Who is john orozco father

Looking at this photo below of a young John Orozco and his siblings, it would indeed appear that at least one of his siblings, the young boy in the black t-shirt to the left of John also looks blacker than the rest of the family and may be adopted as well. Another commenter, gym law mom, claims that her friend who is a gymnast knows that John is adopted:.

All Rights Reserved. John made the Senior National team in where he performed well at the U. He was chosen to be part of the U. He went on to compete in the All-Around final where he finished 5th, and the High Bar final where he made a costly error, finishing in 8th place. After the world championships, it was announced that John Orozco had decided to turn 'pro' forfeiting future NCAA eligibility.

In previous years, he had been unable to perform to the best of his ability due to illness or injury at this competition. He ended up finishing the competition in first place, more than 5 full points ahead of 2nd-place finisher Steven Legendre.

At the Visa Championships in St. He competed in the Men's artistic team all-around and the Men's artistic individual all-around, placing fifth and eighth respectively. In both events he erred on the pommel horse, even though going into the Olympics it was his strongest event.

In October, Orozco suffered tears to both the anterior cruciate ligament and meniscus in his left knee while performing on the Kellogg's Tour of Gymnastics Champions. He underwent surgery to repair the ligaments and has been through rehabilitation and has returned to competition.

His first competition since the Olympics was the US Nationals, where he competed in a leg brace and finished in fourth place; he was named as an alternate to the World Championships team, but was added to the team officially after Danell Leyva withdrew due to injury. At the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, Orozco performed on pommel horse, parallel bars and high bar in the qualification rounds. John Orozco is an American artistic gymnast. Born on December 30, , he is the US national champion and competed in the Olympics.

He won the Junior Visa U. National Champion, three consecutive times in , , and Orozco started gymnastics at the age of eight and had great support from his parents. His father worked for the New York Department of Sanitation while his mother was a homeworker.