Carly Patterson Guide, Meaning , Facts, Information and Description
Carly Rae Patterson (born February 4, 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American gymnast. She currently lives in Allen, Texas.
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Patterson was at a birthday party at a gymnastics club in 1994 when a coach noticed her doing cartwheels and roundoffs and told her mother that she should start taking lessons, which she did soon afterward.
In 2000, Patterson participated in the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium; she won the silver medal in all-around and the bronze medal for balance beam, which she has said is her favorite event. At the 2001 American Team Cup, she first performed her signature beam dismount, an Arabian double front. After the 2003 World Championships in Gymnastics, this dismount was named the Patterson in her honor.
At the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, she was scored second in the all-around before the final rotation. She was suffering from a stomach illness, however, and she missed three landings on the floor exercise and finished seventh overall.
Patterson was named the U.S. Junior National All-Around champion in 2002. She had previously received fourth place in 2000 and third place in 2001. At the 2003 National Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, California, she earned the all-around silver medal—the first time an American woman had won an all-around medal at that contest since 1994. She also helped her team to earn the team gold medal.
In 2004, she tied with Courtney Kupets to become a co-champion in the all-around event at the U.S. Gymnastics Championships.
During the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Patterson won a gold medal in the Women's Individual All-Around, an achievement that had only been attained by one other American gymnast, Mary Lou Retton, during the Soviet Union-boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics. In addition, she also won a silver medal in the Women's Team competition.
On August 23, she competed in the finals for the beam event where she received a score of 9.775 and won the silver medal.
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