John Orozco (born December 30, 1992) is an American artistic gymnast who competed in the 2012 Olympics and is the 2012 U.S national champion. He was selected to the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team for the 2016 Olympic Games, but withdrew on July 15, 2016 due to an ACL injury. After graduating High School at 17, John trained for 7 years at the United States Olympic Training Center in Colorado Springs, Colorado. In 2020, he switched his affiliation to Puerto Rico for international competitions. Early years Orozco was born in the Bronx, New York, and is the son of Puerto Rican parents. His mother drove him to and from practices 30 miles away from his childhood home in the Bronx to his gym, World Cup Gymnastics, in Chappaqua, New York, while he was growing up. At the age of 8 years old John was enrolled into free gymnastics lessons at a gym in Manhattan called Sutton Gymnastics. The gym allowed him to be part of a program for children who were socioeconomically disadvantaged. He trained at World Cup Gymnastics in Chappaqua while finishing his high school education at Felisa Rincon de Gautier Institute in Soundview. In 2007 he won the Junior Visa U.S. National Championships, and became the youngest male gymnast to qualify for the finals. He got a place on the Junior National Team, representing the USA in the Pan-American Games as an alternate. He won three consecutive Junior Visa U.S. National Championships in a row (2007, 2008, and 2009). He then went on to compete at the Pacific Rim Championships in 2008 and 2010, helping the team to gold medals both times. At the 2010 Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, he also won gold medals in the All-Around and Horizontal Bar and silver medals on Pommel Horse, Still Rings and Parallel Bars. Senior International career In 2010, John Orozco competed in the US National Visa Championships as a Senior for the first time at the age of 17. Unfortunately, he wasn't able to finish the competition due to sustaining a torn achilles in his right leg while competing on Vault during preliminaries. After surgery and rehab, he was able to return to training. 2011 After graduating from high school, John decided to defer any college plans in order to concentrate on training for the 2012 Summer Olympics, leaving New York to train at the United States Olympic Training Center