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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.
The Fierce Five was the artistic gymnastics team that won the second team gold medal for the United States in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics. Originally referred to as the Fab Five , the five members of the team were Gabby Douglas , McKayla Maroney , Aly Raisman , Kyla Ross , and Jordyn Wieber .
Douglas is the first African American to win an Olympic individual all-around title, [6] [7] and the first U.S. gymnast to win gold in both the individual all-around and team competitions at the same Olympics in 2012. With a total of six Olympic and World Championship medals, she is the eleventh most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time.
At the 2012 Summer Olympics, the U.S. gymnasts didn't just have to defeat the Russians and the Romanians. They had to defeat USA Gymnastics itself.
Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining.The trampoline events were held at the North Greenwich Arena (normally called The O2 Arena) from 3 to 4 August; the artistic events were also held at the North Greenwich Arena, from 28 July to 7 August.
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.
Getty. Gabby Douglas made history in 2012 when she became the first black gymnast to win an individual gold medal, as well as the first woman of color of any nationality to win the event.
McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is an American retired [3] artistic gymnast.She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team dubbed the Fierce Five at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team and an individual silver medal in the vault event.