Gymnastics dominique moceanu books

Her father, dumitru, was on the romanian junior gymnastics team as a youngster. Gymnast dominique moceanu s off balance her painful journey to olympic gold duration. Dominique moceanu is the youngest gymnast to win an olympic gold. Dominique moceanu wrote this book at the peak of her career, when she was years old and had just won the 1995 senior national championships before the 1996 olympics.

Dominique moceanu winning balance by shawn johnson letters to a young gymnast. Dominique moceanu is the youngest american gymnast to win an olympic gold. Dominique is currently coaching at gymnastics world in cleveland, ohio. From goldmedalwinning olympic gymnast and bestselling author laurie hernandez comes a picture book about chasing your dreams an. Dominique moceanu started gymnastics at the age of three. Dominique moceanu, who won a gymnastics gold medal in the 1996 olympic games, would like to see usa gymnastics president steve penny be. Discover delightful childrens books with prime book box, a subscription that delivers new books. Every once in a while, a truly charismatic gymnast comes along, l. At 14, dominique moceanu was the youngest of the magnificent seven, the pixie team u. Dominique s 23 hour clinics specialize on beam or floor and include.

Dominique moceanu is the youngest american gymnast to win an olympic gold medal, and the youngest to win a senior national allaround title. When dominique was three, dumitru called karolyi, who is also a romanian expatriate, to see if he could bring his toddler to houston to enroll in karolyis gym. I got caught up in this book, and tried to imagine not really ever having a childhood. Inside elite gymnastics merciless coaching, overzealous parents, eating disor. Dianne feinstein greeted 1996 olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu.

Dominique moceanu is the youngest american gymnast to win an olympic gold medal and the youngest to win a senior national allaround title. For gymnast moceanu, life threw her off balance dominique moceanu is the youngest gymnast to win an olympic gold medal. Off balance book by dominique moceanu, teri williams official. To see what your friends thought of this book, please sign up. Dominique moceanu gymnastics center posts facebook. Former gymnast dominique moceanu talks about her book and.

In this searing and riveting new york times bestseller, olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of olympic gymnastics, the true price of successand the shocking secret about her past and her family that she only learned years later. At, dominique moceanu burst into the spotlight by becoming the youngest u. Dominique moceanu dominique moceanu gymnastics center. Seven years in the making, off balance is as much a telling of moceanus story as it is an effort to protect gymnasts in the future. Thus, judging from the early age which she wrote it it says as told to steve woodward, it isnt the best autobiography in the world. In this searing and riveting new york times bestseller, olympic gold medalist dominique moceanu reveals the dark underbelly of olympic gymnastics, the true.

Dominique helena moceanu is an american author and retired gymnast. She was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta. She lives with her husband and two children near cleveland, ohio. At fourteen years old, dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the 1996 us. It required many sacrifices to stand alone for many years on the subject until recently. It simply started with changing up her workout routine with something different yoga to see if it was a good fit for her. Goforgold gymnasts book series is published by disneyhyperion 2012 2017 update. Gold medalwinning olympic gymnast dominique moceanu is bringing her talents to a different kind of mat. Dominique moceanu, 14yearold darling of womens gold medal gymnastics team in atlanta in 1996, is forced to withdraw from us olympic gymnastics trials because of knee injury m by selena.