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The Fierce Five was the artistic gymnastics team that won the second team gold medal for the United States, and the first gold medal on international soil, in the women's team competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London. Originally referred to as the Fab Five, the five members of the team were Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman ...
Jade Ashtyn Carey (born May 27, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast who represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics in Tokyo.Best known for her abilities on vault and floor exercise, she is the 2020 Olympic champion on floor exercise, a two-time World medalist (2017 silver, 2022 bronze), the 2018 Pan American Champion, and a four-time American national silver medalist (2017 ...
t. e. Three gymnastics disciplines were contested at the 2012 Olympic Games in London: artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics and trampolining. The trampoline events were held at the North Greenwich Arena (normally called The O2 Arena) from 3 to 4 August; the artistic events were also held at the North Greenwich Arena, from 28 July to 7 August.
This is a list of the gymnasts who represented their country at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London from 27 July to 12 August 2012. Gymnasts across three disciplines ( artistic gymnastics , rhythmic gymnastics , and trampoline ) participated in the Games.
2008, 2012 Toshiko Shirasu-Aihara: 1960, 1964 Kazuko Sogabe: 1956, 1960 Risa Sugawara: 1996 Aiko Sugihara: 2016, 2020 Miho Takenaka: 2000 Rie Tanaka: 2012 Keiko Tanaka-Ikeda: 1956, 1960, 1964 Asuka Teramoto: 2012, 2016 Hiroko Tsuji: 1964 Kimiko Tsukada: 1960 Koko Tsurumi: 2008, 2012 Yuki Uchiyama: 2016 Miki Uemura: 2008 Sae Watanabe: 1984 Kana ...
The qualifications round of the women's artistic gymnastics competition at the 2012 Summer Olympics was held at the North Greenwich Arena on July 29. The top 8 teams advanced to the team final, the top 24 gymnasts (with a limit of two per country) to the individual all-around final, and the top 8 gymnasts on each apparatus (with a limit of two per country) to the apparatus finals.
McKayla Maroney of the United States, the defending world champion and top qualifier to the vault final, was the favourite to win but placed second after falling on her second vault. Oksana Chusovitina, who placed fifth, set a record by competing in her sixth consecutive Olympic vault final. Pen. Pen. *Black landed on her face during her first ...
This year’s team is nearly six years older than the “Fierce Five” from the London 2012 Olympics, whose average age was 16.4. That team, as well as the 2008 Olympic team, was made up of first ...