Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25 24th, 1994) is a retired American artistic gymnast, and a two-time Olympian. She was captain of both the 2012 "Fierce Five" and 2016 "Final Five" U.S. women's Olympic gymnastics teams, who took home their respective teams competitions.At the 2012 Olympics in London she was awarded gold medals in the floor and team competitions along with the bronze medal for the balance beam, which made her the most well-known American gymnast in the Games. She won a team gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Gabby Douglas and Raisman are the only Americans to win back-to-back gold medals in this event. Raisman also took silver medals in the individual all around and floor exercises. Raisman won silver medals for the all-around individual, as well as for the floor exercise. She also is a two-time national champion on floor exercise (2012 and 2015) as well as the 2012 champion of the national team on the balance beam, as well as she has won five medals in the all-around section at the national championships (silver in 2016, bronze in 2011, 2012, and the 2015 season). In 2013 she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Raisman was born on May 25 1994 in Needham, Massachusetts to Lynn Faber (nee Faber), who was a former high school gymnast, as well as Rick Raisman. She has three siblings, Madison, Chloe and Brett. Raisman is Jewish and has said, "I take a lot of satisfaction in being able not just represent the U.S.A but also the Jewish community all over the world. Raisman began gymnastics at 18 months old. She attributes her initial love for gymnastics to the "Magnificent Seven", the gold-medal-winning U.S. women's team at the 1996 Summer Olympics that she observed on VHS.She participated in Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing through Level 8 when she was transferred to Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club under coaches Mihai and Silvia Brestyan. Raisman graduated from Needham High School in 2012 after finishing her senior year via online classes while training to compete in the Olympics.






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