Amanda Borden

                      Birthday: May10,1977                                

                Coach: Mary Lee Tracy                        

      Hometown: Cincinnati, OH         

                    Hobbies: Bicycling, reading, shopping,   playing on the computer                

Began gymnastics: 1984

 Height and Weight: 5Ft, 3 in, 108 lbs

 Favorite events: floor exercise and uneven bars

Years on National team: 6 (90- 91, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97)

Amanda Borden was the team captain the year they won the Olympic gold medal for the team all-around competition. She had been on the national team for a few years before and was ready to compete in the '96 Olympics that year. She had won a silver at the world championships two years earlier. she was also a member of the World team three different times.

Birthday: May 15, 1978

Coach: Mark Young and Diane Amos

Hometown: San Jose, CA

Began gymnastics: 1981

Height and Weight: 5 ft, 1 in, 90 lbs

Favorite event: Uneven Bars

Years on National Team: 8 (90-91, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 99-00)

Nickname: "The Trickster"

Amy Chow is a very accomplished gymnast that joined the rest of her teammates on the podium to receive her gold medal. She is not only an accomplished gymnast but also an accomplished pianist. She is studying pediatrics in college for now. She hopes to become a pediatrician some day.

Birthday: Nov. 20, 1976

Coach: Kelli Hill

Hometown: Silver springs, MD

Hobbies: Cooking, movies, singing, and acting

Began gymnastics:1983

Favorite event: All events (Bars, beam, floor, & Vault)

Years on National Team: 10 (89-90, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98, 00-01)

Nickname: "Awesome Dawesome"

Dominique Dawes was the oldest gymnast that won the gold medal at the Olympics in 1996. She has won many other awards as a gymnast. She was a finalist for the Sullivan Award in '94. She did not win it though. Although she has won awards including the Henery P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award and the Arch McDonald Award. She won both of these awards in 1995 and was very proud to win them.

Birthday: March 10, 1977

Coach: Steve Nunno & Peggy Liddick

Hometown: Edmond, OK

Hobbies: TV, movies, swimming, & watching hockey.

Began Gymnastics: 1983

Height and Weight: 5 ft, 97 lbs

Favorite Event: Uneven Bars and Beam

Years on National Team: 8 (90-91, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97,and 97-98

Shannon Miller was apart of the winning team also. It was her second Olympics. She was only 19 years old too. Her and her teammates were shocked and extremely excited when they won. Shannon was born in  OK were she was raised. Her parents were always very supportive. She also has been nominated for the 94 Sullivan award. She also did not win it though. She tried to make the Olympic team for 2000 But didn't have a high enough score.

Birthday: September 30,1981

Coach: Bela and Marta Karolyi

Hometown: Houston, Texas

Began Gymnastics: 1985

Height and weight:4 ft 6.5 in, 75 lbs

Favorite Event:

Years on National Team: 6 (94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98, 98-99, 00-01)

Dominique was the youngest member of the team that year. She was the happiest 15 year old during those game. She was raised by her parents who were also gymnast when they were younger. The unthinkable happened before the Olympic trials that year though. She had a four inch stress fracture on her right tibia. it was very painful and she had to stop training. It did heal before the trials.

Birthday: September 26, 1979

Coach: Mary Lee Tracy

Hometown: Greenfield, Indiana

Began Gymnastics:1983

Height and weight: 5 ft, 97 lbs

Years On National Team: 4 (94-95, 95-96, 96-97, 97-98)

Jaycie was only i6 when she won her gold medal with the rest of her teammates. She finally realized that she could do whatever she set her heart on. When she was littler she had many problems with believing in herself. She finally accomplished the goal she set for herself 12 years ago. She loved the moment too.  

Birthday: November 19,1977

Coach: Bela and Marta Karolyi

Hometown: Tucson, Arizona

Began gymnastics: 1982

Height and weight: 4 ft, 9 in, 87 lbs

Years on national team: 7 (90-91, 91-92, 92-93, 93-94, 94-95, 95-96, 96-97)

Kerri Strug was the whole reason they won the gold medal. She took her last vault with a sprained ankle and landed it perfectly. When they averaged the scores of both of her vaults, it came out to be enough for them to win the gold medal. Although Kerri ended up not being able to compete in the individual rounds. She was upset about that too. She was ecstatic that she won a gold medal with her team though.