Charles Simms (gymnast)
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 Simms, circa 1950
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| Full name | Charles Otto Simms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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January 24, 1928 New York City, New York, U.S. |
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| Died | October 10, 2003 (aged 75) North Hollywood, California, U.S. |
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| Height | 172 cm (5 ft 8 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 70 kg (154 lb) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Men's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Los Angeles Turners | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | USC Trojans | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Charles Otto Simms (January 24, 1928 – October 10, 2003) was an American gymnast. He competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics and the 1956 Summer Olympics.
As a gymnast, Simms was a member of Los Angeles Turners. In 1952, while a member of the USC Trojans men's gymnastics team, Simms was the NCAA Champion on the horizontal bar.