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Samantha Peszek. (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (aged 16) McCordsville, Indiana. Alicia Sacramone. (1987-12-03) 3 December 1987 (aged 20) Winchester, Massachusetts.
ESPY for Best US Female Olympian (2009) James E. Sullivan Award (2008) Website. ShawnJohnson.com. Shawn Johnson East (born Shawn Machel Johnson; January 19, 1992) is an American former artistic gymnast. She is the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and team, all-around and floor exercise silver medalist. Johnson is also the 2007 all-around ...
v. t. e. At the 2008 Summer Olympics, three gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline. The artistic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 9–19. The rhythmic gymnastics events were held at the Beijing University of Technology Gymnasium on August 21–24.
Simone Arianne Biles Owens[ 4 ] OLY (née Biles; born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. Her 11 Olympic medals and 30 World Championship medals make her the most decorated gymnast in history. [ 5 ] She is widely regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. [ 6 ]
The women of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics US Gymnastics teams are no longer the sweet-faced teens you watched on TV. ... Gabby Douglas and other incredible women from the victorious 2008 and 2012 ...
During the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, Strug was a correspondent for Yahoo! in artistic gymnastics. In 2008, she appeared in a television commercial for the Zaxby's restaurant chain. Also in 2008, her history-making ordeal at the 1996 Olympic Games was featured in a commercial, narrated by actor Morgan Freeman for the "Go World" campaign. [16]
0. Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas OLY [3] (born December 31, 1995 [4]) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2012 Olympic all-around champion and the 2015 World all-around silver medalist. She was a member of the gold-winning teams at both the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, dubbed the "Fierce Five" and the "Final Five " by the ...
men. women. v. t. e. The women's artistic team all-around competition at the 2008 Summer Olympics was held at the Beijing National Indoor Stadium on August 13, 2008. Teams qualified through the general artistic qualification performances. Each team was composed of six gymnasts. Five of those gymnasts performed on each of the four apparatus, and ...