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This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing from 8–24 August 2008. Gymnasts across three disciplines ( artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics , and trampoline ) participated in the Games.
This is a list of female artistic gymnasts who have been on the United States national team.. The national team includes two age divisions. Only gymnasts 16 and older are eligible for the senior national team, from which Olympic and World Championship rosters are chosen.
The performances included Olympic disciplines such as floor exercise, pommel horse, rings, parallel bars, horizontal bar, uneven bars, balance beam, rhythmic gymnastics and trampoline gymnastics; non-Olympic discipline such as tumbling and acrobatic; and art performances such as dancing, martial art, instrument performance and chorus.
The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall. For the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the U.S. women's team earned the team silver medal.
At the conclusion of the Olympic trials only Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin were named to the team to represent the USA at the 2008 Summer Olympics.The remaining members of the team were to be determined after a selection camp; attendees included: Jana Bieger, Chelsea Davis, Ivana Hong, Mattie Larson, Corrie Lothrop, Chellsie Memmel, Samantha Peszek, Alicia Sacramone, Bridget Sloan, and ...
Samantha's mom put her in gymnastics at the age 3. Samantha's younger sister Jessica is also a gymnast, at Western Michigan University. Peszek is Catholic and graduated from Cathedral High School in 2010. [18] After the 2008 Olympics, Peter Zhao, Peszek's longtime coach at DeVeau's School of Gymnastics, retired from coaching and returned to ...
“It’s about training smarter not harder,” says Gina Pongetti, owner of MedGym and consultant to USA Gymnastics and other women’s gymnastics teams. “As a 14 or 15 year old, you can get ...
Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around; Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's balance beam; Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's floor; Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic group all-around; Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics – Women's rhythmic ...