Carly Patterson
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| Full name | Carly Patterson Caldwell | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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February 4, 1988 Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. |
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| Hometown | Allen, Texas | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 152 cm (5 ft 0 in) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2000–2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | World Olympic Gymnastics Academy | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Evgeny Marchenko | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Natasha Boyarskaya | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Tatiana Shegolkova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Eponymous skills | Patterson: Double Arabian Dismount (balance beam) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2006 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Carly Patterson | |
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| Origin | Allen, Texas, U.S. |
| Genres | Rock, pop |
| Instruments | Vocals |
| Years active | 2007–present |
| Labels | MusicMind Records |
Carly Patterson Caldwell (born February 4, 1988) is a former artistic gymnast from Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She is the 2004 Olympic all-around champion and a member of the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Patterson began gymnastics after attending a cousin's birthday party at a Baton Rouge gymnastics club (Elite Gymnastics) in 1994. She was coached there by former Israeli Olympian Yohanan Moyal. She started competing internationally in 2000, when she was 12 years old.
In 2000, Patterson participated in the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium and won the silver medal in the all-around and the bronze on balance beam. The next year, at the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, she was ranked second in the all-around before the final rotation but missed three landings on the floor exercise and finished seventh.
Patterson became the U.S. junior national all-around champion in 2002. She then began her senior career by winning the 2003 American Cup, where she was the youngest competitor, having just turned 15. However, she was forced to sit out the 2003 U.S. National Championships, which would have been her first Nationals as a senior, because of a broken elbow.
Although she could not compete in Nationals, Patterson successfully petitioned to the 2003 World Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, California. There, she earned the all-around silver medal, becoming the first American woman to medal in a World Championships all-around since Shannon Miller in 1994. She also helped the United States earn the team gold medal, a first for the American women.
Patterson again won the all-around at the American Cup in 2004, a performance she dedicated to her coach Evgeny Marchenko's mother, who had died just days before the competition. Later that year, she became co-national champion with Courtney Kupets. She also won the floor exercise at the National Championships and placed second on balance beam.
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