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Which gymnast was the youngest on the 1996 Olympic team?

Which gymnast was the youngest on the 1996 Olympic team?

In 1995, at the age of 13, she became the youngest gymnast to win the senior all-around title at the U.S. National Championships….Dominique Moceanu.

Women’s gymnastics
Representing the United States
1996 Atlanta Team
World Championships
1995 Sabae Balance beam

How old are the Olympic gymnasts?

Currently, per the 1997 regulation, gymnasts must be at least 16 years of age, or turning 16 within the calendar year, to compete in senior-level events. For the current Olympic cycle, in order to compete in the 2020 Olympics, a gymnast must have a birth date before January 1, 2005.

How old was Kerri Strug in the 1996 Olympics?

At 14 years of age, she was the youngest Olympian on the USA team, having qualified just a month before the Games.

Who was the youngest USA Olympic gymnast?

Dominique Moceanu At just 14, she became the youngest Olympic gold medalist in U.S. gymnastics history.

Who is the 46 year old Olympic gymnast?

Oksana Chusovitina

Oksana Chusovitina
Born 19 June 1975 Bukhara, Uzbek SSR, Soviet Union
Height 1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)
Discipline Women’s artistic gymnastics
Level Senior international

Who was the youngest gymnast at the Olympics?

Dimitrios Loundras is the youngest gymnast to compete in the Olympic Games! Dimitrios was 10-years-old when he participated in the 1896 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.

Which gymnast broke her ankle at the Olympics?

Strug was part of the U.S. women’s gymnastics team, also known as the “Magnificent Seven,” during the Summer Games in Atlanta 25 years ago. It was during those games that Strug did something on the gym floor no one had seen before. Strug severely injured her ankle after an awkward landing from the vault.

Who won the 1996 women’s gymnastics all around?

Lilia Podkopayeva
Gymnastics at the 1996 Summer Olympics – Women’s artistic individual all-around

Women’s artistic individual all-around at the Games of the XXVI Olympiad
Competitors 105 from 36 nations
Medalists
Lilia Podkopayeva Ukraine Gina Gogean Romania Simona Amânar Romania Lavinia Miloșovici Romania
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