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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.
She is widely regarded as one of the greatest gymnasts of all time and one of the greatest Olympians of all time. [6] With 11 Olympic medals, she is tied with Věra Čáslavská as the second-most decorated female Olympic gymnast, and has the most Olympic medals earned by a U.S. gymnast. [7]
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 ...
Simone Biles, of the United States, performs on the floor during the women’s artistic gymnastics all-around finals in Bercy Arena at the 2024 Summer Olympics, Thursday, Aug. 1, 2024, in Paris ...
After participating in the Olympic Games in 1992 and 1996, Shannon Miller earned the distinction as the most decorated U.S. female Olympic gymnast of all time, with two gold, two silver and three ...
Here, meet are the ten U.S. men and women gymnasts competing in Paris this summer ... Suni Lee competed in the Tokyo Olympics and won a gold medal for best all-around athlete at the time, in 2021. ...
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 ...