Author: Michael

  • Making America’s Gladiators: John Orozco, the Fighter

    Making America’s Gladiators: John Orozco, the Fighter

    As part of the “Making America’s Gladiators” feature in the Men’s Fitness run-up to the Rio Olympics, I had the opportunity to profile John Orozco, the Bronx-born gymnast who had overcome tremendous odds simply to compete at the qualifying meets to make the U.S. Olympic team. In his competitive career, Orozco had twice ruptured the same Achilles…