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{{Short description|American gymnast (born 1962)}}
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| name               = Tim Daggett
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| caption            = Daggett in 1984
| full_name          = Timothy Patrick Daggett
| country            = [[United States men's national artistic gymnastics team|United States]]
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| birth_date         = {{Birth date and age|1962|05|22}}
| birth_place        = [[Springfield, Massachusetts]], U.S.
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| training           = 
| height             = 165 cm
| discipline         = MAG
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| collegeteam        = [[UCLA Bruins men's gymnastics|UCLA Bruins]]
| headcoach          = [[Art Shurlock]]
| assistcoach        = [[Makoto Sakamoto]]
| formercoach        = 
| eponymousskills    = Daggett (pommel horse)
| retired            = 1988
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| show-medals        = yes
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{{MedalSport|Men's [[artistic gymnastics]]}}
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|[[Pan American Games]]|2|0|1
| total = yes
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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]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Men's pommel horse|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's artistic team all-around|Team]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's pommel horse|Pommel horse]]}}
{{MedalBronze|[[1987 Pan American Games|1987 Indianapolis]]|[[Gymnastics at the 1987 Pan American Games – Men's artistic individual all-around|All-around]]}}
}}

'''Timothy Patrick Daggett''' (born May 22, 1962) is a former American [[gymnastics|gymnast]] and an Olympic gold medalist. He is a graduate of West Springfield High School and [[University of California, Los Angeles|UCLA]], who competed in the [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles Olympics]], along with [[Bart Conner]], [[Peter Vidmar]] and [[Mitch Gaylord]].<ref>{{cite web
  | author = UCLA History Project
  | title = This Month in History, July 28 – Aug. 12, 1984… The 23rd Olympiad
  | publisher = [[UC Regents]]
  | url = http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/fun/ThisMonth_AugOlympiad.asp
  | accessdate = January 28, 2007
  | archive-date = September 27, 2011
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20110927221107/http://www.uclahistoryproject.ucla.edu/fun/ThisMonth_AugOlympiad.asp
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref> There, Daggett scored a perfect 10 on the horizontal bar, assisting his team in winning a gold medal – the first for the U.S. men's gymnastics team in Olympic history.<ref>{{Cite news|url=http://nbcsportsgrouppressbox.com/bio/tim-daggett/|title=TIM DAGGETT|date=June 25, 2012|newspaper=NBC Sports Pressbox|language=en-US|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> In addition to team gold, he earned an individual [[bronze medal]] on the [[pommel horse]]. In 2005, he was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.usghof.org/files/bio/t_daggett/t_daggett.html|title=Biography: DAGGETT, Tim|website=www.usghof.org|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref>

==Personal life==
In West Springfield, Massachusetts, at the age of 10, Daggett began his future career in gymnastics by enrolling in the Parks and Recreation program. Advancing quickly, Daggett was invited by the local high school coach to train with his team.<ref name=":0">{{Cite news|url=http://gymnastics.about.com/od/famousgymnasts/p/TimDaggett.htm|title=Gymnast: Tim Daggett|newspaper=About.com Sports|access-date=January 18, 2017|archive-date=January 18, 2017|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118222729/http://gymnastics.about.com/od/famousgymnasts/p/TimDaggett.htm|url-status=dead}}</ref> While he was a college student at [[UCLA]], he competed in NCAA Division I gymnastics. He graduated from UCLA in 1986 with a degree in psychology.<ref name=":1">{{cite news |title=OLYMPICS; Olympic Profiles: Tim Daggett; Gymnast's Scars Spurring Him On |author=John Nielsen |url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/17/sports/olympics-olympic-profiles-tim-daggett-gymnast-s-scars-spurring-him-on.html|newspaper=The New York Times |date=April 17, 1988 |accessdate=April 17, 2013 }}</ref>

Daggett is married to Deanne (née Lazer), formerly a collegiate-level gymnast at Eastern Michigan University and now an M.D. practicing [[anesthesiology]]. Their children are Peter and Carlie Daggett. Tim named his son Peter after teammate Peter Vidmar. Peter's son Tim is named after Tim Daggett. They all currently live in East Longmeadow, Massachusetts.

