Famous American Gymnasts

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Simone Biles
(Most Decorated Gymnast of All Time)
Simone Biles
73
Birthdate: March 14, 1997
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Columbus, Ohio, United States

Simone Biles is an artistic gymnast. Having won a combined total of 30 World Championship and Olympic medals, Biles is the world's third-most decorated gymnast and the most decorated in America. Regarded as the greatest gymnast of all time by some, Simone Biles continues to inspire several aspiring gymnasts around the world, especially gymnasts from the black community.

 2 
Shawn Johnson
(American Former Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medallist)
Shawn Johnson
18
Birthdate: January 19, 1992
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Des Moines, Iowa, United States

Shawn Johnson is a former artistic gymnast who won the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medal. She is a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist and a three-time U.S. all-around champion as well. She retired from gymnastics in  2012. She was the winner of season eight of the dance competition show Dancing with the Stars.  

 3 
Laurie Hernandez
(American Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Laurie Hernandez
29
Birthdate: June 9, 2000
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Old Bridge Township, New Jersey, United States

Born to Puerto Rican-American parents, Laurie Hernandez was homeschooled since third grade and began training in gymnastics at age 5. At 16, she was the youngest of the Final Five that won a team gold at the 2016 Rio Olympics. Her wide smile has earned her the nickname The Human Emoji.

 4 
Kyla Ross
(American Former Artistic Gymnast and Coach)
Kyla Ross
7
Birthdate: October 24, 1996
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Honolulu, Hawaii, United States

The youngest member of the US artistic gymnastics team at the 2012 London Olympics, Kyla Ross won the team gold at the event, and became the first female gymnast to win the Olympic, the World, and the NCAA championships. Now a youth gymnastics coach, she has also launched her own line of leotards.

 5 
Alicia Sacramone
(Former American Artistic Gymnast)
Alicia Sacramone
21
Birthdate: December 3, 1987
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Boston, Massachusetts, United States

Alicia Sacramone is a retired artistic gymnast who won a silver medal with the United States team at the 2008 Summer Olympics. With a total of 11 Olympic and World Championship medals, she is one of the most decorated U.S. female gymnasts. She is also a spokeswoman for a fitness company and has appeared in a few commercials. 

 6 
Dominique Dawes
(American Retired Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Dominique Dawes
21
Birthdate: November 20, 1976
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Silver Spring, Maryland, United States

Known as Awesome Dawesome, Dominique Dawes is a retired star gymnast from the U.S. who was part of the gold-winning team at the Atlanta Olympics. She also became the first African-American to earn an individual Olympic medal, with her bronze. She is also part of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

 7 
Carly Patterson
(Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Carly Patterson
13
Birthdate: February 4, 1988
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Baton Rouge, Louisiana, United States

Carly Patterson is a former artistic gymnast who was the all-around champion at the 2004 Olympics. She was coached by former Israeli Olympian Yohanan Moyal and started competing internationally in 2000. She is a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame. She is also a singer-songwriter and a motivational speaker. She has appeared on the TV show Celebrity Duets. 

 8 
Katelyn Ohashi
(American Former Artistic Gymnast)
Katelyn Ohashi
19
Birthdate: April 12, 1997
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Seattle, Washington, United States
Artistic gymnast Katelyn Ohashi is a six-time All-American and a four-time USA Gymnastics' Junior National Team member. She won the 2011 Junior National Championship and the 2013 American Cup. A video of her perfect 10-winning routine at the 2019 Collegiate Challenge went viral on the internet, gaining her international fame.
 9 
McKayla Maroney
(Retired American Artistic Gymnast)
McKayla Maroney
43
Birthdate: December 9, 1995
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Aliso Viejo, California, United States
Former U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney soared to fame after winning the gold medal and an individual silver medal at the 2012 Summer Olympics. A picture of her "not impressed" expression went viral as an internet meme. She was one of the gymnasts who accused doctor Larry Nassar of sexual abuse.
 10 
Gabby Douglas
(Artistic Gymnast and 1st African American to Become the Olympic Individual All-Around Champion)
Gabby Douglas
34
Birthdate: December 31, 1995
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Newport News, Virginia, United States

Retired artistic gymnast Gabby Douglas became an all-around Olympic champion in 2012, becoming the first African-American to achieve the feat. She is also the first American to win gold in both the individual and team competitions at the same Olympic event. She inspired the biopic The Gabby Douglas Story.

