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{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
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{{Infobox gymnast
| name = Tracee Talavera
| name = Tracee Talavera
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| fullname = Tracee Ann Talavera
| full_name = Tracee Ann Talavera
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 1, 1966}}
| birth_date = {{birth-date and age|September 1, 1966}}
| birth_place = [[Santa Clara, California]], U.S.
| birth_place = [[Santa Clara, California]], U.S.
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{{MedalSport | Women's [[Artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|artistic gymnastics]] }}
{{MedalSport | Women's [[artistic gymnastics]] }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCountry | {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Artistic gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalOlympics}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|Team competition]] }}
{{MedalSilver | [[1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Los Angeles]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|Team all-around]]}}
{{MedalCompetition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{MedalWorldChampionships}}
{{MedalBronze | [[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1981 Moscow]] | Balance beam }}
{{MedalBronze | [[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1981 Moscow]] | Balance beam}}
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'''Tracee Ann Talavera''' (born September 1, 1966)<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/tracee-talavera-1.html |title=Tracee Talavera |accessdate=November 13, 2015}}</ref> is an American retired artistic gymnast who competed for the United States at the Olympics and World Championships. She qualified for the 1980 Olympic team. She was the 1981 and 1982 U.S. National All-around Champion and a member of the silver medal-winning American team at the [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympics in Los Angeles]]. Talavera was born in [[Santa Clara, California]].<ref name="SR" />
'''Tracee Ann Talavera''' (born September 1, 1966)<ref name="SR">{{cite Sports-Reference |url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/tracee-talavera-1.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418045236/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/ta/tracee-talavera-1.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=April 18, 2020 |title=Tracee Talavera |accessdate=November 13, 2015}}</ref> is an American former artistic gymnast who competed for the United States at the Olympics and World Championships. She qualified for the 1980 Olympic team. She was the 1981 and 1982 U.S. National All-around Champion and a member of the silver medal-winning American team at the [[Gymnastics at the 1984 Summer Olympics|1984 Olympics in Los Angeles]]. Talavera was born in [[Santa Clara, California]].<ref name="SR" />


==Gymnastics career==
==Gymnastics career==
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Talavera continued to enjoy success in 1980. Early in the year, she won the all-around title and every event except vault at the [[American Cup (Gymnastics)|American Cup]], beating a field that included Romanian [[Emilia Eberle]], a multiple medalist at the World Championships.<ref>[http://www.gymn-forum.net/results/ACup/Women/1980.html Results from 1980 American Cup at Gymn-Forum]</ref> She also placed first at the Olympic Festival and had a strong second-place all-around showing at the 1980 U.S. Nationals. In 1980 Talavera was also the subject of a biography, ''The story of a young gymnast: Tracee Talavera'' published by Bantam Books.<ref name=story>''The story of a young gymnast: Tracee Talavera'' Karen Folger Jacobs, Bantam Books 1980, {{ISBN|0-553-14134-1}}</ref>
Talavera continued to enjoy success in 1980. Early in the year, she won the all-around title and every event except vault at the [[American Cup (Gymnastics)|American Cup]], beating a field that included Romanian [[Emilia Eberle]], a multiple medalist at the World Championships.<ref>[http://www.gymn-forum.net/results/ACup/Women/1980.html Results from 1980 American Cup at Gymn-Forum]</ref> She also placed first at the Olympic Festival and had a strong second-place all-around showing at the 1980 U.S. Nationals. In 1980 Talavera was also the subject of a biography, ''The story of a young gymnast: Tracee Talavera'' published by Bantam Books.<ref name=story>''The story of a young gymnast: Tracee Talavera'' Karen Folger Jacobs, Bantam Books 1980, {{ISBN|0-553-14134-1}}</ref>


