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![]() Simms, circa 1950 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Charles Otto Simms | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | New York City, New York, U.S. | January 24, 1928||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Died | October 10, 2003 North Hollywood, California, U.S. | (aged 75)||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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.[1]
As a gymnast, Simms was a member of Los Angeles Turners.[2] In 1952, while a member of the USC Trojans men's gymnastics team, Simms was the NCAA Champion on the horizontal bar.