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Parkettes
Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center, or Parkettes for short, is a gymnastics club located in Allentown, Pennsylvania that had its beginnings in the early 1960s with a middle school gymnastics program in Allentown that gradually grew into an intramural program and then into a facility that has produced several teams and individual gymnasts representing the United States, the Czech Republic, and Canada in international meets, including the Olympic Games. The husband and wife team Bill Strauss and Donna Strauss have served as the head coaches at Parkettes since its inception. History In 1986, Parkettes's gymnasts took the 1st (Jennifer Sey), 2nd (Hope Spivey), and 4th (Alyssa Solomon) places at the United States National Gymnastics Championships. At the 1988 Olympic Games, Parkettes-trained gymnast Hope Spivey represented the United States. In 1992, Parkettes' gymnast Kim Kelly caused a considerable controversy in that after she was selected for the 1992 Olympic gymnast ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Allentown, Pennsylvania
Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 United States census, 2020 census. It is the fastest-growing major city in Pennsylvania and the state's third largest city, behind Philadelphia and Pittsburgh. It is the largest city in both Lehigh County and the Lehigh Valley, which had a population of 861,899 and was the 68th most populous Metropolitan statistical area, metropolitan area in the U.S. as of 2020. Allentown was founded in 1762 and is the county seat of Lehigh County. Located on the Lehigh River, a tributary of the Delaware River, Allentown is the largest of three adjacent cities, along with Bethlehem, Pennsylvania, Bethlehem and Easton, Pennsylvania, Easton, in Lehigh and Northampton County, Pennsylvania, Northampton counties that form the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylv ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristal Uzelac
Kristal Dawn Bodenschatz (born Kristal Dawn Uzelac; June 27, 1986) is a retired American gymnast. A junior national all-around champion for three consecutive years, she was considered one of the United States' most promising junior gymnasts in the late 1990s. Early years Uzelac was born on June 27, 1986, to parents Donnie and Brenda. She has one younger brother, Donnie, and two older siblings: a sister, Brandy, and a brother, Alan. Her mother, aunts and grandmother are all gymnastics coaches. Uzelac began gymnastics at the age of two at her mother's gym, Turners."Verge of the Dream: Kristal Uzelac" Tara Jeroloman, ''Inside Gymnastics,'' July 9, 2008 She also played baseball and was a wrestler, but ultimately chose to dedicate her time to gymnastics. When s ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Achieving The Perfect 10
''Achieving The Perfect 10'' is a television documentary film released on CNN on August 10, 2003 about young girls training gymnastics at the highly competitive Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania. The documentary follows several Parkettes gymnasts—ranging from the novice competitor Ashley Barry to the elites Nicole Harris, Annie Fogerty and Kristina Coccia—through their daily training routines. It focuses largely on the dynamics between the athletes and their coaches, their parents' sacrifices, expectations and observations, and their experiences dealing with injuries and preparing for competitions. Several sequences in the documentary have sparked controversy and debate in the gymnastics community and others, such as one in which a seven-year-old gymnast works out on a broken ankle at the urging of her parents. After it was aired for the first time on CNN, Parkettes' coaches and some gymnasts stated that the documentary did not present an ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Christina Desiderio
Christina Lydia Desiderio (born August 22, 2000, in New Jersey) is a retired American artistic gymnast. Desiderio was named to the 2015 U.S. Junior National team, after her performances at the 2015 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. Personal life Christina Lydia Desiderio was born on August 22, 2000, in New Jersey to parents Dominick and Carol (née Noll) Desiderio. She has an older brother, Dominick, who is 2 years older than her, and is a baseball player. She graduated high school a year early. She lives in Hackettstown and commutes over an hour each day to train at Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown. Desiderio started the sport at Giant Gymnastics in Hackettstown and trained at the club until 2010. Gymnastics career 2012-15: Level 10 and Junior International Elite career Desiderio moved up to Level 10 for the 2012 season. Throughout the season, she placed second in the all-around at States, as well as winning three individual titles. Lat ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Elizabeth Price (gymnast)
Elizabeth "Ebee" Nicole Price (born May 28, 1996) is a retired United States, American artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast. Price was an alternate for the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnastics team, the 2014 American Cup Champion, and the 2013-2014 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup All Around Series Winner. She was a member of the U.S. Junior National Gymnastics Team from 2010 to 2012 and the US Senior National Team from 2012 to 2014. She retired from international elite gymnastics in April 2014. In 2014, she joined the Stanford University women's gymnastics team and competed in her first NCAA competition on January 4, 2015. She won two weekly honors: Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week (January 12) and Specialist of the Week (March 10). At the 2015 Pac-12 Conference Championships, she tied for the uneven bars title, tied for third on vault, and was named Pac-12 Specialist of the Year. Price finished the season as 2015 NCAA national vault champion and a three time first-team All-America ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Kristen Maloney
