Jenny Hansen is an American stuntwoman and retired

gymnast Gymnastics is a type of sport that includes physical exercises requiring balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, dedication and endurance. The movements involved in gymnastics contribute to the development of the arms, legs, sh ...

from

Somerset, Wisconsin Somerset is a village in St. Croix County, Wisconsin, along the Apple River. The population was 2,635 at the 2010 census. The village is located within the Town of Somerset. History Somerset was named by General Samuel Harriman after his fath ...

. Born in 1973, Hansen won three consecutive

NCAA The National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) is a nonprofit organization that regulates student athletics among about 1,100 schools in the United States, Canada, and Puerto Rico. It also organizes the athletic programs of colleges an ...

All-Around Championships between 1993 and 1995, the only person to ever win three straight All-Around titles. She attended the

University of Kentucky The University of Kentucky (UK, UKY, or U of K) is a Public University, public Land-grant University, land-grant research university in Lexington, Kentucky. Founded in 1865 by John Bryan Bowman as the Agricultural and Mechanical College of Kentu ...

from 1992 until 1996 and has since been named to the UK's Athletic Hall of Fame. Hansen won a total of eight national titles and nine

Southeastern Conference The Southeastern Conference (SEC) is an American college athletic conference whose member institutions are located primarily in the South Central and Southeastern United States. Its fourteen members include the flagship public universities of ...

championships during her collegiate career. She was a three-time winner of the

Honda Sports Award The Honda Sports Award is an annual award in the United States, given to the best collegiate female athlete in each of twelve sports. There are four nominees for each sport, and the twelve winners of the Honda Sports Award are automatically in th ...

in gymnastics. She is a thirteen time All-American and was named the Most Outstanding Gymnast over the past 25 years of NCAA competition in 2006.

NCAA Championships

*All-Around - 1993, 1994, & 1995 *Balance Beam - 1994 & 1995 *Floor Exercise - 1995 *Vault - 1994 & 1995

Southeastern Conference Championships

*All-Around - 1993 *Balance Beam - 1995 & 1996 *Floor Exercise - 1994, 1995, & 1996 *Uneven Bars - 1993 *Vault - 1993 & 1994Kentucky Wildcat Gymnastics Honors, 2009,

, August 13, 2010

Comeback

After retiring from the sport of Gymnastics, Hansen announced plans to try out for the United States women's gymnastics team for the London 2012 Olympics at the age of 38, but did not make the team.

References

External links

University of Kentucky Gymnastics Page
{{DEFAULTSORT:Hansen, Jenny American female artistic gymnasts Living people Year of birth missing (living people) Kentucky Wildcats women's gymnasts People from Somerset, Wisconsin NCAA gymnasts who have scored a perfect 10