 11 
Nastia Liukin
(American Former Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Nastia Liukin
26
Birthdate: October 30, 1989
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Moscow, Russia

Nastia Liukin made headlines with her 5-medal haul at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Born to an Olympic medalist gymnast father and a world champion gymnast mother, she was destined to make a career in the sport. She is now part of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

 12 
Ariana Berlin
(American Artistic Gymnast, Dancer and Film Actress)
Ariana Berlin
9
Birthdate: October 29, 1987
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Diego, California, United States

Ariana Berlin is an artistic gymnast and dancer. She competed for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team from 2006 to 2009. One of UCLA’s most consistent athletes, she is a four-time All-American. She is also trained in break-dancing and has worked as a stunt performer in several television shows. Currently, she is an associate producer at Fox Sports.  

 13 
Jordyn Wieber
(Former Artistic Gymnast and Head Coach of the 'Arkansas Razorbacks' Gymnastics Team)
Jordyn Wieber
13
Birthdate: July 12, 1995
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: DeWitt, Michigan, United States

Jordyn Wieber is a former artistic gymnast who was a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. Women's Gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She was also a part of the victorious American team at the 2011 World Championships. She became a gymnastics coach after retirement and currently coaches the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team.  

 14 
Madison Kocian
(Retired American Artistic Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medallist)
Madison Kocian
9
Birthdate: June 15, 1997
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Dallas, Texas, United States

Part of the gold-winning American Final Five at the 2016 Rio Olympics, Madison Kocian had also earned a silver on uneven bars at the same event. She began training in gymnastics at age 5 and retired in 2020, after the COVID-19 pandemic halted her UCLA Bruins final season.

 15 
Mary Lou Retton
(American Retired Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medallist)
Mary Lou Retton
22
Birthdate: January 24, 1968
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Fairmont, West Virginia, United States

Retired gymnast Mary Lou Retton, known for her trademark, The Retton Flip, made history by becoming the first American female gymnast to win an individual Olympic gold medal and was the first gymnast named to the U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame. She later became a motivational speaker.

 16 
Danell Leyva
(Cuban-American Former Gymnast Who Competed for America and was a Specialist on 'Parallel Bars' and 'Horizontal Bar')
Danell Leyva
10
Birthdate: October 30, 1991
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Cardenas, Cuba

With his mother and stepfather both being national gymnasts from Cuba, Danell Leyva was bound to follow in their footsteps. The Cuban-American gymnast has won 2 silvers and 1 bronze at the Olympics. In 2020, he came out as pansexual and bisexual, hoping it would ease things for other LGBT individuals.

 17 
Aly Raisman
(Former American Artistic Gymnast and Winner of Three Olympic Gold Medals)
Aly Raisman
7
Birthdate: May 25, 1994
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Needham, Massachusetts, United States
With six Olympic medals, including gold medals won at the 2012 London Olympics and the 2016 Rio Olympics, gymnast Aly Raisman is the second-most-decorated Olympic gymnast in the U.S. She was one of many who accused Olympic team physician Larry Nassar of sexual abuse, leading to his conviction.
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Bart Conner
(American Former Gymnast and Two-Time Olympic Gold Medallist)
Bart Conner
4
Birthdate: March 28, 1958
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Chicago, Illinois, United States

American gymnastics legend Bart Conner is the only male gymnast from his country to have won gold medals at all levels of national and international competition. A 2-time Olympic gold medalist, he also has a journalism degree. He now runs a gymnastics academy with his wife and Romanian Olympic champion Nadia Comaneci.

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Shannon Miller
(American Former Artistic Gymnast and Two-Times Olympic Gold Medallist)
Shannon Miller
10
Birthdate: March 10, 1977
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Rolla, Missouri, United States

Shannon Miller is a former artistic gymnast who is one of the most decorated US female gymnasts in Olympics history. She is the winner of seven Olympic medals, including the five she won at the 1992 Olympics, and 16 World Championships.  She is a member of the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame and the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.   

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Maggie Nichols
(American Former Gymnast)
Maggie Nichols
4
Birthdate: September 12, 1997
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Little Canada, Minnesota, United States

Maggie Nichols is a former collegiate artistic gymnast who became the ninth NCAA gymnast to complete a Gym Slam. She represented the United States in the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she captured a gold medal with her team. She received the Arthur Ashe Courage Award for speaking up against sexual abuse in gymnastics. 

