Karl Heger was a member of the U.S. Trampoline Team for 22 years and won 18 national titles. He competed in 11 World Championships, winning gold medals in double mini-trampoline in 1988 and 1999, and he also won synchronized trampoline at the 1991 World Games. Heger was coached by Ute Heger, who was a German national women’s trampoline team member. Heger served in Operation Desert Storm, where he was awarded the Bronze Star, and he worked for the FBI following his competitive career.