Alicia Sacramone (2008 Gymnastics Hopeful)

by Heather Long | More from this Blogger

08 Jun 2008 10:34 PM

Welcome to our Focus on the Olympics articles that introduces you to our Olympic athletes and hopefuls that will be competing in Beijing this summer. Alicia cites her parents as her role models because they taught her that hard work brings rewards.

Meet Alicia Sacramone

Alicia is the daughter of Fred, an orthodontist, and Gail, a salon owner. She has one older brother, Jonathan. Alicia is a sophomore at Brown University and competed on the Brown gymnastics team last year. Alicia enjoys designing her own leotards and is interested in a career in fashion design.

Why Root for Her?

Alicia won silver on floor exercise at the 2007 FIG World Championships. In addition, her performance this year was crucial to the American women's gold medal-winning team all-around performance. She also was a member of the 2006 World Championships Team, which won the team silver medal, and she took home individual bronze medals on floor exercise and balance beam. At the 2005 World Championships, she was floor exercise world champion, and her vault bronze medal was the USA's second world vault medal ever and first since 1989. Earlier in 2005, she became the U.S. national champion on vault and floor exercise and was named USA Gymnastics' Sportswoman of the Year.

In 2004, Alicia qualified for the World Cup Final as a wild card after placing first on vault at the Pacific Alliance and second at the World Cup in Ghent. She went on to win the vault gold medal at the World Cup Final ahead of the reigning Olympic gold and bronze medalists, Monica Rosu and Anna Pavlova, respectively.

Performance Record

• 2007 FIG World Championships team gold medalist, floor exercise silver medalist, vault bronze medalist
• 2007 Visa Championships vault champion, balance beam & floor exercise bronze medalist
• 2006 FIG World Championships team & floor exercise silver medalist
• 2005 FIG World Championships floor exercise champion & vault bronze medalist
• 2005 Visa Championships vault champion

The U.S. Gymnastics Team trials take place in June 19 to June 22 in Philadelphia, PA.

Learn more about Heather Long

Heather Long is 35 years old and currently lives in Wylie, Texas. She has been a freelance writer for six years. Her husband and she met while working together at America Online over ten years ago.

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