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Ragan Smith
(American Collegiate Gymnast and the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships Winner)
Ragan Smith
7
Birthdate: August 8, 2000
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Snellville, Georgia, United States

Ragan Smith is a collegiate gymnast who emerged as the 2017 United States national all-around champion. She was a member of the US National Team from 2014 to 2019 and competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy. She competes on vault, balance beam, uneven bars, and floor exercises. She is currently signed with the Oklahoma Sooners women's gymnastics program. 

 22 
MyKayla Skinner
(American Former Artistic Gymnast Who Was the 2020 Olympic Vault Silver Medalist)
MyKayla Skinner
6
Birthdate: December 9, 1996
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Gilbert, Arizona, United States

MyKayla Skinner is a former artistic gymnast who was the 2020 Olympic vault silver medalist. Previously, she was part of the US team that competed at the 2014 World Championships and won a gold medal. She captured a total of 11 medals at the USA National Championships during her senior career. She survived Covid-19 in 2021.

 23 
Sunisa Lee
(American Artistic Gymnast Who is 2020 Olympic All-Around Champion)
Sunisa Lee
5
Birthdate: March 9, 2003
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States

Apart from being the first Hmong-American to participate in the Olympics, Sunisa Lee has also won a gold, a team silver, and a bronze at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. She was also the 2019 world champion. Named to Time 100 in 2021, she was pepper-sprayed in a racist attack in Los Angeles.

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Kurt Thomas
(American Olympic Gymnast)
Kurt Thomas
4
Birthdate: March 29, 1956
Sun Sign: Aries
Birthplace: Miami, Florida, United States
Died: June 5, 2020

Kurt Thomas was a gymnast who became the first American male gymnast to win a gold medal at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in 1978. He won six medals at the world championship in 1979 and was also the James E. Sullivan Award winner that year. He appeared in the 1985 film Gymkata. 

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Grace McCallum
(American Artistic Gymnast)
Grace McCallum
5
Birthdate: October 20, 2002
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Cambridge, Minnesota, United States

After winning the team silver at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics, Grace McCallum now plans to complete a program at the University of Utah. She is also a 2-time World champion. At 13, she broke her left elbow after a mistimed backflip and almost lost her chance at competing again.

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Cathy Rigby
(American Actress and Former Artistic Gymnast)
Cathy Rigby
8
Birthdate: December 12, 1952
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Long Beach, California, United States

Best known for her iconic portrayal of Peter Pan on Broadway, actor Cathy Rigby was initially a talented gymnast, too. A 2-time Olympian, she became the first female athlete from the US to win a world gymnastics medal. She also struggled with eating disorders such as anorexia and bulimia.

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Morgan Hurd
(American Artistic Gymnast)
Morgan Hurd
6
Birthdate: July 18, 2001
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Wuzhou, China

Dreaming to participate in the Olympics since age 11, Morgan Hurd, unfortunately, failed to qualify for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. A 2-time World champion, she was adopted from China at 11 months and began training in gymnastics at age 3. She is known for her signature spectacles, which she wears while competing.

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Kim Zmeskal
(American Gymnastics Coach and Retired Artistic Gymnast)
Kim Zmeskal
5
Birthdate: February 6, 1976
Sun Sign: Aquarius
Birthplace: Houston, Texas, United States

Kim Zmeskal is a retired artistic gymnast. She was the 1991 World All-Around champion and a member of the US team that competed in the 1991 World Championships and won a silver medal. She is also a three-time United States national all-around champion. She is currently a gymnastics coach and co-owns Texas Dreams Gymnastics with her husband, Chris. 

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Kerri Strug
(Retired American Gymnast and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Kerri Strug
6
Birthdate: November 19, 1977
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: Tucson, Arizona, United States

Kerri Strug is a retired gymnast who was a member of the all-around women's gymnastics team that represented USA at the 1996 Summer Olympics and won the gold medal. She began training in gymnastics as a child. She was mentored by coach Béla Károlyi and made her way to the US national team. She became a teacher after retirement. 

 30 
Jamie Dantzscher
(American Former Artistic Gymnast)
Jamie Dantzscher
7
Birthdate: May 2, 1982
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Jamie Dantzscher is a former artistic gymnast who was a member of the  American team that won a bronze medal at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney. She made her international debut at the 1996 City of Pope's competition in France and achieved All-American honors 15 times. She is a member of the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame. 

 31 
Ashton Locklear
(American Artistic Gymnast)
Ashton Locklear
6
Birthdate: January 13, 1998
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Lumberton, North Carolina, United States

Ashton Locklear is a retired artistic gymnast who was a member of the United States team that bagged the gold at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She is also a two-time national champion on the uneven bars. She began her gymnastics career in trampolining and later switched to artistic gymnastics. She announced her retirement in 2019. 

