• 2004 Pacific Alliance Championships, 1st-team, 2nd-SR
• 2004 Visa American Cup Champion
• 2003 World Gymnastics Championships, 2nd-team
• 2003 U.S. Championships, 2nd-AA, 1st-PB

• Was the youngest gymnast ever to make a U.S. men’s World Championship team at age 17 in 1997.
• Is active in the Make-A-Wish Foundation
• Has a two moves named after him on the parallel bars—the Gatson and the Gatson 2.
• He says, “My favorite event is parallel bars because I tend to swing the event pretty good; I enjoy it. I really like them all, but parallel bars is one of my better events.”
• A pediatrician recommend his parents enroll Jason in gymnastics because he was flipping off the fireplace. Jason, then 5-years-old, kicked and cried throughout his first day in the gym
• Less than a week after starting gymnastics, Jason was put on a competitive team and less than a year later, he was the Indiana state champion in his age group
• Wants to stick around and compete in the 2008 Olympics
• Talks to his parents in Upland, Calif. at least once a day via phone and usually more
• Jason’s brother Brandon is an actor who has appeared in a Pepsi commercial, was on the original “Star Search” as a dancer and has released a CD in Chile. He’s also in a video with Christina Aguilera
• Favorite movie is Old School
• Favorite food is sushi.

His mother Debbie, a former gymnast says, “every day you pinch yourself and realize this is real, this is really happening….I am so proud of him…I’m just totally amazed what he has been able to do…when he was 5 ½ or six, his coaches were telling us that he had the talent to go to the Olympics…I thought it was awfully young for people to be staying that, but he loved going to the gym every day and we were just glad that he was so happy.”

Born: 25-Jun-80 Hometown: Upland, Calif. Resides: Colorado Springs, Colo. Sport: Gymnastics Event: Artistic gymnastics