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Great American Gymnastics Express, known also as GAGE Center or GAGE, is an American artistic gymnastics academy, located in Blue Springs, Missouri. GAGE was founded in 1979 by its present-day owner and head coach, Al Fong .
USA Gymnastics, the governing body for gymnastics in the United States, generally names the teams each summer after the National Championships, but gymnasts are sometimes added to or removed from the rosters based on their performance at training camps throughout the year. Thus, some gymnasts listed under a given year were on the national team ...
The U.S. Gymnastics Federation was established in 1963. However, resistance by the AAU, which was hesitant to relinquish control over gymnastics, and other factors meant that the new federation was not internationally recognized as the governing body of U.S. gymnastics until 1970. [4] The organization was renamed USA Gymnastics in 1993. [5]
EVO Gymnastics: Syque Caesar: Stanford Cardinal (2019–2023) Stephen Nedoroscik October 28, 1998 (age 26) Worcester, Massachusetts: EVO Gymnastics: Syque Caesar: Penn State Nittany Lions (2017–2020) Alex Nitache April 28, 2005 (age 19) Knoxville, Tennessee: University of Nebraska–Lincoln: Chuck Chmelka: Nebraska Cornhuskers (2024–present)
Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896, [1] but women's events first appeared in 1928. 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.
The United States women's national artistic gymnastics team represents the United States in FIG international competitions. As of 2024, the U.S. team is the reigning World team champion and the reigning Olympic team gold medalists, with the five gymnasts nicknamed the "Golden Girls."
The World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) is a two-facility gymnastics club located in Frisco and Plano.. In 1994, WOGA was established by Yevgeny Marchenko, a World Sports acrobatic champion who guided Carly Patterson to her gold medal, and Valeri Liukin, a Soviet Olympic winner from 1988 who later worked as coordinator for the USA Gymnastics women's national team.
Women artistic gymnasts are women who participate in the sport of gymnastics, specifically artistic gymnastics. [1] Women first competed in Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics in 1928. [2] This list is of those who are considered to be notable in women's artistic gymnastics. See gymnasium (ancient Greece) for the origin of the word gymnast from ...