| Sean Townsend | |
| Full Name: | Sean Lanier Townsend |
| Country: | United States |
| Birth Date: | 20 January 1979 |
| Birth Place: | Temple, Texas, U.S. |
| Hometown: | Houston, Texas, U.S. |
| Height: | 161 cm |
| Weight: | 62 kg |
| Discipline: | MAG |
| Natlteam: | 1998–2008 |
| Gym: | Houston Gymnastics Academy Team Chevron Team Gattaca Team Texaco |
| Headcoach: | Kevin Mazeika |
| Retired: | 2008 |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Sean Lanier Townsend (born January 20, 1979, in Temple, Texas) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed at the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney, Australia and 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. He was part of the 2001 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships team where he became world champion on Parallel Bars and helped his team win a silver medal in the Team final. He also qualified for the men's individual all-around final where he placed 8th.
In 2001, he was a finalist for the James E. Sullivan Award.[1]