Dominique Dawes
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Dominique Dawes is an American artistic gymnast and three-time Olympian who became one of the most prominent members of the gold medal–winning 1996 U.S. women’s team and a trailblazer for Black athletes in the sport.
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| Label | Occurrences |
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| Dominique Dawes canonical | 1 |
Statements (48)
| Predicate | Object |
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| instanceOf |
Olympian
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artistic gymnast ⓘ human ⓘ |
| activeYearsStart | late 1980s ⓘ |
| appointedBy | Barack Obama ⓘ |
| awardReceived | Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| coach | Kelli Hill NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| countryOfCitizenship | United States of America ⓘ |
| dateOfBirth | 1976-11-20 ⓘ |
| distinction |
first African American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics
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first Black person of any nationality to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics ⓘ |
| educatedAt | University of Maryland, College Park NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| ethnicGroup |
Black Americans
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surface form:
African American
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| familyName | Dawes NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| founded | Dominique Dawes Gymnastics & Ninja Academy NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| genre | women’s artistic gymnastics ⓘ |
| givenName | Dominique NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| hallOfFameInduction |
U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame
NERFINISHED
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USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| height | approximately 1.57 m ⓘ |
| languageSpoken | English ⓘ |
| locatedInTheAdministrativeTerritorialEntity | Dominique Dawes Gymnastics & Ninja Academy, Maryland NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| medalRecord |
1996 Summer Olympics individual bronze medal on floor exercise
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1996 Summer Olympics team gold medal in women’s artistic gymnastics for the United States ⓘ 2000 Summer Olympics team bronze medal in women’s artistic gymnastics for the United States ⓘ |
| memberOf | Magnificent Seven NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| memberOfSportsTeam | United States women’s national gymnastics team NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| nationality | American ⓘ |
| nickname | Awesome Dawesome NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| notableFor | trailblazer for Black athletes in gymnastics ⓘ |
| notableWork | member of the Magnificent Seven 1996 U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team ⓘ |
| numberOfChildren | 4 ⓘ |
| occupation |
artistic gymnast
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motivational speaker ⓘ sports commentator ⓘ |
| OlympicMedalist | yes ⓘ |
| participantIn |
1992 Summer Olympics
NERFINISHED
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1996 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ 2000 Summer Olympics NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| placeOfBirth | Silver Spring, Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| positionHeld | co-chair of the President’s Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition ⓘ |
| religion | Roman Catholicism ⓘ |
| representedByTeam | Hill’s Gymnastics (club level) NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| residence | Maryland, United States NERFINISHED ⓘ |
| retiredFromSport | 2000s ⓘ |
| sexOrGender | female ⓘ |
| sport | artistic gymnastics ⓘ |
| spouse | Jeff Thompson NERFINISHED ⓘ |
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