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Alicia Sacramone

Alicia Quinn
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Quinn performing at the 2008 U.S. National Championships in Boston.
Personal information
Full name Alicia Marie Sacramone Quinn
Country represented  United States
Born (1987-12-03) December 3, 1987 (age 29)
Boston, Massachusetts, United States
Hometown Winchester, Massachusetts
Height 5 ft 1 in (1.55 m)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2002–2008, 2010–2012
Club Brestyan's American Gymnastics
College team Brown University
Head coach(es) Mihai Brestyan
Assistant coach(es) Silvia Brestyan
Music 300 Violin Orchestra/Heart of Courage Mix (2011)
Retired January 29, 2013
Net worth $8 Million
Spouse(s) Brady Quinn (2014-present)

Alicia Marie Quinn (née Sacramone) (/əˈlʃə ˌsækrəˈmni/; born December 3, 1987) is a retired American artistic gymnast. She won a silver medal with the United States team at the 2008 Summer Olympics and is the second-most decorated American gymnast in World Championship history, with ten medals.

Sacramone was born in Boston on December 3, 1987, to parents Fred, an orthodontist, and Gail Sacramone, a hairstylist and salon owner. She is of Italian descent and has an older brother, Jonathan. She graduated from Winchester High School in 2006.

She began studying dance at the age of five and started gymnastics three years later, in 1996. She trained with Mihai and Silvia Brestyan at a club called Gymnastics and More, and followed them when they opened their own facility in Ashland, Massachusetts. The Brestyans served as Sacramone's coaches for the rest of her career.

Sacrmone began competing at the elite level in 2002 and made the national team for the first time in 2003.

At the 2003 National Championships, Sacramone placed 14th in the all-around, won a bronze medal on floor exercise, and placed fourth on vault, earning a spot on the national team. Later that year, she participated in her first international competition as a senior, the Massilia Gym Cup in Marseille, France, where she placed fourth on floor and ninth on vault.


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