Mary Lou Retton , born the January 24th 1968 with Fairmont, is old a gymnaste American

Biography

August 1st Its choice of the gymnastics is mainly with Nadia Comaneci. The exploits of this one at the time of the Olympic Games of 1976 with Los Angeles inspired it and led it to the local club of gymnastics. It joined then Houston to be involved under the orders of the old coach of Commaneci, Béla Károlyi and his Marta wife.

She starts to make known herself on the American scene in 1983 but lack the championships of the world because of a wound to the wrist.

The following year, it gains the American title and the selections American for the Olympic Games of 1984 of Los Angeles. This edition is private Soviet gymnastes because of the boycott of the the USSR. The other large female nation of the gymnastics, my Romania, is however present, with like principal competitor Ecaterina Szabó.

The tests start with the contest by team where Rumanian gains the title in front of American. At the conclusion of this contest, whose notes are entered for the open competition, Retton precedes in front of Rumanian by fifteen hundredths. After the first two rotations with the tackle, the situation was reversed.

But during two last rotations, American obtains the maximum note of 10 on the ground and the jump of horse what grants the gold medal for 5 hundredths to him.

The tests by apparatus are on the other hand with the advantage of Rumanian which obtains three gold medals, American obtaining for its part a money medal to the jump of horse and two bronze medals.

Prize list

Olympic Games of summer

• Olympic Games of 1984 with Los Angeles, the United States
• Gold medal with the open competition
• Medal of money to the contest by team
• Medal of money to the jump of horse
• Bronze medal on the ground
• Bronze medal with the asymmetric bars

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