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The Turner movement was preceded by the first wave of gymnastics in the United States in the 1820s, led by Germans, such as Charles Beck and Charles Follen, and Americans, such as John Neal. Beck opened the first gymnasium in the U.S. in 1825 at the Round Hill School in Northampton, Massachusetts. [ 8 ]
Becky Turner started out in artistic gymnastics for three years before switching to rhythmic. She was on the US national rhythmic gymnastics team from 1994 to 1997, being part of the national senior group along Aliane Baquerot, Lori Fredreickson, Mandy James, Ginny Ledgerwood, Kate Nelson, Brandi Siegel and Challen Sievers. [1]
Johann Friedrich Ludwig Christoph Jahn (11 August 1778 – 15 October 1852) was a German gymnastics educator and nationalist whose writing is credited with the founding of the German gymnastics movement, first realized at Volkspark Hasenheide in Berlin, the origin of modern sports clubs, [1] as well as influencing the German Campaign of 1813, during which a coalition of German states ...
Ahead of the 2024 Paris Olympics, look back at U.S. gymnastics history, including moments from Simone Biles, Mary Lou Retton, Gabby Douglas and Shannon Miller.
In the United States, German immigrants after 1848 introduced a physical culture system based on gymnastics that became popular especially in colleges. Many local Turner clubs introduced physical education (PE) in the form of 'German gymnastics' into American colleges and public schools. The perception of Turner as 'non-American' prevented the ...
Simone Biles Wins Fourth World Championships All-Around Title
Frank Turner as Captain of the British Gymnastics team in 1948. Frank Conway Turner (5 November 1922 – 27 September 2010) was a British gymnast who took part in four Olympic Games, three as a competitor and the fourth as National Coach; he was captain of the British Gymnastics team in the 1948 Summer Olympics.
The squad is breaking barriers in age and accomplishments. Jordan Chiles, Hezly Rivera, Jade Carey, Simone Biles, and Sunisa Lee of Team USA at the Paris Summer Olympic Games at Bercy Arena on ...