Memmel performing on the balance beam at the 2008 USA Gymnastics National Championships in Boston
Personal information
Full name
Chellsie Marie Memmel
Country represented
United States
Born
(1988-06-23) June 23, 1988 (age 36) West Allis, Wisconsin, U.S.
Residence
Eagle, Wisconsin, U.S.
Height
5 ft 2.5 in (159 cm)[1]
Discipline
Women's artistic gymnastics
Level
Senior International Elite
Years on national team
2000, 2002–09, 2011–12 (US)
Gym
M&M Gymnastics
Head coach(es)
Andy Memmel
Eponymous skills
Memmel Turn (Floor Routine): Double turn with leg fully extended in a "Y" [2]
Medal record
Gymnastics
Representing United States
Olympic Games
2008 Beijing
Team
World Championships
2003 Anaheim
Team
2003 Anaheim
Uneven Bars
2005 Melbourne
All-Around
2005 Melbourne
Uneven Bars
2005 Melbourne
Balance Beam
2006 Aarhus
Team
World Cup Final
2004 Birmingham
Uneven Bars
Pan American Games
2003 Santo Domingo
Team
2003 Santo Domingo
All-Around
2003 Santo Domingo
Uneven Bars
2003 Santo Domingo
Balance Beam
Pan American Championships
2004 Maracaibo
Uneven Bars
2004 Maracaibo
Balance Beam
2005 Rio de Janeiro
Team
2005 Rio de Janeiro
All-Around
2005 Rio de Janeiro
Uneven Bars
2005 Rio de Janeiro
Balance Beam
Pacific Rim Championships
2006 Honolulu
Team
2006 Honolulu
All-Around
2006 Honolulu
Balance Beam
2006 Honolulu
Floor Exercise
Spouse
Kory Maier
Chellsie Marie Memmel (born June 23, 1988) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2005 world all-around champion (the third American woman, after Kim Zmeskal and Shannon Miller, to win that title) and the 2003 world champion on the uneven bars. She was a member of the United States women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.[3]
With a total of seven World Championship and Olympic medals, Memmel is tied with Shawn Johnson as the eighth most decorated American female gymnast, behind Simone Biles (34), Shannon Miller (16), Nastia Liukin (14), Alicia Sacramone (11), Aly Raisman (10), Jade Carey (8), and Dominique Dawes (8).[4][5]
Her return to gymnastics in her 30s attracted attention to the idea that by avoiding over-training and mistreatment, gymnasts could continue to perform at a high level in adulthood.[6] She was inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2022.[7]
^"Chellsie Memmel". Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved July 15, 2014.
^"Six-time World medalist, 2008 Olympic silver-medalist Memmel retires from competitive gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. November 14, 2012. Retrieved December 4, 2015.
^"Olympians At Last." Archived August 8, 2016, at the Wayback Machine NBCOlympics.com. July 19, 2008. Accessed on July 19, 2008.
^[1] "USA Gymnastics: U.S. Medalists at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships"
^[2]"USA Gymnastics: U.S. Medalists at Olympic Games- Men & Women Artistic Gymnastics"
^Feidelson, Lizzie (May 4, 2021). "What If Everything We Know About Gymnastics Is Wrong?". The New York Times. ISSN 0362-4331. Retrieved July 16, 2021.
^"Chellsie Memmel | the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame". www.ighof.com. Retrieved September 1, 2022.[title missing]
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Italian swimmer 1988 – Chet Faker, Australian singer-songwriter 1988 – ChellsieMemmel, American gymnast 1989 – Lisa Carrington, New Zealand flatwater canoeist...
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