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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 ...
American female gymnasts have participated in every Olympic Games since 1936, except for 1980. [2] A total of 90 female gymnasts have represented the United States. American women have won 62 medals at the Olympics – 11 in team all-around, 11 in individual all-around, 7 in vault, 10 in uneven bars, 11 in balance beam, and 12 in floor exercise.
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.
July 2, 2024 at 6:48 AM. Shawn Johnson 's arms reached over her outstretched legs until her hands finally grabbed hold of the top of her feet. Her neck craned to her left, toward the 13 visitors ...
The 2008 gold medalist says this year's USA Gymnastics team is the greatest in the world. As for Biles: she's tops.
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 ]
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.