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Mary Lou Retton

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Mary Lou Retton Kelley (born January 24, 1968) is a retired American gymnast. [1]

84 relations: ABC Funfit, Aly Raisman, American Cup (gymnastics), Associated Press, Baywatch, Béla Károlyi, Bridget Sloan, Carly Patterson, Chellsie Memmel, Christian right, Coal, Code of Points (artistic gymnastics), Dairy Queen, Dianne Feinstein, Donna de Varona, Dorothy Hamill, Eastern Europe, Ecaterina Szabo, ESPN, Fairmont Senior High School, Fairmont, West Virginia, Flo Hyman Award, Floor (gymnastics), Gabby Douglas, Gymnastics, Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around, Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around, Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's floor, Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars, Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's vault, Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics, HighBeam Research, Hip dysplasia, Hip replacement, Houston, Houston Baptist University, International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Italian Americans, Jordyn Wieber, Kerri Strug, Kim Zmeskal, List of Olympic female gymnasts for the United States, List of Olympic medal leaders in women's gymnastics, Los Angeles, Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop, Márta Károlyi, McKenna Kelley, Morgan Hurd, Nadia Comăneci, Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult, ..., Nastia Liukin, Olga Korbut, Olympic Games, Patty Sheehan, People (magazine), Pledge of Allegiance (United States), Presidency of Ronald Reagan, President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition, RadioShack, Real estate development, Revco, Romania, Ronald Reagan, Scrooged, Shannon Kelley, Shannon Miller, Shawn Johnson East, Sidewalks Entertainment, Simone Biles, Sports Illustrated, Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year, Super Bowl XLVIII, The '80s Called, The New York Times, Uneven bars, United States, University of Texas at Austin, USA Gymnastics National Championships, USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal, Vault (gymnastics), Wheaties, 1976 Summer Olympics, 1984 Summer Olympics, 2004 Republican National Convention. Expand index (34 more) »

ABC Funfit

ABC Funfit is a series of short American television segments that were broadcast in 1985 and aired twice a day during ABC's Saturday morning cartoon programs.

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Aly Raisman

Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25, 1994) is an American gymnast and two-time Olympian.

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American Cup (gymnastics)

The American Cup, formerly known as the AT&T American Cup through a sponsorship arrangement that ended in 2018, is an elite senior level international gymnastics competition that has been held in the United States since 1976.

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Associated Press

The Associated Press (AP) is a U.S.-based not-for-profit news agency headquartered in New York City.

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Baywatch

Baywatch is an American action drama series about the Los Angeles County lifeguards who patrol the beaches of Los Angeles County, California, starring David Hasselhoff.

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Béla Károlyi

Béla Károlyi (born September 13, 1942) is a Romanian-American gymnastics coach.

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Bridget Sloan

Bridget Elizabeth Sloan (born June 23, 1992) is an American artistic gymnast.

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Carly Patterson

Carly Patterson Caldwell (born February 4, 1988) is an American singer, songwriter and former artistic gymnast.

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Chellsie Memmel

Chellsie Marie Memmel (born June 23, 1988) is a retired American artistic gymnast.

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Christian right

Christian right or religious right is a term used mainly in the United States to label conservative Christian political factions that are characterized by their strong support of socially conservative policies.

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Coal

Coal is a combustible black or brownish-black sedimentary rock usually occurring in rock strata in layers or veins called coal beds or coal seams.

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Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)

The Code of Points is a rulebook that defines the scoring system for each level of competition in gymnastics.

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Dairy Queen

Dairy Queen, often abbreviated DQ, is a chain of soft serve ice cream and fast-food restaurants owned by International Dairy Queen, Inc., a subsidiary of Berkshire Hathaway Inc.

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Dianne Feinstein

Dianne Goldman Berman Feinstein (born Dianne Emiel Goldman, June 22, 1933) is an American politician serving as the senior United States Senator from California, a seat she has held since 1992.

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Donna de Varona

Donna de Varona Pinto (born April 26, 1947), née Donna Elizabeth de Varona, is an American former competition swimmer, Olympic gold medalist, former world record-holder, and television sportscaster.

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Dorothy Hamill

Dorothy Stuart Hamill (born July 26, 1956) is a retired American figure skater.

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Eastern Europe

Eastern Europe is the eastern part of the European continent.

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Ecaterina Szabo

Ecaterina Szabo (Szabó Katalin,; born 22 January 1967) is a former Romanian artistic gymnast who won 20 Olympic, world and continental medals.

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ESPN

ESPN (originally an acronym for Entertainment and Sports Programming Network) is a U.S.-based global cable and satellite sports television channel owned by ESPN Inc., a joint venture owned by The Walt Disney Company (80%) and Hearst Communications (20%).

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Fairmont Senior High School

Fairmont Senior High School (FSHS) is a historic secondary school located in Fairmont, West Virginia, and is listed on the National Register of Historic Places.

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Fairmont, West Virginia

Fairmont is a city in Marion County, West Virginia, United States.

