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List Of Olympic Female Artistic Gymnasts For The United States
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, but women's events first appeared in 1928. American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980."United States Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results" sports-reference.com. Retrieved July 13, 2013. A total of 83 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 48 medals at the Olympics – 9 in team all-around, 8 in individual all-around, 4 in vault, 8 in uneven bars, 10 in balance beam, and 9 in floor exercise. The medals include 28 golds. [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Shannon Miller2a
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Clara Schroth
Clara Marie Schroth-Lomady (October 5, 1920 – June 7, 2014) was an American artistic gymnast who won a team bronze medal at the 1948 Summer Olympics. She also competed at the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki. Although individual medals had been awarded to male gymnasts since the inception of the modern Olympic Games in 1896, women would not be awarded with individual medals until 1952; however, under the rules that began in 1952, Schroth's performance in 1948 would have garnered her an individual medal of second-place silver on vault (referred to in the Official Olympic Report as the "Pommeled Horse"), tied with Joan Airey of the United Kingdom, as Schroth had the 2nd-highest score on the apparatus of 80+ athletes in the competition. At the national level she won 39 Amateur Athletic Union titles, including eleven straight victories on the balance beam, one in track and field (standing broad jump in 1945), and several that were attained after she had her first child. She is the ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Helen Schifano
Helen Schifano (13 April 1922 – 9 November 2007) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics The 1948 Summer Olympics (officially the Games of the XIV Olympiad and also known as London 1948) were an international multi-sport event held from 29 July to 14 August 1948 in London, England, United Kingdom. Following a twelve-year hiatus ca .... References External links * 1922 births 2007 deaths American female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Meta Elste-Neumann
Meta Elste-Neumann (October 16, 1919 – October 30, 2010) was born Bremen, Germany. As Meta Elste, she was a competitor for the United States Women's Olympic Gymnastics team at the 1948 Summer Olympics in London, United Kingdom and the 1952 Summer Olympics in Helsinki Finland. She won an Olympic bronze medal with the United States team in 1948. Elste was three when her parents emigrated from Germany and settled in Chicago. She learned her gymnastics at the Lincoln Turner Hall on the north side of the city. She briefly attended Lake View High, but after her father suffered a debilitating stroke she had to drop out at the age 14 to help earn money for her family. She used her gymnastics skills as a member of a traveling circus. Elste's Olympic opportunities were delayed by World War II, when the Games were cancelled in 1940 and 1944, but in 1948 and 1952 she was well-prepared to compete. In national AAU competition, Elste won the uneven parallel bars in 1947, the floor ex ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Consetta 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 ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Marian Barone
Marian Emma Barone (March 18, 1924 – May 14, 1996) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics. Barone was born Marian Emma Twining in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania on March 18, 1924. She died in Richmond Richmond most often refers to: * Richmond, Virginia, the capital of Virginia, United States * Richmond, London, a part of London * Richmond, North Yorkshire, a town in England * Richmond, British Columbia, a city in Canada * Richmond, California, ..., Virginia on May 14, 1996, at the age of 72. References External links * 1924 births 1996 deaths American female track and field athletes American female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics 20th-century American sportswomen {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Ladislava Bakanic
Ladislava Aloisie Bakanic (May 3, 1924 – February 26, 2021) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and won team bronze. She was born in New York City New York, often called New York City or NYC, is the List of United States cities by population, most populous city in the United States. With a 2020 population of 8,804,190 distributed over , New York City is also the L .... References 1924 births 2021 deaths American female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics 21st-century American women {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Dorothy Dalton (gymnast)
Dorothy Dalton (1 August 1922 – 9 May 1973) was an American gymnast who competed in the 1948 Summer Olympics and in the 1952 Summer Olympics The 1952 Summer Olympics ( fi, Kesäolympialaiset 1952; sv, Olympiska sommarspelen 1952), officially known as the Games of the XV Olympiad ( fi, XV olympiadin kisat; sv, Den XV olympiadens spel) and commonly known as Helsinki 1952 ( sv, Helsin .... References 1922 births 1973 deaths American female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts at the 1948 Summer Olympics Gymnasts at the 1952 Summer Olympics Olympic bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics Medalists at the 1948 Summer Olympics 20th-century American women 20th-century American people {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
USA Gymnastics
United States of America Gymnastics (USA Gymnastics or USAG) is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Established in 1963 as the U.S. Gymnastics Federation (USGF), USA Gymnastics is responsible for selecting and training national teams for the Olympic Games and World Championships. The mission of USA Gymnastics is to encourage participation and the pursuit of excellence in all aspects of gymnastics. The programs governed by USAG are: * Women's artistic gymnastics (WAG) * Men's artistic gymnastics (MAG) * Rhythmic gymnastics * Trampoline & tumbling (T&T) * Acrobatic gymnastics * Aerobic gymnastics (designated as discipline of gymnastics by the international body, the FIG) * Group gymnastics / Gymnastics for All The Women's Artistic program—comprising the events vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise—has become well known through holding several nationally televised competitions each year. Events in the Men's Artistic program include fl ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Samantha Peszek (2008)
Samantha Nicole Peszek (born December 14, 1991) is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, which won silver. Following her elite gymnastics career, Peszek competed for the UCLA Bruins. She is a 17-time All-American, the 2011 and 2015 NCAA balance beam champion, and the 2015 NCAA all-around co-champion with Kytra Hunter. Elite career In 2007, Peszek was part of the gold medal-winning American teams at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the Pan American Games. In March 2008, she competed at the American Cup and placed third in the all-around, behind U.S. teammates Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson. After solid performances at the 2008 National Championships, Olympic Trials, and Olympic selection camp, Peszek was chosen as a member of the U.S. Olympic team, along with Johnson, Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone, and Bridget Sloan. At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Peszek injured ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Carly Patterson
Carly Rae Patterson (born February 4, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter and former artistic gymnast. She was the all-around champion at the 2004 Olympics, the first all-around champion for the United States at a non-boycotted Olympics, and is a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. Gymnastics Patterson began gymnastics after attending a cousin's birthday party at a Baton Rouge gymnastics club (Elite Gymnastics) in 1994. She was coached there by former Israeli Olympian Yohanan Moyal. She started competing internationally in 2000, when she was 12 years old. 2000–2003 In 2000, Patterson participated in the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium and won the silver medal in the all-around and the bronze on balance beam. The next year, at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, she was ranked second in the all-around before the final rotation but missed three landings on the floor exercise and finished seventh. Patterson became the U.S. junior national all-around champi ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