==Medical history==
Daggett's ankles had historically been weak. In 1980, Daggett dislocated one ankle shortly after having the other rebuilt. For months in 1986, he was forced to recover from his two ankles again being rebuilt. Immediately following the recovery during training, his horizontal bar release ended with him landing on his neck.<ref>{{Cite news|url=https://www.nytimes.com/1988/04/17/sports/olympics-olympic-profiles-tim-daggett-gymnast-s-scars-spurring-him-on.html|title=OLYMPICS; Olympic Profiles: Tim Daggett; Gymnast's Scars Spurring Him On|last=Nielsen|first=John|date=April 17, 1988|newspaper=The New York Times|issn=0362-4331|access-date=January 18, 2017}}</ref> The result was a ruptured spinal disc, and left arm nerves were also damaged.<ref name=":0" /> Daggett, against doctor recommendations, ignored the proposed surgery, which would have ended his career, and caught mononucleosis following his recovery from the near-fatal landing. In Rotterdam, the 1987 world championships proved career-shattering for Daggett. On the vault, he snapped his tibia and fibula and severed one of his arteries following the impact from a pike Cuervo.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /> He underwent surgeries adding and removing supportive braces and pins to his left leg. He was under sedation from morphine in hospitals for three months.<ref name=":1" />

==Post-retirement career==
Since retiring from competitive gymnastics after the [[1988 Summer Olympics]] in [[Seoul]], Daggett has become a prominent television commentator, serving as the primary commentator for [[NBC]]'s gymnastics coverage at the [[Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]] in 
[[1992 Summer Olympics|Barcelona]], [[1996 Summer Olympics|Atlanta]], [[2000 Summer Olympics|Sydney]], [[2004 Summer Olympics|Athens]], [[2008 Summer Olympics|Beijing]], [[2012 Summer Olympics|London]], [[2016 Summer Olympics|Rio]], [[2020 Summer Olympics|Tokyo]], and [[2024 Summer Olympics|Paris]]. He has provided expert analysis alongside [[Elfi Schlegel]], [[Al Trautwig]], [[John Tesh]], [[Nastia Liukin]], [[John Roethlisberger]], [[Amanda Borden]], and [[Andrea Joyce]].

In addition to his broadcasting career, in 1990, Daggett founded Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics, a gymnastics facility in [[Agawam, Massachusetts]],<ref name=BBB>{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-19
|url=https://www.bbb.org/us/ma/agawam/profile/gymnastics-classes/tim-daggett-gold-medal-gymnastics-inc-0261-206632
|title=Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics, Inc.|publisher=Better Business Bureau®}}</ref>
which offered a range of programs for both recreational and competitive gymnasts. The facility featured Boys and Girls Team Programs, as well as classes for toddlers and young children. It also hosted open gym sessions for the public and offered a martial arts class.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://www.daggettgymnastics.com/|title=Daggett Gymnastics|website=www.daggettgymnastics.com|language=en
|access-date=January 18, 2017
|archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20170118225124/http://www.daggettgymnastics.com/|archivedate=2017-01-18}}</ref>  Daggett coached the competitive Boys Junior Olympic Team Program and helped develop multiple gymnasts who have achieved national championship titles and earned spots on national teams.<ref name=Doyle2013>{{Cite news |last=Doyle |first=Bill |date=February 27, 2013 |title=Tuning In: Tim Daggett makes gymnastics sound so simple |url=http://telegram.com/story/news/local/north/2013/02/28/tuning-in-tim-daggett-makes/49063654007/ |website=telegram.com |access-date=February 19, 2025}}</ref> As of 2022, the gymnastics facility is now called  Western Mass Gymnastics.<ref name=WMG>{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-19
|url=https://www.westernmassgym.com/about-western-mass-gymnastics|title=Western Mass Gymnastics|location=Agawam, Massachusetts}}</ref><ref name=Kornack2023>{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-19
|url=https://dailycollegian.com/2023/05/cheers-to-21-years-umass-club-gymnastics-celebrates-their-first-nationals-meet-after-hiatus/
|work=Daily Collegian |date=May 3, 2023 |first=Kalina |last=Kornack
|title=Cheers to 21 years: UMass club gymnastics celebrates their first Nationals meet after hiatus
|quote=Currently, the team is trying to donate a new pommel horse to Western Mass Gymnastics, owned by Darren Morace and former American Olympian gymnast Tim Daggett as they allow the team to use the facilities for free.}}</ref>

