United states gymnast and olympic gold medal winner dominique moceanu at. Millions of children around the world need help to break the neverending cycle of poverty. At fourteen years old, dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 us womens olympic gymnastics team, the first and only american womens team to take gold at the olympics. In her recently released autobiography, off balance. Today shes 34, has done parttime coaching in ohio, run clinics across. Gymnastics book series will deal with authentic issues. She lives in cleveland, ohio, with her husband and two children.
Gold medaling olympic gymnast dominique moceanu pens an orig. Summer olympics, team usa amanda borden, dominique dawes. Winning team by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson guided reading lexile measure grade level equivalent dra level. She was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta. The fourbook goforgold series, written by the 1996 olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu and alicia thompson, and gold medal. Her father, dumitru, was on the romanian junior gymnastics team as a youngster. When dominique was three, dumitru called karolyi, who is also a romanian expatriate, to see if he could bring his toddler to houston to enroll in karolyis gym. Download premium images you cant get anywhere else. Off balance sheds light on world of elite gymnastics the. Goforgold gymnasts book series is published by disneyhyperion 2012. Find highquality dominique moceanu stock photos and editorial news pictures from getty images. She went on to win a silver medal in the balance beam at the world championships in sabae, japan, and was the youngest member of the united states team that earned a bronze medal. The hallmarks of moceanu s gymnastics, in the early part of her elite career, were. 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.
Read the new goforgold gymnasts book series by olympic gymnast dominique moceanu and alicia thompson. She now tours the country as an ambassador for the sport, doing clinics and summer camps and speaking with young gymnasts. At 14, dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the olympic goldmedal winning 1996 u. Olympics, team gold youngest olympic champion in us gymnastics history age 14. Jennifer bricker relives moment she discovered dominique. The 1996 gymnastics team was the first american womens gymnastics team to win the olympic team gold medal. The dynamic squad was dubbed the magnificent 7 by the media. Gold medalist dominique moceanu warned us 10 years ago about.
Among the seven gymnasts was 14yearold dominique moceanu. Oct 22, 1998 gymnast dominique moceanu, raising serious questions about protection of young athletes who make large sums of money, files suit seeking independence from her parents and alleging that they. Winning team and balancing act, both available in stores in april 2012. Dominique moceanu from the womens olympic team she was my favorite back in the. This book is about a girl named britt who has just moved to texas from ohio, and is joining an elite team. Dimitry moceanu, father of olympic gold medalist houston. How you can help you can help, too, by sponsoring a child like dominique and her family.
Womens magnificient seven gymnastics team competing in atlantaa team that was the first and so far the only team to take home the gold medal. The chapter book series consists of four books each highlighting the challenges and triumphs of four high level gymnasts between the ages of 12 and 14. Moceanu sues, saying parents squandered her earnings. See more ideas about gymnastics, female gymnast and artistic gymnastics. Jan 25, 2018 at only 14, in 1996, dominique moceanu became the youngest us gymnast to win olympic gold. The winning team goforgold gymnasts, the book 1 and millions of other books are available for amazon kindle. Former olympic gymnast throws readers off balance the.
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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. Police are taking a second look at accusations that the father of olympic gymnast dominique moceanu was involved in a possible murderforhire plot, officials said friday. Winning team by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson kirkus. Heres what the 1996 womens gymnastics team looks like now. The olympian now 30, married, and a mother of two also. Dominique moceanu, 14yearold darling of womens gold medal gymnastics team in atlanta in 1996, is forced to withdraw from us olympic gymnastics trials because of knee injury m by selena. But when her family moves to texas for a worldclass. Dominique moceanu moceanu was just 14 years old when she became one of the biggest little stars in the magnificent seven. Alicia thompson when twelveyearold britts family moves to houston so she can train at an elite gym she looks forward to being part of a team, but after alienating the other girls and failing to impress her. Afp afp getty images awesome dawesome, who was 19 years old at the time of the 96 olympics, was the first black athlete of any nationality or gender to win a. While there are four books in the series, you dont have to read them in any specific order for them to make sense the cast of. Dominique moceanu stock pictures, royaltyfree photos. Now 30, moceanu digs deep into her past and confronts some of the. Her pixyish appearance and ferocious competitive drive quickly earned her the status of.
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Moceanu holds nothing back as she exposes the dark side of. Summer olympics, team usa amanda borden, dominique dawes, amy. Dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the celebrated magnificent 7 gymnasts who won team gold at the 1996 olympic games. See more ideas about gymnastics, gymnastics pictures and artistic gymnastics. For gymnast moceanu, life threw her off balance dominique moceanu is the youngest gymnast to win an olympic gold medal. Off balance, dominique moceanus memoir, paints a dark picture of legendary coach bela karolyi and of elite gymnastics. This book is by the authors dominique moceanu and alicia thompson. By vanessa harris photos by david youngwolff olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 u. Dominique helena moceanu is an american author and retired american gymnast. At only 14, in 1996, dominique moceanu became the youngest us gymnast to win olympic gold. Discover book depositorys huge selection of dominique moceanu books online. Dominique moceanu of the usa olympic gymnastics team poses for a studio. 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. Winning team book by dominique moceanu thriftbooks.
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. Us national champion dominique moceanu leaps on the balance beam to. The official facebook fan page of olympic champion, author, and businesswoman. Gold medal summer, winning team and balancing act the new. Winning team by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson.