Melissa Anne "Missy" Marlowe (born August 25, 1971) is an American retired

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. She competed at the

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. Marlowe, who grew up in

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, competed for the

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gymnastics team and was a five-time NCAA champion. She won the

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as the nation's top female gymnast, and the first ever

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awarded to a gymnast as the nation's top female athlete in 1992 and in 2018 was inducted into the Pac-12 Hall of Honors. Her daughter Milan Clausi competed for the

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gymnastics team.

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* * * 1971 births Living people American female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for the United States Gymnasts at the 1988 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Hainaut (province) Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States Gymnasts at the 1987 Pan American Games Utah Red Rocks gymnasts {{US-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub