Michael Rodrigues

Career

At the 2009 Acro Cup in Albershausen, Germany, the pair placed first in dynamic and second in the all-around and in balance. Allen and Rodrigues trained together at West Coast Training Center in Livermore, California, with coach Marie Annonson. The pair became partners in August 2007.

Prior to competing with Allen, Rodrigues was the base of an elite mixed pair with now-retired acrobatic gymnast Clare Brunson, and they trained together at Empire AcroGymnastics in Riverside, California and Mission Hills Gymnastics, also in Riverside.

The pair were trained by Russian coach Youri Vorobyev, who is now owner and head acrobatics coach of Realis Gymnastics Academy in Moreno Valley, California. In 2005, Rodrigues and Brunson placed fourth all-around at the 2005 World Games in Duisburg, Germany.

Achievements

• Allen and Rodrigues won the gold medal in the mixed-pair all-around at the 2010 Acrobatic Gymnastics World Championships in Wroclaw, Poland. They also won the all-around title at 2010 United States. National Acrobatic Gymnastics Championships in Kissimmee, Florida, placing first in the all-around, dynamic and balance. They became the first United States. athletes to win the mixed-pairs gold medal at the 2009 World Games in Kaohsiung, Taiwan, which are considered the equivalent of the Olympic Games for acrobatic gymnastics. The previous year, Rodrigues and Allen won the mixed-pair all-around silver medal at the 2008 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland. At the 2008 National Championships and Junior Olympics Nationals in Des Moines, Iowa, the pair won the all-around, dynamic and balance.) In 2006, Michael Rodrigues and Clare Brunson won the mixed-pair all-around bronze medal at the 2006 World Championships in Coimbra, Portugal, and were designated World Class Gymnasts by the Federation of International Gymnastics (FIG). They also won the all-around silver medal at the 2006 World Cup in Puurs, Belgium.

Membership

Rodrigues was a member of the United States. Senior National Team from 2002-2011, and Allen was a member of the United States. Senior National Team from 2006-2011.