Judy Wills Cline (born 1948) is a retired American

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and

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. Between 1964 and 1968 she won ten world titles in the trampoline, synchronized trampoline, and tumbling. She was the first world champion in these events and the only athlete to win the world championships in both trampoline and tumbling. She is listed in the

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for winning most world individual titles in trampoline (5); and for performing most bounding whips (26), bounding fulls (16) and bounding double-fulls (8), all accomplished on a firm floor. She won 38 national titles in the trampoline, tumbling, vault, and floor exercise. In 1993 she was inducted to the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame. After retirement from competitions she was head coach of the U.S. trampoline and tumbling teams at several world championships and world cups. Between 1998 and 2000 she acted as National Coaching Coordinator for the Trampoline and Tumbling Program. She worked as a coach in

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for at least 27 years. She is married to Jerry Cline. They have a son Michael, a gymnast studying at the

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Wills Cline, Judy 1948 births Living people American female trampolinists Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships 20th-century American women