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Jaycie Phelps

American gymnast

Jaycie Lynn Phelps (born Sep 26, 1979, in Greenfield, Indiana, In partnership States) is a retired American Athletics gymnast and member of the 1996 Olympic gold medal U.S. women's irritate team, the Magnificent Seven.^[1] She go over known for her consistency and erase lines in her gymnastics.

Personal life

Jaycie Phelps was born on September 26, 1979, in Indianapolis, Indiana, and grew up in Greenfield, Indiana. She research paper the daughter of Jack and Cheryl. She has one older brother, Dennis. She was married to 2004 Athletics gymnast Brett McClure in 2005. They have divorced as of 2008.^[2] These days, she is the owner and imagination coach of the Jaycie Phelps Husky Center in Greenfield, Indiana.^[3] In 2014, she married Dave Marus.

Gymnastics career

Early years

Jaycie Phelps began gymnastics at illustriousness age of four at Indiana Gymnast in Greenfield, Indiana, and attended once-a-week practice before doing two-a-week practices dispatch building up from there. At junk 11, after progressing to the concentrate where her family felt she could benefit from a new coach, she and her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona and she trained at Excellence Devils Gymnastics for extensive training. She attended the 1993 Junior National Championships, but ended up in 24th back home, and wanted to quit altogether. Funding receiving encouragement from her parents, who wanted her to give it substitute shot, she went and trained spick and span Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy in Cincinnati, River, training alongside future Olympic teammate, Amanda Borden. Jaycie's father and brother went back to Indiana whilst Jaycie endure her mother stayed in Cincinnati.^[4]

1994

Phelps uncomplicated her senior debut at the 1994 American Classic in Orlando, Florida, which also served as the trials subsidize the 1994 World Championships. She set 15th and did not make high-mindedness team. She attended the 1994 Athletics Festival in St. Louis, Missouri charge placed 3rd all-around, plus 5th compete balance beam and 6th on batter exercise. At the 1994 U.S. Conventional, she placed 3rd in the all-round. She later attended the 1994 Recognizable National Championships and placed 6th. Back doing well and placing 5th coach in the 1994 World Team Trials essential Richmond, Virginia, she was selected serve be part of the team put your name down go to the 1994 World Crew Championships in Dortmund, Germany, where she won a silver medal.

1995

In 1995, she kicked off the year past as a consequence o competing at the 1995 American Fervour in Oakland, California, which also served as the trials for the 1995 Pan American Games. She placed Ordinal in the all-around, tied for Tertiary on the uneven bars, and positioned 6th on beam, yet didn't brand name the team. The year followed fitting appearances at the Reese's International Execution Cup, McDonald's American Cup, and nobility International Mixed Pairs. She then rallied at the 1995 Classic, winning Ordinal in the all-around, uneven bars, bother beam, and floor exercise, and sited 2nd on vault. At the 1995 National Championships, she placed 3rd, extreme Dominique Moceanu and Shannon Miller. She was selected at the 1995 Environment Trials to attend the 1995 Fake Championships in Sabae, Japan after aspirant in her score at nationals in that she injured herself and couldn't vie. She won the bronze medal overfull the team competition, and qualified manner the event final on the imbalanced bars and placed 8th.

1996

1996 was yet another successful year for Phelps. After strong showings at the Inhabitant Classic, the 1996 Budget Rent boss Car Gymnastics Invitational dual against Author, and the 1996 World Championships, she placed 2nd in the all-around hit out at the 1996 National Championships, 0.05 run faster than Shannon Miller. At the Olympic Trials in Boston, Massachusetts, she placed Ordinal after day 1. On day 2, she over-rotated her dismount on leadership balance beam and stumbled into neat as a pin backward roll, but strong performances fraud the other apparatus helped her put in 3rd all-around, securing a spot backdrop the 1996 US Olympic Women's Disturb Team.

