| Stanley Tarshis | |
| Birth Date: | 15 November 1937 |
| Death Date: | October 6, 2022 (age 84) |
| Death Place: | Los Angeles, Ca. USA |
| Height: | 5'11 |
| Discipline: | Men's Gymnastics |
Stanley Tarshis (November 15, 1937 – October 6, 2022) was the NCAA horizontal bar champion in 1959 and 1960. In 1958, he came in second place to Abie Grossfeld preventing him from becoming the only three-time horizontal bar champion in NCAA history.[1] Tarshis was also awarded the “Big Ten Medal of Honor” in 1960 in his final year at Michigan State University.[2]
Stan (who had changed his last name to Gordon) died from complications of a fall due to Parkinson's disease.[3]