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Cathleen Roxanne Rigby (later Mason, later McCoy; born December 12, 1952), known as Cathy Rigby, is an actress, speaker, and former artistic gymnast. Her performance in the 1968 Summer Olympics helped to popularize the sport of gymnastics in the United States. After her retirement from gymnastics, Rigby became a stage and television actress.
The 2016 Olympics were the most successful games to date for the United States in women's gymnastics, with four golds, four silvers, and one bronze medal overall. For the 2020 Olympics (held in 2021 due to COVID-19), the U.S. women's team earned the team silver medal. Simone Biles was the only gymnast from the previous Olympics to return to the ...
Cathy Rigby won the first medal for the United States women at the World Championships with a silver on balance beam. [1] Results. Event Gold Silver Bronze Men:
Cathy Rigby 12 December 1952 (aged 15) Long Beach, California: Joyce Tanac 27 September 1950 (aged 18) Seattle, Washington West Germany: Petra Jebram 23 March 1954 (aged 14) Wattenscheid, West Germany: Angelika Kern 31 August 1952 (aged 16) Emmendingen, West Germany: Irmi Krauser
Cathy Rigby 12 December 1952 (aged 19) Long Beach, California: Nancy Thies 10 June 1957 (aged 15) Denver, Colorado West Germany: Angelika Kern 31 August 1952 (aged 19) Emmendingen, West Germany: Andrea Niederheide 2 November 1957 (aged 14) Hattingen, West Germany: Jutta Oltersdorf
These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1972 Summer Olympics in Munich. The qualification and final rounds took place on August 27, 28 and 30th at the Sports Hall. This was the first time that the all-around was contested on a separate day ...
These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1968 Summer Olympics in Mexico City. [ 1 ] Competition format
President Ronald Reagan and Retton with the U.S. Olympic Team in Los Angeles, 1984. Retton was an outspoken supporter of the Reagan administration and appeared in a variety of television ads supporting Ronald Reagan as well as appearing at a rally for his reelection campaign just a month after the Olympics in her home state of West Virginia.