Horton on The Oprah Winfrey Show

Sept. 7, 2008

CHICAGO - Former Oklahoma gymnast Jonathan Horton and the U.S. men's gymnastics team will appear on the season premiere of the "The Oprah Winfrey Show," along with many of America's top Olympic athletes, including gold medalists Michael Phelps, Nastia Liukin and Kobe Bryant on Monday September 8 at 4:00 p.m. (CT). (Cox Channel 8, KOCO in the Oklahoma City Metro area and Cox Channel 6, KOTV in the Tulsa Metro area).

The show's Olympic celebration special will be televised from Chicago's Millennium Park and will welcome home 150 U.S. Olympic athletes.

At the 2008 Summer Olympics last month in Beijing, China, the 22-year old Houston, Texas, native won the silver medal in the men's high bar finals and he and the U.S. men's gymnastics team won the bronze medal in the team finals finishing just behind, Japan, the silver medalist, and host country China, the gold medalist.

Horton is the 2008 U.S. all-around silver medalist and he finished fourth in the all-around at the 2007 World Championships, becoming just the fifth U.S. man to finish in the top four in the all-around at an Olympic Games or a World Championships.

Horton completed his outstanding collegiate career at the University of Oklahoma with 18 All-America honors and six individual national titles, while helping the Sooners win three NCAA National Championships during his four years in Norman.

Horton is the second gymnast in school history to be selected to the U.S. Olympic Team and first since two-time gold medalist Bart Conner competed in the 1976, 1980, and 1984 Olympic Games.

University of Oklahoma Athletics

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