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• 1. Notable Person From Clason Point Gardens

     1. John Orozco – 🤸 Olympic Gymnast

     (The most well-documented notable figure from the Clason Point area)

     11 John Orozco (born 1992) is an Olympic gymnast, and Clason Point Gardens is one of the NYCHA developments in his home neighborhood of Soundview/Clason Point. 16 John Orozco (born December 30, 1992) is an artistic gymnast who competed in the 2012 Olympics and is the 2012 U.S. national champion. He was a member of the United States men’s national artistic gymnastics team selected for the U.S. Olympic gymnastics team for the 2016 Olympic Games but withdrew on July 15, 2016, due to an ACL injury. 16 Orozco was born in The Bronx, New York, and is the son of Puerto Rican parents. While growing up, his mother drove him 30 miles from his home in the Bronx to his gym, World Cup Gymnastics, in Chappaqua, New York for practice. At the age of 8 years old John was enrolled into free gymnastics lessons at a gym in Manhattan called Sutton Gymnastics. 20 From the dangerous life around him in the Bronx to his family needing to work extra jobs just to get him the money to train at a local gym, Orozco has proven that he truly is a fighter. 22 He made two U.S. Olympic teams, won the 2012 U.S. title, and helped Team USA to a team bronze medal at the 2014 World Championships. 16 In 2020, he changed his affiliation for international competitions from the United States to Puerto Rico, where his parents had lived before moving to the Bronx.