Background
Wilson was born Columbus, Ohio.
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Wilson also finished fourth at the 1999 World Championships.
Career
He comes from a sports-minded family and is named after baseball great Rod Carew and former Dallas Cowboys guard Blaine Nye. Wilson"s father started him in gymnastics at age four because he was so energetic. Both teams placed fifth.
In 1995, at his first World Championships competition, he was the highest United States. all-around finisher (25th).
Months later, at the 2004 Visa American Cup, Wilson tore his left biceps tendon, and vowed to return for the 2004 Olympic Games. His hard work and determination earned him a spot on the men"s Olympic Team, and in Athens the team battled for a silver medal victory.
Wilson married professional volleyball player Makare Desilets on March 28, 2001, whom he met at the Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. They celebrated the birth of their first living child, a daughter, Wakaya, on October
4, 2002, after suffering the loss of a son.
Wilson married rhythmic gymnast Aliane Baquerot. Blaine and Aliane had a son named Jackson in August 2009. On May 22, 2008, during the first night of competition at the Men"s United States of America Championships, Wilson announced his retirement from the sport of gymnastics.
Blaine currently resides in Columbus.
Achievements
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He won his first national title at the 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships. Wilson competed in college for Ohio State University, where he was coached by 1976 bronze-medal winner Peter Kormann. In 1997, Wilson won the 1997 Big Ten Athlete of the Year award as well as the Nissen Award (the "Heisman" of men"s gymnastics). Wilson won his first World Championships medal at the 2003 Worlds when he helped the team to a silver-medal finish. Wilson was the first man to win five consecutive national titles since United States of America Gymnastics was named the sport"s National Governing Body, and the third man to win five consecutive United States. all-around titles (or more) in gymnastics history.
Membership
Before the 2004 Olympics, Wilson was also a member of the 2000 and 1996 Olympic Teams.
