Jordyn Wieber

Jordyn Wieber Marie (born 12 July 1995, DeWitt, Michigan) is an American artistic gymnast, multiple U.S. champion, world champion and Olympic champion.

Career

Jordyn Wieber Marie was born the third of four children in Michigan. She grew up in a sports -oriented budget. Her mother was a track athlete, the older sister Lindsay 's marathon runner, while her older brother Ryan American Football and her younger sister Kyra playing football.

At the age of four years Jordyn started with gymnastics. In 2002 she qualified for the National Top Diamond team of 5 - to 8 -year-old Turner. The following year, she won as a Level 5 gymnast at the Early State Championship four victories (jump, uneven bars, floor exercise and in the all around ). In the next class they reached the second place in the all around at the Michigan State Championships in 2004.

Jordyn was able to qualify for the 2006 Junior Olympic Championships in Oklahoma City. In the all-around and floor exercise they erturnte two second places. There was also a 10th place in the all around at the U.S. Classic in Kansas City, which they failed to qualify for the U.S. Junior Championships. Here they both came on balance beam and in the all around each number 9 and thus was included in the U.S. national squad.

Your first mission for the U.S. team was at the 2007 Junior Pan American Championships in Guatemala. Jordyn Wieber Overall, stood on the podium five times: three times as champion ( all-around, uneven bars and balance beam ), once as a second ( all-around ) and once as third ( floor exercise ). In the following U.S. Junior Championships, she won two second places (jump and balance beam ) and two 3rd place ( uneven bars and all-around ).

The year 2008 was very successful for Wieber. It was U.S. junior champion in the heptathlon at the floor exercise and the jump, add a 2nd place on the balance beam and a 3rd place came on the uneven bars. In addition, she managed a multi- fight victory in an international tournament in Belgium, the Top Gym. In the following year at the American Cup Jordyn could enter four wins ( all-around, jump, uneven bars and balance beam ).

Due to injury, had to take a year off Jordyn. First she suffered a blow to the thigh muscles, then followed an ankle injury. In 2010 she tried her comeback at the U.S. Championships, but had to abandon the race shortly after the start.

It was not until 2011, they could intervene in the competition scene again. As a replacement starter, she was taken to the American Cup and there was also a bit surprising for use. Victories in the all around, jump, when gymnastics and on the balance beam helped her to a brilliant comeback, which she confirmed by three victories at the U.S. Championships ( all-around, floor exercise and uneven bars ) and a third place on the balance beam. The World Gymnastics Championships 2011 in Tokyo were to a first career peak Jordyn Wiebers. Both the team and in the all around competition she became world champion, came to a bronze medal on beam.

The 2012 Summer Olympics in London should be another highlight for Wieber after the third triumph at the American Cup and a further U.S. champion title in the all around. She also won the team gold medal, with their bets when jumping on the ground and on the uneven bars each served as a prank results. Through the Olympic regulations, which allowed a maximum of two starters per nation for the apparatus finals, she was qualified only for the final in gymnastics. There, she reached # 7 The reason for the disappointing for them himself at the Olympics gave it in an interview with USA Today on August 22, 2012, Fatigue fracture of. However, you had this injury is not considered as an alibi.

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