Lisa Wang
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Lisa Wang, Rhythmic Gymnast
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| Full name | Lisa Wang | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |
 United States
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September 24, 1988 Madison, WI |
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| Hometown | Buffalo Grove, IL | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Princeton, NJ | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2000-2008 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Northshore Rhythmics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Natalia Klimouk | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Dani Takova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Lana Lashoff | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Lisa Wang (born September 24, 1988) is an American rhythmic gymnast of Chinese descent. She is former 4-time US National Champion, winning once as a junior and three times as a senior, and the 2007 Pan American Games Champion. Wang was a key member of the U.S. senior national team, representing the United States at three World Championships. Wang retired in 2008 after gaining admission to Yale University.
In 2014, Wang was recognized for her landmark contributions to the progress of gymnastics in America, and was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Wang began rhythmic gymnastics training in 1998, when she was ten years old. In 2000, Wang became a part of the National Team. In 2001, She claimed her first Junior National Championship at the Visa National Championships. Soon after, she began taking on the international scene and went on to sweep all golds at the 2002 Pacific Alliance Championships in Vancouver, Canada as the 1st place All-Around Champion and leading the 1st place US team.
Wang reigned as three-time Senior US National Champion (2006, 2007, 2008) winning three straight US all-around titles and 11 individual event titles. and 2008. In 2007, she became the All-around Pan American Games Champion in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. marking her place as the top gymnast in North and South America. She is a five-time Pan American Games gold medalist, helped team USA win gold in 2003, and also competed in the 2005 Pan American Championships. She was a three-time World Championships team member (2003, 2005, 2007).
During the 2007 World Championships (which serve as the 2008 Summer Olympics qualifier), Wang was the most heavily favored American Rhythmic Gymnast for the 2008 Olympics. But she placed 28th and thus missed Olympic qualification by three-tenths of a point. The United States Olympic Committee denied her application to apply for the Tripartite wild card spot, despite support from USA Gymnastics, thus removing her last chance to compete at the 2008 Olympics.
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