 32 
Jennifer Bricker
(American Acrobat and Aerialist)
Jennifer Bricker
4
Birthdate: October 1, 1987
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: United States

Jennifer Bricker is an acrobat and aerialist who became a featured performer on Britney Spears' Circus Tour. Born without legs, she was the first disabled high school tumbling champion in the state of Illinois. She received the U.S. Tumbling Association’s Inspiration Award in 1998. Her memoir Everything Is Possible became a New York Times bestseller. 

 33 
Dominique Moceanu
(Retired American Gymnast Who Became the First American to Win the All-Around Gold Medal)
Dominique Moceanu
10
Birthdate: September 30, 1981
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Los Angeles, California, United States

Gymnast Dominique Moceanu was part of the Magnificent Seven, the women’s team that won the gold at the 1996 Atlanta Olympics. After retiring, she has studied management and also penned a book. She also sued her father for misusing her earnings as a gymnast and won the case.

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Paul Hunt
(Gymnastics clown)
Paul Hunt
4
Birthplace: Illinois, United States

Once a US national champion, gymnast Paul Hunt also made use of his sense of humor, often performing comic-relief routines, dressed in skirts, using pseudonyms such as Paulina and Pauletta. A talented coach, he was forced to shut down his gymnastics academy in Salt Lake City due to COVID-19.

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Courtney Kupets
(American Former Artistic Gymnast and Two-Time Olympic Medalist)
Courtney Kupets
5
Birthdate: July 27, 1986
Sun Sign: Leo
Birthplace: Bedford, Texas, United States

Courtney Kupets is an American retired artistic gymnast best known for winning a silver and bronze medal at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens. A two-time Artistic Gymnastics World Champion, Kupets went on to establish herself as a coach after retiring from her competitive career. In 2017, she became the head coach of the University of Georgia's women's gymnastics team.

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Mitch Gaylord
(American Gymnast, Actor, and Olympic Gold Medalist)
Mitch Gaylord
5
Birthdate: March 10, 1961
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Van Nuys, Los Angeles, California, United States

Apart from being an Olympic gold medalist, US gymnast Mitch Gaylord also experimented with acting. He scripted history by becoming the first gymnast from the US to score a perfect 10 in the Olympics. He later starred in American Anthem and worked as a stunt double in Batman Forever.

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Sam Mikulak
(American Artistic Gymnast Who is a Six-Time U.S. National All-Around Champion)
Sam Mikulak
5
Birthdate: October 13, 1992
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: Corona del Mar, California, United States
Gymnast Sam Mikulak became a 3-time Olympian at age 28, proving that age is just a number, even in gymnastics, though he retired without winning a single Olympic medal. He is now a mental-health advocate for athletes. A dog lover, he owns 3 dogs named after How I Met Your Mother characters.
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Liang Chow
(Chinese-American Former Artistic Gymnast)
Liang Chow
5
Birthdate: January 1, 1968
Sun Sign: Capricorn
Birthplace: Beijing, China

Chinese former artistic gymnast and the owner of Chow’s Gym, Liang Chow has over 30 international gold medals in his kitty. He later moved to the US, where he focused on coaching. He is known for training Olympic gold medalists such as Gabby Douglas and Shawn Johnson.

 39 
Valeri Liukin
(Russian-American Retired Artistic Gymnast and Gymnastics Coach)
Valeri Liukin
5
Birthdate: December 17, 1966
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Aktobe, Kazakhstan

Known as Olympic champion Russian-American gymnast Nastia Lukin’s father, Soviet gymnast Valeri Liukin has himself won 2 gold and 2 silver medals at the Olympics. Part of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, he became a successful gymnastics coach in the US and also coached the Brazilian national women's gymnastics team.

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Dianne Durham
(American Artistic Gymnast)
Dianne Durham
5
Birthdate: June 17, 1968
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Gary, Indiana, United States
Died: February 4, 2021

Dianne Durham was an artistic gymnast who won the all-around senior title at the women's US National Championships in 1983, becoming the first African American athlete to do so. She suffered from injuries that put a premature end to her brilliant career, and she had to retire in 1985. Later on, she ran the Skyline Gymnastics school in Chicago. 

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Riley McCusker
(American Artistic Gymnast)
Riley McCusker
5
Birthdate: July 9, 2001
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: New Milford, Connecticut, United States

Riley McCusker wasn’t just the 2018 World champion but had also won 2 Pan American gold medals. She stunned her fans by not qualifying for the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. In 2020, she sued her former coach Maggie Haney for using abusive coaching tactics, such as making her train while injured.

