Marcia Frederick (born January 4, 1963, in Springfield, Massachusetts) is a retired American gymnast who was the first American woman to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships, on the uneven bars in Strasbourg, France, in 1978.[1] After qualifying for the 1980 US Olympic team, she was among the favorites to win a medal in Moscow but did not compete because of the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics led by the United States.[2] At the USGF International Invitational held in August 1980 in Hartford, Connecticut, for countries affected by the boycott, Frederick won the silver medal in the all-around competition, the gold on vault and bronze on uneven bars and balance beam. Years later, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal.
| Marcia Frederick | |||||||||||||||
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| Born | January 4, 1963 Springfield, Massachusetts, United States | ||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States | ||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Muriel Grossfeld, Don Peters | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Eponymous skill
editFrederick has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[3]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] |
|---|---|---|---|
| Uneven bars | Frederick | Stalder backward with 1/1 turn (360°) in handstand phase | D |
- ^ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points
References
edit- ^ Riley, Lori (August 15, 2010). "Frederick Changed Gymnastics, But Boycott Ended Olympic Dream". The Hartford Courant. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
- Hartman, Holly (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.
- Smith, Lissa (1998). Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports. Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 231–. ISBN 9780871137616. Retrieved 23 February 2014. - ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, Illinois: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
- ^ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 90, 207. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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