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Dominique Moceanu

Dominique Moceanu Canales
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Moceanu on January 31, 2006
Personal information
Full name Dominique Helena Moceanu Canales
Country represented  United States
Born (1981-09-30) September 30, 1981 (age 35)
Hollywood, California
Hometown Cleveland, Ohio
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior international elite
Years on national team 1992–2000, 2004–2006
Club LaFleur's; Károlyi's; Moceanu Gymnastics; Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es) Béla and Márta Károlyi
Former coach(es) Jeff LaFleur; Béla and Márta Károlyi; Luminița Miscenco; Mary Lee Tracy; Alexander Alexandrov
Choreographer Geza Pozar, Dominic Zito
Music "The Devil Went Down to Georgia"
Retired 2000; 2006

Dominique Helena Moceanu Canales (/mˈɑːn/, moh-CHEE-anoo; Romanian: [moˈtʃe̯anu]; born September 30, 1981) is a retired Americangymnast. She was a member of the gold-medal-winning United States women's gymnastics team (the "Magnificent Seven") at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

The hallmarks of Moceanu's gymnastics, in the early part of her elite career, were daring tricks on the balance beam and spunky routines on the floor exercise. Later, under the direction of new coaches, she developed a more elegant, mature style.

Moceanu trained under Marta and Béla Károlyi, and later Luminița Miscenco and Mary Lee Tracy. She earned her first national team berth at age 10 and represented the United States in various international competitions at the junior level. She was the all-around silver medalist at the 1992 Junior Pan American Games and the 1994 junior national champion. In 1995, at the age of 13, she became the youngest gymnast to win the senior all-around title at the U.S. National Championships. She was the youngest member of both the 1995 World Championships team and the gold-medal-winning 1996 Olympics team, and was the last gymnast to compete legally in the Olympics at the age of 14.


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