The winning team goforgold gymnasts, the book 1 kindle edition by thompson, alicia, moceanu, dominique. This book is about a girl named britt who has just moved to texas from ohio, and is joining an elite team. She was a member of the goldmedal winning united states womens gymnastics team, the magnificent seven, at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta. The winning team by alicia thompson, dominique moceanu.
As olympic gold medal winning gymnast dominique moceanu puts it, theres always guaranteed elation, heartache and drama at the olympic trials. Dominique moceanu wowed the world as a member of the magnificent seven, the u. A memoir by the elite gymnastics olympian dominique moceanu. Winning team goforgold gymnasts, the book 1 kindle edition by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson. Alicia thompson when twelveyearold britts family moves to houston so she can train at an elite gym she looks forward to being part of a team, but after alienating the other girls and failing to impress her. Winning team by dominique moceanu and alicia thompson. The winning team goforgold gymnasts, the book 1 authors.
Dominique helena moceanu is an american author and retired gymnast. Dominique moceanu is the youngest american gymnast to win an olympic gold medal, and the youngest to win a senior national allaround title. Jul 17, 2012 dominique moceanu was the youngest american woman to win olympic gold in gymnastics as a member of the 1996 gold medal winning u. Ph36b dominique moceanu on gymnastics, healing, and health driving cleveland. The seven members of the team were shannon miller, dominique moceanu, dominique dawes, kerri strug, amy chow, amanda borden, and jaycie.
When 12yearold britt and her parents relocate from ohio to texas so that she can train at an elite gymnastics facility, she is both apprehensive about the move and excited about belonging to a team. Gold medalist dominique moceanu warned us 10 years ago about. Jan 25, 2018 gold medalist dominique moceanu warned us 10 years ago about abuse in usa gymnastics. The magnificent seven was the 1996 united states olympic womens gymnastics team that won the first ever gold medal for the united states in the womens team competition at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta. Having recently achieved junior elite status, brittany morgan whos 12 but looks like a 9yearold and her family uproot from ohio to austin, texas.
Winning team by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson guided reading lexile measure grade level equivalent dra level. Dominique moceanu 1996 olympics team optionals balance beam. The fourbook goforgold series, written by the 1996 olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu and alicia thompson, and gold medal. Download it once and read it on your kindle device, pc, phones or tablets. The book details the thrill of competition but also a dark side of elite. Our distinctive edge is a reporting team, led by marco werman, that bypasses pundits to get to the source. The hallmarks of moceanu s gymnastics, in the early stage of her elite career, were daring tricks on balance beam and spunky, inspired. At 14, dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the olympic goldmedalwinning 1996 u. Dominique helena moceanu is an american author and retired american gymnast. It is first in the new the goforgold gymnasts series. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read the winning team. Or, at least she was at her gymnastics training gym in ohio. The winning team ebook written by alicia thompson, dominique moceanu. Dominique moceanu of the usa gets some advice from team coach bela karolyi during the womens team compulsories at the georgia dome at the 1996 centennial olympic games in atlanta georgia.
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This book is by the authors dominique moceanu and alicia thompson. Dominique moceanu, a member of the 1996 goldmedalwinning us womens gymnastics team, received the biggest bombshell of her life as her father was dying. Gold medal winning olympic gymnast dominique moceanu is bringing her talents to a different kind of mat. Finally, young female gymnasts have a book to call their own in this first title in the goforgold gymnasts series, coauthored by olympic gold medalist moceanu. Dominique moceanu speakers bureau and booking agent info. Dominique moceanu is the youngest gymnast to win an olympic gold. It simply started with changing up her workout routine with something different yoga to see if it was a good fit for her. Winning team by dominique moceanu, alicia thompson. Dominique moceanu reveals secret sister, jennifer bricker, a. An american champion, as well as her memoir, off balance. Off balance audiobook by dominique moceanu, paul williams. Now 30, moceanu digs deep into her past and confronts some of the. I really enjoyed hearing about dominique moceanus career in gymnasticsespecially her world championships, goodwill games, and olympic experiences.
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