Mary Lou Retton

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Olympic gold medalist Olympic gymnast artistic gymnast human

Mary Lou Retton is an American gymnast who became a national icon after winning the all-around gold medal at the 1984 Summer Olympics.

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Mary Lou Retton canonical 14
Mary Lou Retton becoming the first American woman to win Olympic all-around gold 1

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Predicate Object
instanceOf Olympic gold medalist ⓘ
Olympic gymnast ⓘ
artistic gymnast ⓘ
human ⓘ
appearedIn The Tonight Show ⓘ
surface form: The Tonight Show Starring Johnny Carson

television commercials ⓘ
awardReceived Associated Press Female Athlete of the Year ⓘ
competedAt 1984 Summer Olympics ⓘ
countryOfCitizenship United States of America ⓘ
dateOfBirth 1968-01-24 ⓘ
discipline women's artistic gymnastics ⓘ
education Fairmont Senior High School ⓘ
ethnicGroup Italian American ⓘ
event women's individual all-around ⓘ
familyName Retton ⓘ
givenName Mary ⓘ
hallOfFameInduction International Gymnastics Hall of Fame ⓘ
United States Olympic Hall of Fame ⓘ
height approximately 1.45 m ⓘ
influenced popularity of gymnastics in the United States ⓘ
medalAt 1984 Summer Olympics women's individual all-around ⓘ
memberOfSportsTeam United States women's national gymnastics team ⓘ
name Mary Lou Retton self-link ⓘ
nationality American ⓘ
notableAchievement became a national icon in the United States after 1984 Olympics ⓘ
first American woman to win Olympic all-around gold in gymnastics ⓘ
numberOfChildren 4 ⓘ
occupation gymnast ⓘ
motivational speaker ⓘ
television personality ⓘ
participatedIn American Cup ⓘ
placeOfBirth Fairmont, West Virginia, United States ⓘ
politicalAffiliation Republican Party ⓘ
surface form: Republican Party (United States)
religion Christianity ⓘ
representedCountry United States of America ⓘ
residence Houston ⓘ
surface form: Houston, Texas, United States
retired yes ⓘ
sexOrGender female ⓘ
sport gymnastics ⓘ
spouse Shannon Kelley ⓘ
timePeriodOfProminence 1980s ⓘ
trainedIn Houston, Texas gymnastics clubs ⓘ
wasFlagBearer yes ⓘ
wonMedal Olympic all-around gold medal ⓘ
Olympic bronze medal ⓘ
Olympic gold medal ⓘ
Olympic silver medal ⓘ

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1984 Summer Olympics → notableAthlete → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
1984 Summer Olympics → gymnasticsStar → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
Mary Lou Retton → name → Mary Lou Retton self-link ⓘ
International Gymnastics Hall of Fame → hasNotableInductee → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
United States Olympic Hall of Fame → notableInducteesInclude → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
Béla Károlyi → notableStudent → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
Márta Károlyi → notableStudent → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
Retton → hasNotableBearer → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
Fairmont, West Virginia, United States → hasNotablePerson → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
subject surface form: Fairmont, West Virginia
1984 Summer Olympics women's individual all-around → goldMedalist → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
1984 Summer Olympics women's individual all-around → notableFor → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
this entity surface form: Mary Lou Retton becoming the first American woman to win Olympic all-around gold
1984 Summer Olympics women's individual all-around → firstAmericanWomanAllAroundChampion → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
American Cup → hasNotableParticipant → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
Fairmont Senior High School → notableAlumnus → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ
Shannon Kelley → spouse → Mary Lou Retton ⓘ