1983, Vidmar won the [[Nissen Award]] (the "[[Heisman]]" of men's gymnastics).<ref>{{cite web| url=http://usagym.org/pages/home/college/nissenemery.html| website=USA Gymnastics| title=Nissen Emery Award| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120823021535/http://usagym.org/pages/home/college/nissenemery.html| archive-date=August 23, 2012| access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>

==Career==
Vidmar hosts the annual Peter Vidmar Men's Gymnastics Invitational at [[Brentwood School (Los Angeles)|Brentwood School]] in [[Los Angeles]]. He has been a gymnastics anchor for both [[CBS]] and [[ESPN]]. He is currently a motivational speaker as well as a co-chairman of the U.S. Olympic Committee Summer Sports Summit. In 1998 Vidmar was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]].<ref>{{cite web
 |title=Peter Vidmar 
 |website=International Gymnastics Hall of Fame 
 |url=http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_vidmar.html 
 |access-date=May 12, 2007 
 |url-status=dead 
 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20070504134245/http://www.ighof.com:80/honorees/honorees_vidmar.html 
 |archive-date=May 4, 2007 
 |df=mdy 
}}</ref>

==Personal life==
Vidmar and his wife, Donna, have five children.<ref>{{Cite web |date=2012-07-10 |title=Where Are They Now: Peter Vidmar |url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer/2012/espnw/story/_/id/8147512/peter-vidmar |access-date=2024-07-26 |website=ESPN.com |language=en}}</ref> He is a member of [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints]].<ref>{{cite news| last=Farmer| first=Molly| date=May 17, 2009| url=http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705304716/15-minutes-more-earns-success-Olympian-Peter-Vidmar-tells-LDS-singles.html| title=15 minutes more earns success, Olympian Peter Vidmar tells LDS singles| newspaper=Mormon Times| archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090519004931/http://www.deseretnews.com/article/705304716/15-minutes-more-earns-success-Olympian-Peter-Vidmar-tells-LDS-singles.html| archive-date=May 19, 2009| via=[[Deseret News]]}}</ref>

==2012 Olympics==
Vidmar was selected to be the [[Head of mission|chef de mission]] for the 2012 Olympics, where he would have represented all U.S. athletes and marched in the opening ceremonies. His selection drew criticism from LGBT activists and athletes, including Olympic figure skater [[Johnny Weir]], because in 2008 Vidmar donated money to and publicly campaigned for [[Proposition 8]] that banned same-sex couples from being married in California. Vidmar resigned his position to avoid his presence from being detrimental to the U.S. Olympics.<ref>Brennan, Christine (May 6, 2011) [https://web.archive.org/web/20131024025919/http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/2011-05-06-peter-vidmar-resignation_N.htm USOC official Peter Vidmar resigns after anti-gay marriage actions]. ''USA Today''.</ref><ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20131021192718/http://www.aroundtherings.com/articles/view.aspx?id=36940 Peter Vidmar Resigns as U.S. Chef de Mission]. ''[[Around the Rings]]'' (May 6, 2011).</ref>

==U.S. Gymnastics==
Vidmar was named chairman of the U.S. Gymnastics Board of Directors in December 2008.<ref>[http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/aboutus/pages/peter_vidmar.php Peter Vidmar] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20091002043716/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/aboutus/pages/peter_vidmar.php |date=October 2, 2009 }}. USA Gymnastics. Retrieved on August 4, 2014.</ref> He left his role at USA Gymnastics in December 2015 to serve as a [[mission president]] for the LDS Church in the Australia Melbourne Mission.<ref>{{cite news| title=Vidmar leaves USA Gymnastics for missionary posting| url=https://www.reuters.com/article/us-gymnastics-vidmar-idUSKBN0TU2U120151211| work=[[Reuters]]| date=December 11, 2015| access-date=August 9, 2020}}</ref>

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==External links==
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* {{Team USA Hall of Fame|new_id=peter-vidmar}}
* [https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/v/vidmar_peter.pdf Peter Vidmar] at [[USA Gymnastics]]
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110715070413/http://www.petervidmar.com/ |date=mdy |title=Official website}}
* [http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/men/vidmar.html List of competitive results at Gymn Forum]

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