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Julissa D'Anne Gomez (November 4, 1972 – August 8, 1991) was an American gymnast whose rapid rise through the ranks of elite gymnastics in the mid-1980s was cut short by a vaulting accident in 1988 that left her a quadriplegic. She eventually died from her injury. She was being coached by Al Fong, and had previously been coached by Bela Karolyi.
This section lists the female Artistic Gymnasts who have won at least one medal in every event (team final, all-around, Vault, Uneven Bars, Balance Beam, and Floor Exercise) at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The years listed refer to the World Championships at which the gymnast won her first medal in the event; the dates of any ...
Suzanne Jane Dando, BEM (born 3 July 1961) is a British former Olympic gymnast, who competed at the 1979 World Gymnastics Championship [1] in Fort Worth, Dallas and the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow. [2]
Bela Karolyi, the legendary and controversial Romanian American gymnastics coach who helped lead Mary Lou Retton, Nadia Comaneci and Kerri Strug to Olympic gold, has died, USA Gymnastics announced ...
Thomas died Friday, two weeks after suffering a severe stroke, reported International Gymnast Media on Saturday. The three-time American Cup gold medalist, best known for his pommel horse move the ...
Most elite female gymnasts in the 1970s were in their late teens or early 20s, but Karolyi’s team had just one gymnast older than 14. ... A Karolyi gymnast won every U.S. all-around title from ...
Cathleen Roxanne Rigby (later Mason, later McCoy; born December 12, 1952), known as Cathy Rigby, is an actress, speaker, and former artistic gymnast. Her performance in the 1968 Summer Olympics helped to popularize the sport of gymnastics in the United States. After her retirement from gymnastics, Rigby became a stage and television actress.
Oksana Chusovitina has competed at 8 Olympic Games, the most of any female artistic gymnast. Women have competed in artistic gymnastics at the Olympic Games since 1928. [1] While many women artistic gymnasts have competed in multiple Olympic Games, only five have competed in at least four separate Games: Oksana Chusovitina (8), Daniele ...