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Alicia Sacramone- Gymnastics: Alicia
Marie Sacramone was born on December 3, 1987. She is a retired American artistic
gymnast.
Sacramone began gymnastics at the age of eight, started competing in the elite
ranks in 2002 and joined the U.S. national team in 2003. At US National
Championships from 2004 to 2008, she won twelve medals, including four golds on
vault and two golds on floor exercise. At World Championships from 2005 to 2007,
she won seven medals, including a floor exercise gold in 2005 and a team gold in
2007. At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she won a team silver medal. In 2010,
Sacramone made a comeback by winning the National Championship on Vault. Later
in 2010 at the World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands, she won the World
Title on Vault as well. Her gold gave her a total of nine medals overall,
joining Shannon Miller and Nastia Liukin as the U.S. athletes with the most
medals at the gymnastics world championships until the US team won gold in the
team finals at the 2011 World Championships. Though she was injured and could
not compete, she still received a medal as an official member of the U.S. team,
earning her tenth World medal, making her the most decorated U.S. gymnast in the
history of the World Championships.
Sacramone has become noteworthy for supportive leadership of her teammates as
well as outspoken remarks in interviews.
Sacramone was born on December 3, 1987 in Boston, Massachusetts to parents Fred,
an orthodontist, and Gail Sacramone. She is of Italian descent. Sacramone has an
older brother, Jonathan. She graduated from Winchester High School in 2006. She
is dating NFL quarterback Brady Quinn.
Sacramone began studying dance at the age of five and started training
gymnastics five years later, at age eight, in 1996. She began her gymnastics
career with Romanian coaches Mihai and Silvia Brestyan at Gymnastics and More
club and continued to train with them after they opened their own training
facility in Ashland. The Brestyans continue to serve as Sacramone's coaches.
Her results improved immensely in 2003, when she placed 14th in the all-around
and won a bronze medal on the Floor and place 4th on Vault at the 2003 U.S.
Nationals, earning a spot on the U.S. National gymnastics team. Sacramone also
participated in her first international competition in 2003, the Massilia Cup in
France, where she placed fourth on the floor exercise and ninth on vault.
In 2004, Sacramone earned a spot on the US team for the Pacific Alliance
Championships in Hawaii. She contributed several scores to help the team to a
gold medal finish and won the individual vault title. Sacramone's strong
performances caught the attention of the media, who began to consider her a
legitimate contender for the American team at the 2004 Olympics in Athens.
However, at the 2004 U.S. Nationals, an error-filled performance dashed
Sacramone's hopes of an Olympic berth. Although she tied with Mohini Bhardwaj
for the silver medal on the vault, she finished in 19th place overall and did
not qualify to the Olympic Trials. She also suffered an injury to her back and
required time off to recover.
Sacramone continued competing in late 2004 as a member of the U.S. national
team, and was assigned to several international meets, including the Pan
American Individual Event Championships, where she won the vault and floor
exercise titles. At the World Cup Finals in Birmingham, England, Sacramone
attracted media attention again when she upset reigning Olympic vault champion
Monica Roşu to take first place on the event.
In July 2011, Sacramone added floor exercise to her competitive repertoire at
the CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. Competing on three events, Sacramone
won gold on vault, tied for gold on beam with Jordyn Wieber of Michigan, and won
the bronze on floor (13.9).
At August's 2011 Nationals in St. Paul, Minnesota, Sacramone won the balance
beam title with a two-night score of 30.1. She placed second to McKayla Maroney
on vault (30.6), and she tied with Hallie Mossett for eighth place on floor
exercise (27.35).
After participating in two selection camps at the Karolyi Ranch in New Waverly,
Texas, Sacramone was named to the 2011 U.S. women's world championships
gymnastics team.
While training at the World Championships in Tokyo, Sacramone sustained a tear
of her Achilles tendon. She returned to the U.S. immediately for surgery on the
tear. However, the U.S. team retained her name on the roster, so she was
eligible to receive a gold medal in the team event in absentia. With her tenth
World medal, Sacramone became the most decorated American gymnast at the World
Championships.
Sacramone qualified for the 2012 Visa National Championships. She placed first
on vault and third on balance beam. At the Olympic Trials, Sacramone placed
second on both vault and balance beam, but was not named to the Olympic team. �I
leave this sport with no regrets" posted Sacramone on her Twitter feed shortly
after the Olympic Team was selected, suggesting that she is likely to retire.
In June 2008, Sacramone and her team mates Shawn Johnson and Nastia Liukin
became the first female athletes ever to be signed as CoverGirl spokesmodels.
Sacramone is also a member of Team 24 Fitness and serves as a spokeswoman for
the fitness company. In 2009, she also appeared in a Gatorade commercial that
spoofed Monty Python and the Holy Grail as "Alicia, The Girl Who Made Horse
Trotting Noises."
During the summer of 2009, Sacramone briefly stayed in Los Angeles, California
and she designed for Tank Farm, a men's fashion company. She has discussed her
intent to return to college in the media, but announced in August 2009 that she
was not intending to return to Brown University. In an interview with Inside
Gymnastics Magazine, she stated, "I plan to continue school but I�m looking into
transferring somewhere in Boston,� she explains. �Brown is a great school and I
loved it, but it was just not the best atmosphere for me; maybe a little too
liberal. It was a great two years and I learned a lot about myself and from the
professors and coaches there. I�m looking at Boston University, Boston College
and Harvard. I want to weigh my options before I make an ultimate decision, but
I would love to transfer to Harvard. I think that would be pretty much ideal."
She appeared nude in ESPN's 2011 "Body Issue" and talked about how her body had
evolved throughout her elite career and the changes in her self-perception
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Dated 10 December 2012
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