Off balance by dominique moceanu overdrive rakuten. Her pixyish appearance and ferocious competitive drive quickly earned her the status of media darling. Her life on and off the gym floor has been difficult. Dominique moceanu facts she was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta the hallmarks of moceanus gymnastics, in the early part of her elite career, were daring tricks on the balance beam and spunky routines on the floor exercise.
At 14, dominique moceanu was the youngest member of the olympic goldmedalwinning 1996 u. Womens gymnastics team in atlanta the magnificent seven. 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. Off balance becomes a new york times best seller 2012 goforgold gymnasts book series is published by disneyhyperion 2012 2017 update. Off balance a memoir, of dominique moceanu with paul and teri williams, touchstone paperback 20, p 22. All content included on our site, such as text, images, digital downloads and other, is the property of its content suppliers and protected by us and international laws. Dominique moceanu is a sportswoman from united states. Dominique moceanu, left, has been critical of the way martha karolyi, center, and bela karolyi, right, ran the selection process for the u. She was a member of the goldmedalwinning united states womens gymnastics team the magnificent seven at the 1996 summer olympics in atlanta. Dominique moceanu, who was 14 when her team triumphed in atlanta, is promoting her book off balance, whose title should give you some clue that being a gymnastics prodigy wasnt all it. Exolympian dominique moceanu says nbc tried to bury her stories of abuse posted at 1. Aug 11, 2016 2 decades later, gymnast dominique moceanu looks back on her career dominique moceanu was the youngest u.
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Astrology and natal chart of dominique moceanu, born on 1981. See more ideas about olympic gymnastics, gymnastics and olympics. As a member of the womens gymnastics team, she won a gold medal at the 1996 olympic games. Dominique moceanu reveals longlost sister jen bricker. This is the dominique moceanu biography from freeones which covers detailed biographical information about her the ultimate babe site since 1998. Dominique moceanu is the youngest gymnast to win an olympic gold medal. Former olympic gymnastic gold medalist dominique moceanu shared an interesting story about her own experience with nbc news following the release of her memoir off balance, which shined a. Dimitry moceanu, father of olympic gold medalist houston. Moceanu remains involved in gymnastics through camps and clinics across the country, and shes the author of a gymnasticsfocused young adult. Dominique moceanu makes you think twice about making your kid. A montage of dominique moceanus gymnastics career, with footage from her early years in the sport, through the olympic games in atlanta, her. Download for offline reading, highlight, bookmark or take notes while you read off balance. Produced on september 30, 1981, in hollywood, california, to romanian immigrants, dominique moceanu started training with renowned gymnastics trainer bla krolyi at age 10.
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