 42 
Chellsie Memmel
(American Artistic Gymnast)
Chellsie Memmel
4
Birthdate: June 23, 1988
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: West Allis, Wisconsin, United States

Chellsie Memmel was not just a 3-time world champion in her teen years, but she also won a silver team medal at the 2008 Beijing Olympics. Now a mother of two, she is back to gymnastics, after a hiatus, competing at the U.S. Championships at age 32.

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David Jacobs
(American Trampoline Gymnast)
David Jacobs
4
Birthdate: March 2, 1942
Sun Sign: Pisces
Birthplace: Sheboygan, Wisconsin, United States

American trampoline gymnast David Jacobs first gained attention after winning the synchronized trampoline title at the 1966 Trampoline World Championships. He later won 2 more World Championship golds and a silver. He is also known for an impromptu appearance on the hidden-camera reality show Impractical Jokers.

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Julissa Gomez
(American Gymnast)
Julissa Gomez
4
Birthdate: November 4, 1972
Sun Sign: Scorpio
Birthplace: San Antonio, Texas, United States
Died: August 8, 1991

Though born to working-class parents, Julissa Gomez was encouraged by them to train for gymnastics at an early age. An Olympic hopeful, Gomez suffered a devastating head injury at an event in Japan, rendering her paralyzed and in a coma for days. She eventually died, prompting safety reforms in gymnastics.

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Bridget Sloan
(American Artistic Gymnast Who Was the 2009 World Champion in the All-Around)
Bridget Sloan
4
Birthdate: June 23, 1992
Sun Sign: Cancer
Birthplace: Cincinnati, Ohio, United States

Bridget Sloan is an American artistic gymnast who won the silver medal in the women's artistic team all-around competition at the Olympic Games in 2008. The following year, she won the gold medal in the all-around event at the Artistic Gymnastics World Championships. Bridget Sloan has also won gold medals at the Pan American Games and the Pacific Rim Championships. 

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Yul Moldauer
(American Artistic Gymnast)
Yul Moldauer
5
Birthdate: August 26, 1996
Sun Sign: Virgo
Birthplace: Seoul, South Korea

Born in South Korea, Yul Moldauer was born prematurely and had medical issues. Adopted before turning 1, he grew up on a Colorado farm. Starting his gymnastics training at 10, he later became a star athlete of the University of Oklahoma gymnastics team. He grew to win a World Championship bronze.

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Maddy Curley
(American Actress and Former Gymnast)
Maddy Curley
5
Birthdate: December 3, 1981
Sun Sign: Sagittarius
Birthplace: Tallahassee, Florida, United States

Maddy Curley was initially part of the UNC-Chapel Hill gymnastics team. She later also starred in the gymnastics movies Stick It and Chalk It Up. In the film Terminator: Dark Fate, she performed as a body double for Linda Hamilton. She has also been part of the Teach for America campaign.

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Julianne McNamara
(American Former Artistic Gymnast)
Julianne McNamara
3
Birthdate: October 11, 1965
Sun Sign: Libra
Birthplace: New York City, New York, United States

Julianne McNamara is a former artistic gymnast who was the winner of the U.S. women's first individual event gold medal in Olympic history. She qualified for the 1980 Olympic team but did not compete due to the Olympic Committee's boycott of the games. She went on to win an individual gold medal at the 1984 Olympic Games in Los Angeles. 

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Jade Carey
(American Artistic gymnast Who is 2022 World Champion on Vault)
Jade Carey
3
Birthdate: May 27, 2000
Sun Sign: Gemini
Birthplace: Phoenix, Arizona, United States

Though Jade Carey signed with the Oregon State University gymnastics team in 2017, she deferred her enrollment, to train for the Olympics. The Phoenix-based artistic gymnast eventually won a gold medal at the 2020 Tokyo Olympics. Born to a gymnastics trainer father, she showed an interest in the sport at age 4.

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Amy Chow
(American Former Artistic Gymnast Best Known for Being a Member of the Magnificent Seven)
Amy Chow
6
Birthdate: May 15, 1978
Sun Sign: Taurus
Birthplace: San Jose, California, United States

Amy Chow is an American former artistic gymnast best known for winning the gold medal in the women's team all-around competition at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. She also won two other Olympic medals before retiring and establishing a career as a pediatric surgeon. In 2008, she was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame.