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Chellsie Memmel. Chellsie Marie Memmel (born June 23, 1988) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2005 world all-around champion (the third American woman, after Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller, to win that title) and the 2003 world champion on the uneven bars. She was a member of the United States women's gymnastics team at the 2008 ...
Alicia Marie Sacramone Quinn (/ ˌ s æ k r ə ˈ m oʊ n i /; born December 3, 1987) is a retired American artistic gymnast.She won a silver medal with the United States team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and is the 2005 World Champion on floor exercise and the 2010 World Champion on the vault.
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 ...
Samantha Peszek. (1991-12-14) 14 December 1991 (aged 16) McCordsville, Indiana. Alicia Sacramone. (1987-12-03) 3 December 1987 (aged 20) Winchester, Massachusetts.
The women of the 2008 and 2012 Olympics US Gymnastics teams are no longer the sweet-faced teens you watched on TV. ... Gold medalist Shawn Johnson is now married to pro football player Andrew East ...
At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Peszek injured her ankle during warm-ups just minutes before the women's qualification and was able to compete only on the uneven bars. [4] [6] She was the second gymnast on the U.S. team to be injured, the other being Memmel. [6] The women went on to finish second in the team final, earning the silver medal.
Liukin was born on October 30, 1989, in Moscow, Russian SFSR, Soviet Union. She is the only child of two former Soviet champion gymnasts: 1988 Summer Olympics double-gold medalist Valeri Liukin and 1987 World clubs champion in rhythmic gymnastics Anna Kotchneva. [6][7] Her nickname Nastia is a Russian diminutive for Anastasia.
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.