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Flo Hyman Award

The Flo Hyman Memorial Award was conferred annually between 1987 and 2004 by the Women's Sports Foundation in Washington, D.C., United States, on the organization's National Girls and Women in Sports Day to the female sportsperson, irrespective of nationality or sport contested, adjudged to have capture...the dignity, spirit, and commitment to excellence of American indoor volleyballer Flo Hyman, an advocate for gender equality in sport and for the passage of Civil Rights Restoration Act of 1988 who died suddenly and unexpectedly in January 1986.

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Floor (gymnastics)

In gymnastics, the floor refers to a specially prepared exercise surface, which is considered an apparatus.

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Gabby Douglas

Gabrielle Christina Victoria Douglas (born December 31, 1995) is an American artistic gymnast.

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Gymnastics

Gymnastics is a sport that requires balance, strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and endurance.

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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic individual all-around

These are the results of the women's individual all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around

These are the results of the women's team all-around competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's floor

These are the results of the women's floor competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars

These are the results of the women's uneven bars competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's vault

These are the results of the women's vault competition, one of six events for female competitors in artistic gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles.

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Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics

Gymnastics events have been contested at every Summer Olympic Games since the birth of the modern Olympic movement at the 1896 Summer Olympics in Athens.

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HighBeam Research

HighBeam Research is a paid search engine and full text online archive owned by Gale, a subsidiary Cengage, for thousands of newspapers, magazines, academic journals, newswires, trade magazines, and encyclopedias in English.

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Hip dysplasia

Hip dysplasia is an abnormality of the hip joint where the socket portion does not fully cover the ball portion, resulting in an increased risk for joint dislocation.

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Hip replacement

Hip replacement is a surgical procedure in which the hip joint is replaced by a prosthetic implant, that is, a hip prosthesis.

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Houston

Houston is the most populous city in the U.S. state of Texas and the fourth most populous city in the United States, with a census-estimated 2017 population of 2.312 million within a land area of.

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Houston Baptist University

Houston Baptist University (HBU) is a private Baptist university in Sharpstown, Texas.

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International Gymnastics Hall of Fame

The International Gymnastics Hall of Fame, located in Oklahoma City, USA, is a hall of fame dedicated to honoring the achievements and contributions of the world's greatest competitors, coaches and authorities in artistic gymnastics.

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Italian Americans

Italian Americans (italoamericani or italo-americani) are an ethnic group consisting of Americans who have ancestry from Italy.

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Jordyn Wieber

Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995) is a retired American artistic gymnast.

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Kerri Strug

Kerri Allyson Strug Fischer (born November 19, 1977) is an American retired gymnast from Tucson, Arizona.

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Kim Zmeskal

Kimberly Lynn "Kim" Burdette (née Zmeskal on February 6, 1976) is an American retired artistic gymnast, who was a national champion, world champion, and an Olympic bronze medalist.

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List of Olympic female gymnasts for the United States

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896.

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List of Olympic medal leaders in women's gymnastics

Gymnastics events have been staged at the Olympic Games since 1896.

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Los Angeles

Los Angeles (Spanish for "The Angels";; officially: the City of Los Angeles; colloquially: by its initials L.A.) is the second-most populous city in the United States, after New York City.

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Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop

Mary Lou's Flip Flop Shop, is a children's television series featuring Olympic champion gymnast Mary Lou Retton, was created to motivate young children to believe in themselves and get moving.

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Márta Károlyi

Márta Károlyi (née Erőss; born August 29, 1942) is a Romanian-American gymnastics coach of Hungarian descent and the national team coordinator for USA Gymnastics.

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McKenna Kelley

McKenna Lane Kelley (born April 15, 1997 in Houston, Texas) is an American artistic gymnast and daughter of Mary Lou Retton and Shannon Kelley.

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Morgan Hurd

Morgan Elizabeth Hurd (born July 18, 2001) is an American artistic gymnast and member of the United States women's national gymnastics team.

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Nadia Comăneci

Nadia Elena Comăneci (born November 12, 1961) is a Romanian retired gymnast and a five-time Olympic gold medalist, all in individual events.

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Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult

Naked Gun 33⅓: The Final Insult is a 1994 comedy film, and the third and final installment in ''The Naked Gun'' film series, which was based on the Police Squad! television series.

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Nastia Liukin

Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin (Анастасия "Настя" Валерьевна Люкина; born October 30, 1989) is a Russian American former artistic gymnast.

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Olga Korbut

Olga Valentinovna Korbut (born 16 May 1955) is a Belarusian former gymnast.

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Olympic Games

The modern Olympic Games or Olympics (Jeux olympiques) are leading international sporting events featuring summer and winter sports competitions in which thousands of athletes from around the world participate in a variety of competitions.

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Patty Sheehan

Patty Sheehan (born October 27, 1956) is an American professional golfer.