She won the U.S. Olympic Trials and was named to the women's gymnastics team for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.<ref>[http://www.gymn-forum.net/results/USOly/Women/1980.html Results from 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials at Gymn-Forum]</ref> However, due to President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s [[American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics|boycott]] of the Games in the [[Soviet Union]] to protest the invasion of [[Afghanistan]], Talavera, along with the rest of the American team, was unable to participate in the Olympics.<ref name=hof /> As consolation, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a [[List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients|Congressional Gold Medal]] many years later.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caroccioli|first1=Tom|last2=Caroccioli|first2=Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, IL|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243-253}}</ref>
She won the U.S. Olympic Trials and was named to the women's gymnastics team for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.<ref>[http://www.gymn-forum.net/results/USOly/Women/1980.html Results from 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials at Gymn-Forum]</ref> However, due to President [[Jimmy Carter]]'s [[American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics|boycott]] of the Games in the [[Soviet Union]] to protest the invasion of [[Afghanistan]], Talavera, along with the rest of the American team, was unable to participate in the Olympics.<ref name=hof /> As consolation, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a [[List of Congressional Gold Medal recipients|Congressional Gold Medal]] many years later.<ref>{{cite book|last1=Caroccioli|first1=Tom|last2=Caroccioli|first2=Jerry|title=Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games|year=2008|publisher=New Chapter Press|location=Highland Park, IL|isbn=978-0942257403|pages=243–253}}</ref>


Talavera continued competing as a member of the U.S. National team after the Olympics. In 1981, she won her second U.S. National Championship and participated in the [[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Moscow, helping the American team to a 6th-place finish. She also became one of only a few American women to date to win an individual medal at Worlds, earning a bronze on the [[balance beam]].<ref name=gymn /> Talavera's original balance beam element, a one-handed flair, was named after her in the ''[[Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)|Code of Points]].'' It is still included in the ''Code,'' and currently carries a 'C' difficulty rating.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070817003857/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/gymnastics/glossary.html "Gymnastics Glossary & Elements Named for U.S. Gymnasts"] USA Gymnastics</ref>
Talavera continued competing as a member of the U.S. National team after the Olympics. In 1981, she won her second U.S. National Championship and participated in the [[1981 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in Moscow, helping the American team to a 6th-place finish. She also became one of only a few American women to date to win an individual medal at Worlds, earning a bronze on the [[balance beam]].<ref name=gymn /> Talavera's original balance beam element, a one-handed flair, was named after her in the ''[[Code of Points (artistic gymnastics)|Code of Points]].'' It is still included in the ''Code,'' and currently carries a 'C' difficulty rating.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070817003857/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/gymnastics/glossary.html "Gymnastics Glossary & Elements Named for U.S. Gymnasts"] USA Gymnastics</ref>
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Talavera retired from gymnastics after the 1984 tour and returned to school, earning a B.A. degree in Communications from [[Saint Mary's College of California]] in 1990.<ref>[http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/news-and-events/saint-marys-magazine/2008/autumn/letters.html "Letters to the Editor: More Olympians"] ''Saint Mary's Magazine'', 2008</ref> In 1998 she was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.<ref name=hof /> She was working as a coach at Golden Gate Gymnastics in Concord, California (until they closed in 2009) and remains involved in USA Gymnastics. In 2000, she was a member of the selection committee for the women's gymnastics team for the Sydney Olympics.<ref name=ig />
Talavera retired from gymnastics after the 1984 tour and returned to school, earning a B.A. degree in Communications from [[Saint Mary's College of California]] in 1990.<ref>[http://www.stmarys-ca.edu/news-and-events/saint-marys-magazine/2008/autumn/letters.html "Letters to the Editor: More Olympians"] ''Saint Mary's Magazine'', 2008</ref> In 1998 she was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.<ref name=hof /> She was working as a coach at Golden Gate Gymnastics in Concord, California (until they closed in 2009) and remains involved in USA Gymnastics. In 2000, she was a member of the selection committee for the women's gymnastics team for the Sydney Olympics.<ref name=ig />


Talavera was diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] in 1988.<ref>http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-12-25/sports/9004170505_1_olympic-medal-eye-walkers</ref>
Talavera was diagnosed with [[multiple sclerosis]] in 1988.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-12-25/sports/9004170505_1_olympic-medal-eye-walkers |title=Gymnast`s Lessons Also Work In Real Life - tribunedigital-chicagotribune |website=articles.chicagotribune.com |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160119225239/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/1990-12-25/sports/9004170505_1_olympic-medal-eye-walkers |archive-date=2016-01-19}} </ref>


==References==
==References==
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* [http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/talavera.html List of competitive results at Gymn Forum]
* [http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/talavera.html List of competitive results at Gymn Forum]


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Tracee Talavera
Full nameTracee Ann Talavera
BornSeptember 1, 1966 (1966-09) (age 57)
Santa Clara, California, U.S.
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing  United States
Olympic Games
Silver medal – second place 1984 Los Angeles Team all-around
World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 1981 Moscow Balance beam

