Brenda Magaña
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July 27, 1977 (age 41) Guadalajara, Mexico | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | World Olympic Gymnastics Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Brenda Magaña Almaral (born July 27, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican artistic gymnast. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersault dismount from the uneven bars, which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen.
She began practicing gymnastics at the age of three at the Club Deportivo Atlas Paradero in Guadalajara but then started training at WOGA Gymnastics in Texas, United States. She was five years old when she participated in her first international competition in Czechoslovakia.
Eponymous Skills
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | When Added to Code of Points |
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| Uneven Bars | Magana | Triple back salto tucked | G | 2002 World Championships |
External links
- Brenda Magaña at the International Federation of Gymnastics
- (in Spanish) Profile
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