Mary Lee Tracy is an American gymnastics coach and owner of

Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy, commonly shortened to CGA, is an American women's artistic gymnastics academy in Fairfield, Ohio. It is one of the elite gymnastics facilities in the country and has trained various Olympians and world champions, inc ...

, an elite program in Fairfield, Ohio.

Personal life

Tracy was born in Cincinnati, and has lived in Ohio all her life. Tracy attended Colerain High School and was a 1977 graduate. After graduating high school, Tracy joined the

Cincinnati Ben-Gals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) North division. The club's home ...

cheerleading squad for NFL team

Cincinnati Bengals The Cincinnati Bengals are a professional American football team based in Cincinnati. The Bengals compete in the National Football League (NFL) as a member club of the league's American Football Conference (AFC) AFC North, North division. The c ...

Coaching career

Tracy started the

in 1988 and has created over 25 national team members and 4 Olympians. In the past, she has coached

Amanda Borden Amanda Kathleen Borden (born May 10, 1977) is a retired American gymnast. She was the captain of the gold medal-winning United States team in the 1996 Summer Olympics, the Magnificent Seven; a team medalist at the World Championships, and a mult ...

, Jaycie Phelps, Kim Zmeskal,

Alyssa Beckerman Alyssa Erin Beckerman (born January 23, 1981) is an American former gymnast and balance beam national champion. She was a member of the United States national team from 1997 to 2000, and competed on the University of California, Los Angeles inter ...

, Dominique Moceanu, Ashley Priess and more recently, Kayla Williams,

Amelia Hundley Amelia Magdalena Hundley (born January 21, 1998) is a former American artistic gymnast. She won a gold, silver, and bronze medal at the 2015 Pan-American Games in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. She also won team gold medals competing for the United ...

Lexie Priessman Alexis Amber "Lexie" Priessman (born January 23, 1997) is a former American artistic gymnast. She has represented the U.S. in various international competitions and was a National Team member from 2010 through to 2013. Personal life She was born ...

, Amanda Jetter, Brianna Brown and Emily Gaskins. Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy currently has two elite gymnasts;

Emily Gaskins Emily Paige Gaskins (born May 23, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. An elite gymnast since 2013, Gaskins was a member of the U.S. Junior National team for three years until 2016. She also made the Senior National Team in 2016. Biography ...

and Lilly Lippeatt. In 2014,

, the program's former top elite gymnast, decided to leave the gym, expressing that she needed a "change". Previously, in 2013, an incident occurred with former CGA elite gymnast Alexis Beucler when Tracy created a petition to force her to drop to Level 10, causing Beucler to later move to Florida to train with

Brandy Johnson Brandy Johnson-Scharpf (born April 30, 1973, Tallahassee, Florida) is a retired American gymnast, gymnastics judge, stuntwoman and gymnastics coach. She owns Brandy Johnson's Global Gymnastics in Clermont, Florida. A member of Brown's Gymnastic ...

. Despite her reputation, she is regarded as one of the best gymnastics coaches in the United States. Tracy is also a USA Gymnastics coaches representative for the Women's International Elite committee and attends the committee meetings.

References

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