Tracee Ann Talavera (born September 1, 1966)[1] is an American former artistic gymnast who competed for the United States at the Olympics and World Championships. She qualified for the 1980 Olympic team. She was the 1981 and 1982 U.S. National All-around Champion and a member of the silver medal-winning American team at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. Talavera was born in Santa Clara, California.[1]

Gymnastics career[edit]

Coached by Dick and Linda Mulvihill until 1983, when she began training with Mike Lynch,[2] Talavera rose to prominence on the U.S. gymnastics scene in the late 1970s. In 1978 she won the all-around titles in both the junior division of the U.S. National Championships and the Junior Olympic Nationals. The following year, competing as a senior, she placed second in the all-around at the U.S. Nationals and third at the World team trials. She was awarded a spot on the 1979 team for the World Championships,[2] but at age 12½ was well below the minimum age requirement of 14 and was deemed ineligible to compete.[3]

Talavera continued to enjoy success in 1980. Early in the year, she won the all-around title and every event except vault at the American Cup, beating a field that included Romanian Emilia Eberle, a multiple medalist at the World Championships.[4] She also placed first at the Olympic Festival and had a strong second-place all-around showing at the 1980 U.S. Nationals. In 1980 Talavera was also the subject of a biography, The story of a young gymnast: Tracee Talavera published by Bantam Books.[5]

She won the U.S. Olympic Trials and was named to the women's gymnastics team for the 1980 Olympics in Moscow.[6] However, due to President Jimmy Carter's boycott of the Games in the Soviet Union to protest the invasion of Afghanistan, Talavera, along with the rest of the American team, was unable to participate in the Olympics.[2] As consolation, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal many years later.[7]

Talavera continued competing as a member of the U.S. National team after the Olympics. In 1981, she won her second U.S. National Championship and participated in the World Championships in Moscow, helping the American team to a 6th-place finish. She also became one of only a few American women to date to win an individual medal at Worlds, earning a bronze on the balance beam.[3] Talavera's original balance beam element, a one-handed flair, was named after her in the Code of Points. It is still included in the Code, and currently carries a 'C' difficulty rating.[8]

In 1983 Talavera's competitive fortunes changed. She was only able to achieve a 15th-place finish at U.S. Nationals and was left off the World Championships team. However, in 1984 she returned to finish 8th in the all-around at Nationals and win the beam gold medal, placed 6th at the U.S. Olympic Trials, and earned a spot on the American team at the 1984 Olympics in Los Angeles. She helped the team to a silver-medal finish and qualified for the vault event final, placing 4th.[9]

After the Olympics, Talavera participated in an exhibition tour with her teammates.[10]

Post-retirement[edit]

Talavera retired from gymnastics after the 1984 tour and returned to school, earning a B.A. degree in Communications from Saint Mary's College of California in 1990.[11] In 1998 she was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[2] She was working as a coach at Golden Gate Gymnastics in Concord, California (until they closed in 2009) and remains involved in USA Gymnastics. In 2000, she was a member of the selection committee for the women's gymnastics team for the Sydney Olympics.[9]

Talavera was diagnosed with multiple sclerosis in 1988.[12]

References[edit]

  1. ^ a b Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Tracee Talavera". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved November 13, 2015.
  2. ^ a b c d Talavera's Hall of Fame bio at USA Gymnastics
  3. ^ a b List of competitive results and bio at Gymn-Forum
  4. ^ Results from 1980 American Cup at Gymn-Forum
  5. ^ The story of a young gymnast: Tracee Talavera Karen Folger Jacobs, Bantam Books 1980, ISBN 0-553-14134-1
  6. ^ Results from 1980 U.S. Olympic Trials at Gymn-Forum
  7. ^ Caroccioli, Tom; Caroccioli, Jerry (2008). Boycott: Stolen Dreams of the 1980 Moscow Olympic Games. Highland Park, IL: New Chapter Press. pp. 243–253. ISBN 978-0942257403.
  8. ^ "Gymnastics Glossary & Elements Named for U.S. Gymnasts" USA Gymnastics
  9. ^ a b "IG Online Interview: 1984 U.S. Women's Team" International Gymnast, 2004
  10. ^ "Favorite Olympic Moments: Tracee Talavera" USA Gymnastics Olympics site
  11. ^ "Letters to the Editor: More Olympians" Saint Mary's Magazine, 2008
  12. ^ "Gymnast`s Lessons Also Work In Real Life - tribunedigital-chicagotribune". articles.chicagotribune.com. Archived from the original on 2016-01-19.

External links[edit]

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