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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.
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 ...
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 ...
Kerri Allyson Strug (born November 19, 1977) is a retired American gymnast from Tucson, Arizona.She was a member of the Magnificent Seven, the victorious all-around women's gymnastics team that represented the United States at the 1996 Summer Olympics.
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 ...
Kurt Thomas, the first US male gymnast to win a world championship gold medal, died at the age of 64 on Friday, his family said in a statement. Thomas suffered a stroke on May 24, that was caused ...
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 ...
The students showed off their skills to their parents, and the exhibitions soon caught the eye of the Romanian government, which hired the Karolyis to coach the women’s national team at a time when the sport was done almost exclusively by adult women, not young girls. Karolyi changed all that, though, bringing a team to the Montreal Olympics ...