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Mary Lou Retton
MARY LOU RETTON catapulted to international fame at the 1984 Olympic
Games in Los Angeles, becoming the first American woman ever to win the
Gold Medal in the All-Around in women's gymnastics. As a member of the
Silver Medalist Team from the U.S., she also won a individual Silver Medal
in the Vault, as well as Bronze Medals in the Uneven Bars and Floor
Exercise. Her five medals were the most won by any athlete at the 1984
Olympics. Mary Lou's historic Olympic performances, along with her radiant
smile and enthusiasm, brought her recognition as Sports Illustrated
Magazine's "Sportswoman of the Year" in 1984. That same year, the
Associated Press awarded her the title "Amateur Athlete of the Year". In
1993, almost a decade after her Los Angeles triumph, an Associated Press
national survey named her the "Most Popular Athlete in America." Today,
Mary Lou is a successful career woman, a wife, and the mother of two young
children--and still a celebrity, appearing regularly on network television and
in newspapers and magazines, as well as speaking to hundreds of thousands
of people every year in public and corporate seminars. In the past two years
she has been on the cover of People and Parade, and among athlete/
celebrities, her Q rating is exceeded only by Michael Jordan and Tiger
Woods.
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