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Actually the first female African American gymnast to be recognized on the Elite level was Dianne Durham who was a Karolyite (trained with Bela Karolyi alongside Mary Lou Retton). Other prominent African American gymnasts....Elizabeth "Betty" Okino (also trained with Karolyi) and Dominique Dawes (Hill's) and for men it was Ron Galimore(1980) so it was Ron Galimore.
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Which female gymnast won Gold Medals in the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise events in the 1972 Summer Olympics?
Olga Korbut
Who won the womens gymnast gold in the 2004 Olympics?
The all-around women's gymnastics gold in 2004 went to Carly Patterson.
How many Olympic Gold Medals did former Soviet gymnast Olga Korbut win?
Four
Who was the first black woman to win a gold Olympic medal?
That was gymnast Ágnes Keleti of Hungary who won gold in Floor Exercise at the 1952 Games in Helsinki and Uneven Bars, Floor Exercise, Balance Beam, and Team Portable Apparatus at the 1956 Games in Melbourne.
What happened first the battle of little bighorn or the discovery of gold in the black hills?
Gold was discovered in the Black Hills first. If you are doing American School history, I found both answers on page 281
Who was the first US gymnast to take home the gold medal?
First U.S female gymnast to get the gold medal was Julianne McNamara.
Who was the youngest black gymnast to win gold?
Kelvin Olugbenga Akinpelu(Nigerian)
Who is Britain's most famous female gymnast who won gold in 2006?
I would say Beth Tweddle . She won gold in the European Championships.
Which female gymnast won Gold Medals in the Balance Beam and Floor Exercise events in the 1972 Summer Olympics?
Olga Korbut
What female has won the most Olympic gold medals?
Through the 2010 Games, that is gymnast Larissa Latynina of the Soviet Union with 9.
Who is is the best gymnast in world?
The best gymnast in the world is currently Gabrielle Douglas, a member of the US Gymnastics Team at the 2012 London Olympics. She took the individual gold. She is also the first woman of color and African-American to win individual gold in the Olympics.
Who is the tallest men's gymnast to win gold?
nemov
Who was the gymnast that preformed in Dancing with the Stars?
Shawn Johnson is a female gymnast who won a gold metal for her performance on the balance beam and silver in all-around and floor exercise in the 2008 Summer Olympics. She competed on DwtS in the 2009 season - and won it with her partner Mark Ballas.
What gymnast to be awarded with a perfect score of 10 at the Olympics?
Nadia Comaneci, A Romanian Gymnast, winner of 3 olympic gold medals was the first ever to achieve a perfect 10 in Gymnastics.
How do you know if a goldfinch is a male or female?
the male gold finch is bright yellow with black and white wings the female is brown with black and white wings
Who is CJ Maestas the gymnast?
Maestas is a gymnast from Gold Cup. He won nationals. He trained with Olympians at the training center in Calorado.
Who was the first black female volleyball player to go to the Olympics?
Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a retired United States artistic gymnast. She was 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent Seven" at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Dawes is also notable as being the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, and the first black person of any nationality or gender to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.[1] She is also one of only three female American gymnasts, along with Muriel Grossfeld and Linda Metheny-Mulvihill, to compete in three Olympics and was part of three Olympic medal-winning teams: Barcelona 1992 (bronze), Atlanta 1996 (gold), and Sydney 2000 (bronze). Dawes is the first female gymnast to be a part of three Olympic medal winning teams
