2016 Summer Olympics. Gabrielle Douglas was born on December 31, 1995, in Virginia Beach, Virginia. She began formal gymnastics training at 6 years old and won a state championship by the time she was 8. She moved away from her hometown and family in 2010 to pursue training with a world-renowned Olympic trainer, and was selected to compete with the U.S. Olympic women's gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. There, Douglas became the first African American to win gold in the individual all-around
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successfully mastered as her first skill in gymnastics. This information was gathered from Reeve, Elspeth. “Gabby Douglas: Her Childhood Path to the Olympics.” The Atlantic, Atlantic Media Company, 3 Aug. 2012, www.theatlantic.com/international/archive/2012/08/gabby-douglas-her-childhood-path-olympics/325087/. By age four Gabby had taught herself some harder skills, such as a one-handed cartwheel. This skill displayed that Gabby had a natural talent in gymnastics, especially because of how difficult it
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became a member of the U.S. gold-medal-winning team “Magnificent Seven.” Dominique Dawes was the first gymnast to win five gold medals. She was notable as being the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in Artistic gymnastics. The gymnastics community gave her the nickname “Awesome Dawesome.” She was on a national team for ten years. Dominique Dawes was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on November 20, 1976. She has two siblings: an older sister, and a younger brother. While attending
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Karin Johnson spent the majority of her life teaching gymnastics, home schooling, and teaching young children at church and schools. She has been teaching kids in various subjects since ninth grade up to today at age forty six. She has a bright personality, and is outgoing with almost anything she does with people, also she has blonde hair, about five feet five inches tall, and wears bright colored clothes, just as bright as her personality. Karin enjoys working with elementary students, for she
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It wasn’t a demand, I choose it. I made sure that everything was completed in time and that makes me really proud of all of the actions I have done. One of my favorite sports is gymnastics and Tae Kwon Do. These are my two favorite sports ever since I was 7. I loved both sports, but I had more of a bond with gymnastics. At age 7, all I could think about is doing somersaults, handstands and splits. It amazed me when I saw on television gymnasts doing all these stunts
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School. Born on March 26, 2002, at the Civics Hospital, she has a passion for art, dedication for gymnastics and loves to play the piano. Once you get to know her, you’ll have a friend forever. As someone once said, “The past doesn’t define you are, your past prepares you for who you are to become.” That couldn’t be truer, let us explore the past of this unique eighth grader. She started gymnastics when she was three years old. Imagine that! Not only that, but she also started piano and art lessons
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Shannon Miller was a part of the Olympic gymnastics team named “The Olympic Seven” This strong team of athletes went on to win the first ever gold medal for America. They called this team “The Magnificent Seven” because this was the first ever team from America that actually had a chance for gold. Shannon Miller worked hard and had determination, and because of this, accomplished great things. Like a lot of top notch athletes Miller started gymnastics at the early age of 5. In the year of 1982
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different athletes who are born and raised in different countries. I chose to do my report on Liang Chow because my favorite sport is gymnastics and Gabby Douglas was one of Liang Chow’s students and shes now a well known gymnast. Liang Chow did gymnastics but retired and became a gymnastics coach. Next, Liang Chow was born in Beijing, China on January 1st, 1968. I learned that China is located in East Asia and the capital
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Flip Factory Background and Problem • Flip Factory is a fitness centre located in Calgary which offers unique, noncompetitive, gymnastic based programs. They include circus arts, trampolining, demonstrative gymnastics and parkour. • Services offered focus on 3 core areas: ˗ Youth, teen and adult programs ˗ Preschool programs ˗ Bookings (birthday parties, day camps, special needs groups etc.) • More than 1,500 on site participants every
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artistic gymnastics portion was Shawn Johnson who won a gold medal at 16 years old. Body I. History a. Born in Des Moines, Iowa, on January 19, 1992. b. Only child and lived with her mom and dad i. Extremely energetic and a daredevil ii. Loved to play on jungle gyms and climb all over tables and couches c. 3 years old- dance class and tumbling class- turned out she already had her heart set on gymnastics d. Three years later - Chow’s Gymnastics and
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