Marcia Frederick

Marcia Frederick (born January 4, 1963 in Springfield, Massachusetts) is a retired American gymnast who became the first American woman to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships, on the uneven bars in Strasbourg, France in 1978.[1][2][3] After qualifying for the 1980 US Olympic team, she was among the favorites to win a medal in Moscow but did not compete because of the boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics led by the United States. [4] At the USGF International Invitational held in August, 1980 in Hartford, Connecticut for countries affected by the boycott, Frederick won the silver medal in the all-around competition, the gold on vault and bronze on uneven bars and balance beam. Years later, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal.

Marcia Frederick
Country represented	United States
Born	January 4, 1963 Springfield, Massachusetts, United States
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Head coach(es)	Muriel Grossfeld, Don Peters
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing the  United States World Championships 1978 Strasbourg Uneven Bars

Eponymous skill

Apparatus	Name	Description	Difficulty
Uneven Bars	Frederick	Stalder backwards with full turn	D

References

1. Riley, Lori (August 15, 2010). "Frederick Changed Gymnastics, But Boycott Ended Olympic Dream - Hartford Courant". The Courant. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
2. Hartman, Holly; Please, Information (2003). Girlwonder: Every Girl's Guide to the Fantastic Feats, Cool Qualities, and Remarkable Abilities of Women and Girls. Houghton Mifflin Harcourt. pp. 165–. ISBN 9780618319398. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
3. Smith, Lissa (1998). Nike is a Goddess: The History of Women in Sports. Atlantic Monthly Press. pp. 231–. ISBN 9780871137616. Retrieved 23 February 2014.
4. Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry. Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.