The Justin Spring Story | EP 155

In 2008 at the Beijing Olympic Games, Justin Spring was part of the USA men's artistic gymnastics team that won the bronze medal in the team event. Justin's journey to becoming an Olympian in 2008 was anything but straight forward and in 2007 whilst performing a triple twist on the vaulting table at the US National championships, he tore his anterior cruciate ligament. After a challenging rehabilitation process he successfully qualified for the American team that went on to finish on the medal podium in China against all odds. Throughout his competitive collegiate career Justin represented the University of Illinois winning multiple National titles. Following his retirement as a professional athlete, Justin returned to Illinois to become the head coach of the men's gymnastics program where in 2012 he led the team to an NCAA National championship title. In recent years he has decided to turn his attention to the sport of Women's gymnastics and he is now the head associate coach of the Alabama college gymnastics team who are currently sit third in the season standings. Justin's gymnastics was incredibly unique and his appetite for risk is something that was encourage in him by his father Sherwood C. Spring who logged 165 hours in space as a NASA astronaut. And this is his story.