Marcia Frederick

Marcia Frederick (born January 4, 1963) is a retired American gymnast who became the first American woman to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships. She won gold in the uneven parallel bars in Strasbourg, France in 1978.[1][2][3] After having qualified for the 1980 Olympic team, she was the favorite for a medal in Moscow but missed due to a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics led by the United States. [4] She instead won vault gold at a meet in Hartford, Connecticut, that served as an alternate Olympics for countries affected by the boycott. Years later, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal.

Eponymous skill

ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficulty
Uneven BarsFrederickStalder backwards with full turnD

References

  1. ↑ Riley, Lori (August 15, 2010). "Frederick Changed Gymnastics, But Boycott Ended Olympic Dream - Hartford Courant". The Courant. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  2. ↑ Hartman, Holly; Please, Information (2003). Girlwonder: Every Girl's Guide to the Fantastic Feats, Cool Qualities, and Remarkable Abilities of Women and Girls. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 165–. ISBN 9780618319398. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  3. ↑ Smith, Lissa (1998). Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports. Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 231–. ISBN 9780871137616. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
  4. ↑ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
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