Kristen Ann Maloney (born March 10, 1981) is a retired gymnast from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in the United States. She won bronze in the team event at the 2000 Olympic Games. Maloney was also the U.S. senior all-around national champion in 1998 and 1999 and the 1998 Goodwill Games gold medalist on the balance beam. Maloney also competed for the University of California, Los Angeles in the NCAA from 2001 until 2005. Early life Maloney was born on March 10, 1981, in Hackettstown, New Jersey and attended Pen Argyl Area High School in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania in the Lehigh Valley region of eastern Pennsylvania. Gymnastics career Maloney trained at Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania and was a consistent member of the U.S. national gymnastics team from 1993 to 2000. She competed in a variety of minor international events as a junior elite and, as a senior, qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials. Maloney finished fourteenth at the Trials in the sh ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Vanessa Meloche
Vanessa Meloche (born July 16, 1985) is a Canadian gymnast and 2002 Canadian National Uneven Bars Champion. During most of her competitive career, Vanessa trained at Parkettes in Allentown, Pennsylvania. Currently Vanessa competes for the University of Nebraska A university () is an institution of higher (or tertiary) education and research which awards academic degrees in several academic disciplines. Universities typically offer both undergraduate and postgraduate programs. In the United States, the .... References Vanessa Meloche's Biography at the University of Nebraska 1985 births Living people Canadian female artistic gymnasts Parkettes University of Nebraska alumni Gymnasts at the 2002 Commonwealth Games Commonwealth Games bronze medallists for Canada Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics 20th-century Canadian women 21st-century Canadian women Medallists at the 2002 Commonwealth Games {{Canada-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Jennifer Sey
Jennifer Anne Sey (born 1969) is an American author, business executive, and retired artistic gymnast. She was a seven-time member of the U.S. Women's National Team and was the 1986 U.S. Women's All-Around National Champion. She was also a member of the 1985 U.S. Women's World Championship team that finished 6th, as well as the 1986 U.S. Women's Team at the Goodwill Games. Following her gymnastics career, Sey entered the business world. She developed a social media following due to her views around Impact of the COVID-19 pandemic on education, school closings during the COVID-19 pandemic. Early life Sey grew up in Cherry Hill, New Jersey and moved to Haddonfield, New Jersey, where she competed in gymnastics as a teenager and attended Haddonfield Memorial High School. In 1983 she moved to Allentown Pennsylvania to train at the Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center. She graduated from Allentown Central Catholic High School in 1987. In the 1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Champ ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Margzetta Frazier
Margzetta Bryantina Frazier (born February 25, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a US National Team member from 2017–2018 and was the 2018 Birmingham World Cup silver medalist. She is currently a member of the UCLA Gymnastics team and is the older sister of eMjae Frazier. Gymnastics career Senior elite 2017 In 2017, Frazier competed at the US Classic, where she only competed bars, finishing fourth on the event behind Ragan Smith, Alyona Shchennikova, and Trinity Thomas and tied with Marissa Oakley. Later that summer, Frazier competed at nationals, where she placed fifth in the all-around and on bars, eighth on beam, and seventh on floor. Due to her performance, she was named to the national team. In September, Frazier attended world trials. However, after the two days of competition, she was not named to the world championship team. 2018 In February 2018, Frazier was named to represent the US at the Birmingham World Cup. This would be Frazier's firs ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
UCLA Bruins Women's Gymnastics
The UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team represents the University of California, Los Angeles and competes in the Pac-12 Conference. They currently compete in Pauley Pavilion, Los Angeles, CA. The team, coached by Janelle McDonald, has won 21 Regional titles and 7 NCAA National Championships, most recently in 2018. The Bruins are known for recruiting top elite gymnasts from North America and beyond, including Austria, Germany, Guatemala, and Ireland. Some notable former and current UCLA gymnasts include U.S. Assistant Secretary of State for Public Affairs Michelle Giuda, psychologist Onnie Willis Rogers, stuntwoman Heidi Moneymaker, and Olympic gymnasts Jamie Dantzscher, Mohini Bhardwaj, Kate Richardson, Tasha Schwikert, Kristen Maloney, Yvonne Tousek, Stella Umeh, Luisa Portocarrero, Elyse Hopfner-Hibbs, Sam Peszek, Peng Peng Lee, Jennifer Pinches, Jordyn Wieber (former Bruins team manager and volunteer assistant coach), Kyla Ross, Madison Kocian, Brooklyn Moors, and Jordan ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
Donna Strauss
Donna Strauss (born August 12, 1942) is an American gymnastics coach and the co-founder and proprietor of the Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania Allentown (Pennsylvania Dutch language, Pennsylvania Dutch: ''Allenschteddel'', ''Allenschtadt'', or ''Ellsdaun'') is a city in Lehigh County, Pennsylvania, Lehigh County, Pennsylvania. The city has a population of 125,845 as of the 2020 United ..., which she founded with her husband Bill in the 1960s. References 1942 births Living people American gymnastics coaches Sportspeople from Allentown, Pennsylvania {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub ... [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
2002 Commonwealth Games Results
The 2002 Commonwealth Games results and medallists for events from aquatics to wrestling can be found in this article. Aquatics Athletics Badminton Boxing Cycling Gymnastics Field hockey * Judo Lawn bowls Netball Rugby sevens Shooting Men Women : Due to the fact that there were only three pairs of competitors, only the gold medal was awarded. Open Squash Table tennis Triathlon Weightlifting Men 2002 marks the last edition of Commonwealth Games to award gold medals in each category of snatch, clean & jerk and combined total. Women Wrestling Freestyle References External links2002 Commonwealth Game Results [...More Info...] [...Related Items...] OR: [Wikipedia] [Google] [Baidu] |
