Immediately download the dominique moceanu summary, chapterbychapter analysis, book notes, essays, quotes, character descriptions, lesson plans, and more everything you need for studying or teaching dominique moceanu. The book details the thrill of competition but also a dark side of elite gymnastics. Opened in may 1997, the structure is preposterously outsized72,000 square feet, the equivalent of a. Former olympic gymnast dominique moceanu talks about her new. Womens gymnastics team finished on top of the standings. She was a member of the goldmedal winning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta. One of the members of the gold medal winning united states womens gymnastics team, dominique moceanu is a former gymnast. The 1996 gymnastics team was the first american womens gymnastics team to win the olympic team gold medal. Dominique moceanu 1996 olympics team optionals balance. For one olympic athlete, life turned out more like a nightmare.
Dominique moceanu was the youngest gymnast to win the. Dominique moceanu olympic gymnastics artistic united. Gymnast dominique moceanu opens up about longlost sister. Unfortunately, despite her books success, dominique was met with. In this searing and riveting new york times bestseller, olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of olympic gymnastics, the true price of success. Finally, young female gymnasts have a book to call their own in this first title in the goforgold gymnasts series, coauthored by olympic gold medalist moceanu. At the young age of 3 and a half, dominique began taking gymnastics classes in highland park, il. Daddy dearest olympic gold has turned to dross for 17year. Now, at onlyseventy pounds and four feet, five inches, dominique is psyched to take the 1996 summer olympics by storm. Early life childhood she was born to camelia staicu moceanu and dumitru. Off balance by dominique moceanu overdrive rakuten. The winning team goforgold gymnasts, the book 1 and millions of other books are. Dimitry moceanu, father of olympic gold medalist houston.
Olympic gold medalist moceanu pairs up with thompson psyche major syndrome for this first book in the goforgold gymnasts series. In this searing and riveting new york times bestseller, olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of olympic gymnastics, the true price of successand the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years later at 14 years old, dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 us womens olympic gymnastics team, the first and only. After winning a gold medal in the uneven bars at the reeses international gymnastics cup, she placed first in vault at the american classic and continued her winning streak at the visa challenge by capturing her first allaround title against an international field and winning gold medals in the floor exercise and team competitions. Dominique moceanu promotes her new book off balance on june 12, 2012 in. At thirteen, dominique moceanu burst into the gymnastic spotlight by becoming the youngest u. Olympics and still holds the honor, recently dished to aol about the hardships of reacclimating into society as a former olympian. As the daughter of two former romanian gymnasts, it was almost inevitable that dominique moceanu would follow in her parents well balanced footsteps.
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Even though they grew up hundreds of miles away from each other, moceanu, who was the youngest of the goldwinning magnificient 7 at the. Dominique moceanu 1996 olympics team optionals balance beam. The duo who defected from romania in 1981 have coached legends from mary lou retton to kerri strug, and martha oversaw both the 2012 and 2016 goldmedal winning teams. She also won the allaround title at the 1998 goodwill games, becoming the first nonrussian to earn this title. Krolyi taken moceanu into his plan, and she became the youngest person in the u. Discover book depositorys huge selection of dominique moceanu books online. All structured data from the file and property namespaces is available under the creative commons cc0 license. Roughly 11 by 16 inch sports illustrated for kids mini poster autographed in gold paint by former gymnast dominique moceanu, a member of the 1996 olympic magnificent seven gold medal winning team. As a member of the womens gymnastics team, she won a gold medal at the 1996 olympic games. Moceanu, who at 14 was the youngest gold medalist for u. Files are available under licenses specified on their description page. Former gymnast dominique moceanu talks about her book and. Dominique moceanu biography famous people biographies.
Dominique moceanu grew up inside the tightknit, closedlipped world of elite gymnastics. The oldest kid of dumitru and camelia, romanian immigrants with qualifications in gymnastics, dominique moceanu took her first courses in the sport at age 3. Dominique helena moceanu is an american author and retired gymnast. Winning team by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson. Olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu reflects on. Dominique moceanu autographed sports illustrated for kids. She was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta.
Dominique moceanu winning the us nationals in 1995 youtube. Having recently achieved junior elite status, brittany morgan whos 12 but looks like a 9yearold and her family uproot from ohio to austin, texas, so brittany can train with the. She was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team. This book is about a girl named britt who has just moved to texas from ohio, and is joining an elite team. This book is by the authors dominique moceanu and alicia thompson. Young gymnasts dreaming of olympic gold knew there was only one place to go if they wanted to earn their place on the olympic team. Dominique moceanu wiki, height, net worth, age, boyfriend.
Dominique moceanu born september 30, 1981 in hollywood, california is an american gymnast of romanian descent who was a member of the olympic gold medal winning 1996 u. Find highquality dominique moceanu stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. Moceanu, who is a high school senior in houston, has asked a texas district court to declare her an adult so that she can handle her own affairs and determine what has happened to the. The dynamic squad was dubbed the magnificent 7 by the media. Dominique moceanu facts she was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta the hallmarks of moceanus gymnastics, in the early part of her elite career, were daring tricks on the balance beam and spunky routines on the floor exercise. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. At fourteen years old, dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 us womens olympic gymnastics team, the first and only. Original galleries these galleries were created when this site was first started in 1996 and then modified and added to when we redesigned the site in 1999 and now wed like to continue presenting them to you along with all our new stuff. While dominiques athletic interests appeared to most as only a childhood hobby, gymnastics rapidly.
Dominique moceanu was born in hollywood, florida in september 1981. Olympic stars testify to congress about sex abuse at usa gymnastics program. Dominique moceanu winning the us nationals at she was the youngest gymnast ever that won us nationals. Dominique moceanu is the youngest gymnast to win an olympic gold.