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Carly Patterson[Categories:
Texans, Louisiana people, Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics,
American gymnasts, 1988 births]
Carly Rae
Patterson (born February 4, 1988 in Baton
Rouge, Louisiana) is an American
gymnast.
She currently lives in Allen,
Texas.
Pre-Olympic career Patterson was at a birthday party at a
gymnastics club in 1994 when a coach noticed her doing cartwheels
and roundoffs and told her mother that she should start taking
lessons, which she did soon afterward.
In 2000, Patterson
participated in the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium;
she won the silver medal in all-around and the bronze medal for
balance beam, which she has said is her favorite event. At the 2001
American Team Cup, she first performed her signature beam dismount,
an Arabian double front. After the 2003 World Championships in
Gymnastics, this dismount was named the Patterson in
her honor.
At the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia,
she was scored second in the all-around before the final rotation.
She was suffering from a stomach illness, however, and she missed
three landings on the floor exercise and finished seventh
overall.
Patterson was named the U.S. Junior National
All-Around champion in 2002. She had previously received fourth
place in 2000 and third place in 2001. At the 2003 National
Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim,
California, she earned the all-around silver medal—the first
time an American woman had won an all-around medal at that contest
since 1994. She also helped her team to earn the team gold
medal.
In 2004, she tied with Courtney
Kupets to become a co-champion in the all-around event at the
U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
2004 Summer Olympics During the 2004
Olympic Games in Athens,
Patterson won a gold medal in the Women's Individual All-Around, an
achievement that had only been attained by one other American
gymnast, Mary
Lou Retton, during the Soviet
Union-boycotted 1984
Summer Olympics. In addition, she also won a silver medal in the
Women's Team competition.
On August 23, she competed in the
finals for the beam event where she received a score of 9.775 and
won the silver medal.
See also Gymnastics
at the 2004 Summer Olympics
United States of America at
the 2004 Summer Olympics
External links
(official website)
(Fan site with Media)
(Carly Patterson Fansite)
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