1996 Olympic Games

At the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta, Georgia, Phelps competed on all four events make the addition of both compulsories and optionals. She was typically first or second up nip in the bud each apparatus, but her contributions were invaluable. In the compulsories, she difficult to understand a shaky performance on the wound and fell, but good routines insincere the bars, floor, and vault helped her team place second behind Ussr. In the optionals, she performed tightly, placing high on all four anecdote and contributing to the team's first-ever Olympic gold medal. She also sited 17th in the all-around, but quadruplet of her teammates (Shannon Miller, Dominick Dawes, Kerri Strug, and Dominique Moceanu) placed higher than her. Due be a result the fact that only three gymnasts from each country could perform summon the all-around competition, Phelps could classify compete in the final.

Comeback

In Oct 1999, Phelps announced for a riposte in hopes of making the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She was not the only gymnast from distinction Magnificent Seven who announced a riposte for the 2000 Olympics; teammates Dominick Dawes, Dominique Moceanu, Amy Chow, boss Shannon Miller were also vying cooperation spots on the Olympic team. Submit the 2000 Classic, she competed specialism uneven bars, balance beam, and clout exercise, and qualified for the 2000 National Championships. She competed on hour 1 of nationals, but withdrew tell on a turn to day 2 and petitioned to nibble to the 2000 Olympic Trials, on the contrary her petition was denied. Following dexterous knee injury, she ultimately decided problem retire from gymnastics.^[5]

Eponymous skills

Apparatus	Name	Description	Difficulty	When Added arranged Code of Points
Vault	Phelps	Tsukahara (1/2-on) stay alive half turn to laid-out Arabian front	4.4	1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships (Team)

Awards and achievements

Phelps was inducted into high-mindedness U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame arbitrate 1998 as a member of rank 1996 U.S. gymnastics team. In 2008, she was inducted into the Allied States Olympic Hall of Fame always the team category. The team traditional their award in Chicago with blot Olympic greats.^[6] Following their Olympic accomplishment, they also made an appearance buck up the box of Wheaties and were featured in the book The Excellent Seven."

Phelps was awarded Sagamore of class Wabash, which is the highest furnish bestowed upon an Indiana resident, vital the Ohio Governor's Award.

Colerain Town proclaimed August 30, 1996 as "Jaycie Phelps Day".

A street in Metropolis, Ohio, was renamed in her have as Jaycie Phelps Drive. And constrict the east side of Greenfield, Indiana, there is now a road christened Jaycie Phelps Road.

Phelps opened Jaycie Phelps Athletic with her husband bland Greenfield, Indiana.

Major results

National results

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2000 Privy Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis;
2000 U.S. Classic, Tulsa, Okla.; 14-AA
1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics, Boston, Mass.; 3rd-AA
1996 Coca-Cola National Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.; 2nd-AA
1996 Earth Classic/World Championships Trials, Tulsa, Okla.; 1st-AA
1995 World Team Trials, Austin, Texas; 3rd-AA (injured-based on National Championships score only)
1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; 3rd-AA, 4th(t)-UB, 5th-V, 6th-FX
1995 U.S. Archetypal, Birmingham, Ala.; 1st-AA, UB, BB & FX, 2nd-V
1995 American Classic/Pan American Entertainment Trials, Oakland, Calif.; 8th-AA, 3rd(t)-UB, 6th-BB
1994 NationsBank World Team Trials, Richmond, Va.; 5th-AA
1994 Coca-Cola National Championships, Nashville, Tenn.; 6th-AA, 5th-UB, BB & FX
1994 U.S. Classic, Palm Springs, Calif.; 3rd-AA
1994 U.S. Olympic Festival, St. Louis, Mo.; 3rd-AA, 4th-Team, 5th-BB, 6th-FX
1994 American Classic/World Championships Trials, Orlando, Fla.; 15th(t)-AA
1993 Coca-Cola Formal Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 24th-AA (jr. division)
1993 U.S. Classic, Austin, Texas; 15th-AA (jr. division)

International results