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Mary Lou Retton, who was first trained in a local gym in West Virgina, and later by Bela Karolyi in Texas, won the women's All Around competition in Los Angleles Olympics. The all around competition was close and it came down to the final event, vault, and in order to win Retton had to receive a perfect score of 10. Scoring a perfect 10 was extremely difficult and rare , especially under pressure at the Olympic Games. Retton displayed no outward fear or hesitation and she executed a perfect layout Tsukahara Vault to received a 10. Even though she had aleady won the title and she didn't have perform a second vault, she executed a second perfect vault for another 10 which left no doubt in the minds of the spectators who was the new (and first American) Women's Olympic All Around Gymnastics Champion.
Gold medalists in women's gymnastics at the 1996 Games: Artistic: Team All-Around: United States
Individual All-Around: Lilia Podkopayeva - Ukraine
Vault: Simona Amanar - Romania
Uneven Bars: Svetlana Khorkina - Russia
Balance Beam: Shannon Miller - United States
Floor: Lilia Podkopayeva - Ukraine Rhythmic: Individual All-Around: Ekaterina Serebrianskaya - Ukraine
Team All-Around: Spain
Ludmilla Tourischeva of the Soviet Union won two gold medals (all-around and team competition), Olga Korbut of the Soviet Union won three gold medals (team competition, balance beam, floor exercise), and Karin Janz of East Germany won two gold medals (vault and balance beam) at the 1972 Games in Munich.
Amanda Borden, Shannon Miller, Kerri Strug, Dominique Dawes, Amy Chow, Dominique Moceanu and Jaycie Phelps. They were all part of the Magnificent 7.
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When were the female gymnastics added to the Olympic games?
1928 Games in Amsterdam. Women began competing for medals in team all-around and not individual events. Individual event medal competition was added at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.
Who are all the female US Olympic gymnastics gold medal winners since 1980?
US gold medalists in women's gymnastics through 14 August at the 2008 Games in Beijing: 1984 - 1) Mary Lou Retton - All around 2) Julianne McNamara - Uneven Bars 1996 - 1) Shannon Miller - Balance Beam 2) Amanda Borden, Amy Chow, Dominique Dawes, Shannon Miller, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps, Kerri Strug - Team Competition 2004 - 1) Carly Patterson - All around 2008 - 1) Nastia Liukin - All around
Which female won the most olympic medals?
Missy Franklin
In what event did a woman win the first Olympic medal presented to a female?
Croquet
Who became the first British female to win olympic track gold this month in 1992?
Sally Gunnell
When were the female gymnastics added to the Olympic games?
1928 Games in Amsterdam. Women began competing for medals in team all-around and not individual events. Individual event medal competition was added at the 1952 Games in Helsinki.
Who is the first Olympic female to score a perfect 10 in gymnastics?
nadia comaneci
Who was the first female to score a perfect 10 in Gymnastics at the Olympic Games?
Nadia Comaneci, in 1976.
Who are the female athLETES in subway breakfast commercial?
The blond is Nastia Liukin, the Olympic gold medalist in gymnastics from 2008.
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
Where is a list of US olympic female gymnast?
Where can I find a list of the 2000 olympic female gymnasts from U.S.A.?
How and when did Gymnastics start?
Gymnastics began in ancient Greece. The ancient Greeks considered physical fitness to be a very important part of their life and they built gymnasia and courtyards in every city of ancient Greece for the purpose of jumping, running and wrestling. Meanwhile, the Roman Empire began to ascend and Greek gymnastics began to give way to military training. The wooden horse which is used in modern-day gymnastics was introduced by the ancient Romans. In the year 393 A.D., the Olympic Games were abolished by Emperor Theodosius and gymnastics was, therefore, abolished. Gymnastics was revived in the period between the latter half of the eighteenth century and the first half of the nineteenth century. The credit for the revival of gymnastics goes to two physical instructors, namely Johann Friedrich GutsMuth, who was born in the year 1759 and died at the age of 80 in the year 1839, and Friedrich Ludwig Jahn, who was born in the year 1778 and died at the age of 74 in the year 1852.
Who won female floor gymnastics in 1984?
Ecaterina Szabo of Romania.
What is gymnast larisa latynina famous for?
LARISSA LATYNINA has more Olympic medals than anyone in history, male or female, in any sport. She holds the record for winning the most Olympic medals at 18 (nine gold medals, five silver and four bronze). She is the only female athlete to win nine Olympic gold medals. She also holds the record for most individual medals (14 outside of team events) in Olympic history.
What olympic year did the female participate?
2001
Who was the first female to score a perfect ten in gymnastics for the olympics?
Nadia Comaneci.
Who were the participating German female gymnasts for 1936 Olympic games in Berlin?
Trudi Meyer, Erna Bürger, Käte Sohnemann, Isolde Frölian, Anita Bärwirth, Paula Pöhlsen, Friedl Iby, Julie Schmitt. There was only one women's gymnastics event at the 1936 Summer Games, team all-around, and Germany won the gold medal.
