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Kristie Phillips-Bannister (born March 23, 1972), formerly known as Kristie Phillips, is a retired American elite gymnast.The 1987 senior U.S. National Champion and one of the American team's strongest and most visible competitors in the mid-1980s, Phillips was considered to be one of the front-runners for the 1988 U.S. Olympic team.
Arrested and brought before a judge, Haley agrees to a deal where she can avoid punishment if she returns to the world of professional gymnastics. Haley was once considered one of the most talented and promising gymnasts in the U.S.; known for her flair and raw power which enabled her to perform higher difficulty moves her fellow competitors ...
Comăneci eventually became a world champion gymnast. In 1976, at the age of 14, she became the first woman to ever score a perfect 10 at the Olympics; she ended the competition with seven 10s, three gold medals, one silver, and one bronze and became an instant celebrity in Romania and around the world. However, the pressure was too much for ...
Overall, she tied several world records and set a new American record for the most gymnastics gold medals at an Olympics. As a result, she carried the U.S. flag during the closing ceremony.
The U.S. didn't have an African American female gymnast on the team until 1980. Now, the team consists of two African American women, one Puerto Rican and one Jewish woman.
The most diverse women’s gymnastics team in history will begin competing this weekend at the Paris 2024 Summer Olympic Games – and inspiring younger gymnasts with their performances.
This was the first Olympic medal for a North Korean woman in Olympic gymnastics. [2] Hong won the gold medal in vault at the 2013 Summer Universiade in Kazan (tied with Russian gymnast Ksenia Afanasyeva) and is the bronze medalist on vault at the 2013 World Championships. The following year she won the vault final at the World Championships.
When Dominique Dawes competed in the Olympic trials for the 1992 Barcelona Games, she was the first Black gymnast to ever qualify. Three decades later, 80% of the U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics ...