| Michael Ashe | |
| Full Name: | Michael Brandon Ashe |
| Country: | United States |
| Birth Date: | 14 March 1981 |
| Birth Place: | Spartanburg, South Carolina, U.S. |
| Hometown: | Stone Mountain, Georgia, U.S. |
| Height: | 5 ft 8 in |
| Weight: | 140 lbs |
| Discipline: | MAG |
| Gym: | Atlanta School of Gymnastics Greenville Gymnastics Center |
| Collegeteam: | California Golden Bears |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Michael Brandon Ashe (born March 14, 1981) is a retired American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and won a silver medal at the 1999 Pan American Games. He competed collegiately for the California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team and was a two-time NCAA national champion on the horizontal bar.
Ashe was born on March 14, 1981, to Frances and Terry Ashe in Spartanburg, South Carolina. He trained at Greenville Gymnastics Center, then later at the Atlanta School of Gymnastics.[1] His hometown is Stone Mountain, Georgia, and he attended Stephenson High School where he played high school basketball and baseball.[2] He later enrolled at the University of California, Berkeley to pursue gymnastics.
Ashe was a member of the California Golden Bears men's gymnastics team. He was the back-to-back NCAA horizontal champion at the 2000 and 2001 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championships.[3]
On the international stage, Ashe represented the United States at the 1999 Pan American Games and won a silver medal in the team all-around.[4]
Following his retirement, Ashe began coaching gymnastics in 2003.[5] Additionally, he judges gymnastics and was named the 2013 National Judge of the Year for the Western region of the National Gymnastics Judges Association.[6] He was a judge at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics.[7]