Additionally, Daggett organized and hosted the Tim Daggett National Invitational (TDNI), an annual gymnastics competition held every January at the Springfield MassMutual Center.<ref name=MyMeetScores>{{cite web|accessdate=2025-02-19
|url=https://www.mymeetscores.com/fullteam.pl?teamid=24089|title=Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics|publisher=My Meet Scores}}</ref>This prestigious event attracted gymnasts from across the country to compete at a high level, showcasing emerging talent in the sport.<ref name=":2" />

==Eponymous skills==
Daggett had one named element on the pommel horse, originally named in 1989, but removed from the code of points in 2000.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/pdf/mag_named_elements.pdf |title=Table of Named Elements Men's Artistic Gymnastics |date=December 2023 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref><ref name='magcop25'>{{Cite web |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20MAG%20CoP%202025-2028.pdf |title=Men's Artistic Gymnastics Code of Points 2025–2028 |date=July 3, 2024 |website=gymnastics.sport |access-date=August 13, 2024}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Gymnastics elements named after Tim Daggett
|-
!scope="col"| Apparatus
!scope="col"| Name
!scope="col"| Description
!scope="col"| Difficulty
!scope="col"| Added to Code of Points
|-
| Pommel horse
| '''''Conner'''''
| "Scissor bw. with 1/2 counter turn"
| align=center|Removed from CoP on December 31, 2000.
| align=center|1989
|}
{{notelist}}

==Gymnastics record==
[[File:Tim Daggett 1984.jpg|thumb|245px|Daggett in 1984]]

===U.S. Nationals===
* 1981 — 12th AA
* 1982 — 4th AA, 5th PH, 6th RG (tie), 6th PB,
* 1983 — 5th AA, 1st PH, 2nd HB
* 1984 — 4th AA, 5th FX, 1st PH, 2nd RG (tie), 1st PB (tie), 1st HB (tie)
* 1985 — 3rd AA, 2nd PH, 1st PB, 3rd FX
* 1986 — 1st AA, 6th PH, 3rd RG, 3rd V, 1st PB, 4th HB
* 1988 — 43rd AA (withdrew due to injury), 5th PH

===U.S. Olympic trials===
* 1984 — 3rd AA
* 1988 — 23rd AA (withdrew due to injury)

===World Championships===
* 1983 — 4th Team
* 1985 — 9th Team, 25th AA
* 1987 — 9th Team (During the vault, Daggett suffered shattered bones in his left leg in an unfortunate landing)

===Olympics===
* 1984 — 1st Team, 3rd PH, 4th HB (tie)

==References==
{{Reflist}}
*{{cite web
 |accessdate  = August 14, 2008
 |url         = http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/mag/daggett.htm
 |title       = What ever happened to Tim Daggett?
 |publisher   = GymnasticsGreats.com
 |url-status     = dead
 |archiveurl  = https://web.archive.org/web/20101111090332/http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/mag/daggett.htm
 |archivedate = November 11, 2010
}}

==External links==
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* {{cite web|accessdate=August 14, 2008
|url=http://www.daggettgymnastics.com/
|title=Tim Daggett Gold Medal Gymnastics}}
* {{cite web|accessdate=March 8, 2013
|url=http://www.usghof.org/files/bio/t_daggett/t_daggett.html
|title=Daggett, Tim
|publisher=U. S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame}}

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