meet Alicia Sacramone

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Alicia Sacramone’s achievements in her run up to the Beijing Games are nothing less than inspiring. She has won the most world championship medals of any current member of the U.S. National Team – gold in team competition, silver in floor exercise and bronze in vault in 2007. She is the only U.S. woman since 1989 to win a world championship medal in the vault competition, boasting two golds, three silvers and two bronzes in that event alone.

Alicia also competes with the Brown University team where she has set school records in the all-around, vault and floor exercise. She was named ECAC Rookie of the Year and swept the Ivy League Classic, becoming the first gymnast to win all five events and posting the highest all-around total ever for the competition. She is currently the only female gymnast on the National Team to combine full-time college study with participation in both NCAA and elite gymnastics. She learned firsthand the tremendous challenges of this rarely followed dual team lineup and ultimately forfeited NCAA eligibility last fall to sign with an agent.

Alicia stats

gymnastics

Two silver medals in team and vault competition, 2006 World Championships

Bronze medal in vault at 2005 Floor Exercise World Championships

2005 U.S. National champion in vault and floor exercise

2005 USA Gymnastics Woman of the Year

fun facts

Born: 3 December 1987

Hometown: Winchester, Massachusetts

Height: 5’1”

Family: Alicia’s mom owns a salon, and her dad is an orthodontist.

Favorite Pastimes: Before settling into gymnastics, she tried dancing, ice skating, soccer and tennis.

Did you know?...Alicia, at age 20, is the oldest member of the U.S. Gymnastics team; in 2003, she was the youngest member of the team. She was “discovered” in a shopping mall doing cartwheels.

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