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Consetta Caruccio-Lenz
Consetta Caruccio-Lenz (26 September 1918 – 2 July 1980) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1936 Berlin Summer Olympics and in the 1948 London Summer Olympics. Caruccio got her start in gymnastics at the age of 14 when she joined the Germania Turnverein gymnastics club in Baltimore, Maryland. A multi-sport athlete, at one point she set the US national record for the 50 yard dash, completing it in 6.3 seconds. Incidentally, at the 1936 Berlin Olympics, where she competed when she was 18 years old, although individual medals had been awarded to male gymnasts since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, women were not awarded with individual medals there as they would not be awarded with individual medals until 1952; however, under the rules that began in 1952, Caruccio’s performance in 1936 would have garnered her an individual medal of third-place bronze on balance beam, as Caruccio had the 3rd-highest score on the apparatus, tied with Germany's Erna B ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Gymnastics Hall Of Fame
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