Carly Patterson

Carly Rae Patterson ( born February 4, 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American gymnast. At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 she won three medals, two silver and one gold.

Life

Carly was born on February 4, 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana and now lives in Allen, Texas with her ​​mother and younger sister. She began gymnastics in 1994, after she had attended a birthday party of her cousin that took place in the gymnasium of the " Elite Gymnastics " in Baton Rouge. There, her talent was immediately recognized, and they could be further promoted.

Less than a decade later, she made her debut in " Senior International Elite Level ", won the " American Cup " title in 2003 and 2004 and also won the title of the " 2004 U.S. Co - National Champion". Furthermore, Carly was a part of the " 2003 World Championship Team ," in which she won the silver medal in the all around ( All-Around ) and the States for the first time for "World Championship team gold medal " helped. Also Carly was at these championships their spektatulären beams Outgoing ( a double front flip ) for the best, which was then officially named the " Patterson ".

At the Olympic Games in Athens in 2004 made ​​it Carly and her team-mates Mohini Bhardwaj, Annia Hatch, provider Humphrey, Courtney Kupets, Courtney McCool, and to achieve the silver medal in the team final. In addition, Carly erturnte second place in the beam final and was beaten only by Catalina Ponor, the 1987 - born Romanian. In addition, she managed even to do gymnastics with the world leaders of the multi- fight, and won Olympic gold before the Russian Svetlana Khorkina. So Carly is the first American who has won after Mary Lou Retton Olympic gold in the all around, and thus goes into the American sports history.

Carly's life has changed dramatically after this Olympic success. Today, she is invited to an awards show after the other, was already in some very well-known in the U.S., talk shows as a guest and is celebrated in the States as a big star. Autographs and interviews are with her now on the agenda and she is already planning for the future: If you already worked with the American Dental Association together and recorded an album with her own pop / rock music, and at the moment she works herself as a trainer of young young talents.

After the Olympics, she finished her career due to health reasons.

Carly worked from the end of August 2006, the U.S. television show " Celebrity Duets " with.

On November 3, 2012, they married in Dallas three years older than Mark Caldwell, a producer of computer games.

Quotes

"I was nervous before this race, but I thought to myself that I have prepared myself well My coach just said. ," You can do it "and I believed in me and told me that I can really do it! " Carly Patterson, 2004 Olympic Games

Original: "I was nervous for this competition but I thought I'd prepared really well My coach said, ' You can do it. '. And I Believed in myself and said that I could do it. "