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People (magazine)

People is an American weekly magazine of celebrity and human-interest stories, published by Meredith Corporation.

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Pledge of Allegiance (United States)

The Pledge of Allegiance of the United States is an expression of allegiance to the Flag of the United States and the republic of the United States of America.

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Presidency of Ronald Reagan

The presidency of Ronald Reagan began at noon EST on January 20, 1981, when Ronald Reagan was inaugurated as 40th President of the United States, and ended on January 20, 1989.

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President's Council on Fitness, Sports, and Nutrition

The President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition (PCFSN) is an American government organization that aims to "promote, encourage and motivate Americans of all ages to become physically active and participate in sports." It is part of the Office of Public Health and Science, an agency of the United States Department of Health and Human Services.

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RadioShack

RadioShack, formally RadioShack Corporation, is the trade name of an American retailer founded in 1921, which operates a chain of electronics stores.

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Real estate development

Real estate development, or property development, is a business process, encompassing activities that range from the renovation and re-lease of existing buildings to the purchase of raw land and the sale of developed land or parcels to others.

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Revco

Revco Discount Drug Stores (known simply as Revco or Revco, D.S.), once based in Twinsburg, Ohio, was a major drug store chain operating through the Ohio Valley, the Mid-Atlantic states, and the Southeastern United States.

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Romania

Romania (România) is a sovereign state located at the crossroads of Central, Eastern, and Southeastern Europe.

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Ronald Reagan

Ronald Wilson Reagan (February 6, 1911 – June 5, 2004) was an American politician and actor who served as the 40th President of the United States from 1981 to 1989.

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Scrooged

Scrooged is a 1988 American Christmas comedy film directed by Richard Donner and written by Mitch Glazer and Michael O'Donoghue.

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Shannon Kelley

Shannon Kelley is a former American football quarterback.

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Shannon Miller

Shannon Lee Miller Falconetti (born March 10, 1977) is an American former artistic gymnast.

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Shawn Johnson East

Shawn Machel Johnson East (born January 19, 1992) is an American former artistic gymnast.

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Sidewalks Entertainment

Sidewalks Entertainment (1988–present) is a weekly American television series that is a combination of a talk show, magazine show and variety show featuring celebrity interviews, music, artistic and novelty acts, and rising performers.

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Simone Biles

Simone Arianne Biles (born March 14, 1997) is an American artistic gymnast.

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Sports Illustrated

Sports Illustrated is an American sports magazine owned by Meredith Corporation.

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Sports Illustrated Sportsperson of the Year

Since its inception in 1954, Sports Illustrated magazine has annually presented the Sportsperson of the Year award to "the athlete or team whose performance that year most embodies the spirit of sportsmanship and achievement." Both Americans and non-Americans are eligible, though in the past the vast majority of winners have been from the United States.

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Super Bowl XLVIII

Super Bowl XLVIII was an American football game between the American Football Conference (AFC) champion Denver Broncos and National Football Conference (NFC) champion Seattle Seahawks to decide the National Football League (NFL) champion for the 2013 season.

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The '80s Called

"The '80s Called" is an iconic television advertisement produced by GSD&M for RadioShack, which debuted during Super Bowl XLVIII on February 2, 2014.

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The New York Times

The New York Times (sometimes abbreviated as The NYT or The Times) is an American newspaper based in New York City with worldwide influence and readership.

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Uneven bars

The uneven bars or asymmetric bars is an artistic gymnastics apparatus, used only by female gymnasts.

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United States

The United States of America (USA), commonly known as the United States (U.S.) or America, is a federal republic composed of 50 states, a federal district, five major self-governing territories, and various possessions.

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University of Texas at Austin

The University of Texas at Austin (UT, UT Austin, or Texas) is a public research university and the flagship institution of the University of Texas System.

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USA Gymnastics National Championships

The USA Gymnastics National Championships is the annual artistic gymnastics national competition held in the United States for elite-level competition.

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USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal

The USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal involves the sexual abuse of female athletes—primarily minors—over the past two decades, in which over 368 individuals have been sexually assaulted "by gym owners, coaches, and staff working for gymnastics programs across the country".

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Vault (gymnastics)

The vault is an artistic gymnastics apparatus on which gymnasts perform, as well as the skill performed using that apparatus.

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Wheaties

Wheaties is a brand of General Mills breakfast cereal.

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1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially called the Games of the XXI Olympiad (French: Les XXIes olympiques d'été), was an international multi-sport event in Montreal, Quebec, in 1976, and the first Olympic Games held in Canada.

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1984 Summer Olympics

The 1984 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXIII Olympiad, was an international multi-sport event that was held from July 28 to August 12, 1984, in Los Angeles (LA), California, United States.

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2004 Republican National Convention

The 2004 Republican National Convention, the presidential nominating convention of the Republican Party of the United States, took place from August 30 to September 2, 2004 at Madison Square Garden in New York City, New York.

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References

[1] https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Mary_Lou_Retton

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