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Don Peters
Don Peters is a former American gymnastics coach and head coach of the United States women's Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics, gymnastics team at the 1984 Summer Olympics. He was hired as head coach SCATS Gymnastics, a gymnastics club in Huntington Beach, California. Peters played football at Belle Vernon Area School District, Bellmar High School under coach Baptiste Manzini and later played at Belle Vernon Area High School. He later attended West Chester University and was a member of the West Chester Golden Rams gymnastics team and was team captain for his last year. Peters coached at Grossfeld School of Gymnastics then later SCATS Gymnastics. He became the head coach of the United States women's national artistic gymnastics team and oversaw their team silver medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics. In 2011, Peters was banned for life by USA Gymnastics after allegations surfaced that he had sexually assaulted three teenage gymnasts. References Gymnasts accuse renowned coach ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Gymnastics At The 1984 Summer Olympics
At the 1984 Summer Olympics, two different gymnastics disciplines were contested. In addition to the fourteen artistic gymnastics events contested, for the first time at the Olympics, a rhythmic gymnastics event was contested–the women's individual all-around. All of the gymnastics events were held at UCLA's Pauley Pavilion in Los Angeles from July 29 through August 11. Several teams who had qualified to compete were absent as a result of the 1984 Summer Olympics boycott, including the Soviet Union, Bulgaria, Cuba, Czechoslovakia, East Germany, Hungary, and North Korea. This was the first time in Olympic competition that eight gymnasts were allowed to move onto an apparatus final, instead of the previous six. The USSR and other satellite countries organized an ' Alternate Olympics' where the USSR, East Germany, Bulgaria, Czechoslovakia and other Soviet Bloc nations competed. Artistic gymnastics Format of competition The artistic gymnastics competition at the 1984 Summer O ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |