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. She was a member of the olympic gold medal winning 1996 u. She was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team. Winning team by dominique moceanu goodreads share book. Sep 24, 2006 dominique moceanu 1996 olympics team optionals balance beam. Dominique moceanu wowed the world as a member of the magnificent seven, the u. Womens gymnastics team in atlanta the magnificent seven. Winning team goforgold gymnasts, the book 1 kindle edition by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson. Off balance, dominique moceanus memoir, paints a dark picture of legendary coach bela karolyi and of elite gymnastics. For gymnast moceanu, life threw her off balance dominique moceanu is the youngest gymnast to win an olympic gold medal.
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At the young age of 3 and a half, dominique began taking gymnastics classes in highland park, il. The official facebook fan page of olympic champion, author, and businesswoman. Use features like bookmarks, note taking and highlighting while reading the winning team goforgold gymnasts, the book 1. Dominique moceanu went to become one of krolyis most promising pupils.
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From nbc mag 7, the story behind the gold medalwinning women. Dominique moceanu of the usa gets some advice from team coach bela karolyi during the womens team compulsories at the georgia dome at the 1996 centennial olympic games in atlanta georgia. Winning team by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson. The foundation for survivors of abuse focuses on removing the statute of limitations to provide justice and healing for survivors of abuse. She now tours the country as an ambassador for the sport, doing clinics and summer camps and speaking with. 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.
She lives in cleveland, ohio, with her husband and two children. As the daughter of two former romanian gymnasts, it was almost inevitable that dominique moceanu would follow in her parents well balanced footsteps. The 1996 gymnastics team was the first american womens gymnastics team to win the olympic team gold medal. 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. Off balance vividly delineates each of the dominating characters who contributed to moceanus rise to the top, from her stubborn father and longsuffering mother to her mercurial coach, bela karolyi. She was a member of the goldmedal winning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta. Dominique moceanu left her parents home on sunday, filed suit on monday and secured a temporary restraining order that requires her parents to stay away from her, pending a hearing on nov. She now tours the country as an ambassador for the sport, doing clinics and summer camps and speaking with young gymnasts. Moceanus last major success in gymnastics was at the 1998 goodwill games, where she became the first american to win the allaround gold medal. Official profile of olympic athlete dominique moceanu born 30 sep 1981, including games, medals, results, photos, videos and news. Dominique moceanu im reading a book by her right now. Goforgold gymnasts book series is published by disneyhyperion 2012.
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Dominique moceanu winning the us nationals in 1995 youtube. 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. Secure dominque moceanu for your event a dominque moceanu personal appearance, dominque moceanu speaking engagement, or dominque moceanu endorsement will reflect well on your company. Gold medal summer, winning team and balancing act the new. The winning team goforgold gymnasts, the book 1 kindle edition by thompson, alicia, moceanu, dominique. 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. Founders deondra and desirae brown are working to create a face for victims of sexual abuse everywhere. This book is by the authors dominique moceanu and alicia thompson. Former gymnast dominique moceanu talks about her book and.