Amanda Borden
1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
1994 Team World Championships Silver Medalist
1994 World Championships Event Finalist
1993 World Championships Team Member
Hometown: Cincinnati, Ohio
Residence: Cincinnati, Ohio
Birth Date/Place: May 10, 1977/Cincinnati, Ohio
Club: Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy
Coach: Mary Lee Tracy
College: Mount St. Joseph College
Years on National Team: 6 (1990, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97)
Began Gymnastics: 1984
|
Borden was captain of the Olympic Gold Medal team for U.S. women's gymnastics in 1996. Borden is a three-time World Championships team member and earned a silver medal in the team competition in 1994. She was a member of the gold-medal Pan American Games team and won the beam event. She also took second all-around and second on floor at the Pan American Games. She won beam and floor and took third all-around at the 1995 McDonald's American Cup.
|
International Competition
- 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, Ga.; 1st-Team
- 1996 Budget Rent a Car Gymnastics Invitational USA vs. France, Miami, Fla.; 1st-Team
- 1995 Pan American Games, Mar del Plata, ARG; 1st-Team & BB, 2nd-AA & FX
- 1995 McDonald's American Cup, Seattle, Wash.; 3rd-AA, 1st-BB & FX
- 1995 Reese's International Gymnastics Cup, Portland, Ore.; 1st-FX, 2nd-UB
- 1994 Team World Championships, Dortmund, GER; 2nd-Team
- 1994 Hilton Challenge, Phoenix, Ariz.; 1st-Team, 4th-AA
- 1994 World Gymnastics Championships, Brisbane, AUS; 8th-UB
- 1994 International Mixed Pairs, West Palm Beach, Fla.; 4th-AA (with Chainey Umphrey)
- 1994 McDonald's American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 13th-AA (preliminaries)
- 1993 Chunichi Cup, Nagoya, JPN; 11th-AA, 5th-UB, 6th-FX
- 1993 Tokyo Cup, Tokyo, JPN; 3rd-UB
- 1993 Hilton Challenge, Los Angeles, Calif.; 1st-Team, 4th-AA
- 1993 World Championships, Birmingham, GBR; alternate
- 1993 Reebok International Mixed Pairs, Atlanta, Ga.; 6th-AA (with Neil Thomas)
- 1993 McDonald's American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 8th-AA
- 1992 Pacific Alliance Championships, Seoul, KOR; 2nd-Team, 9th-AA
- 1990 Junior Olympic USA vs. Canada Goodwill Meet
National Competition
- 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics, Boston, Mass.; 5th-AA
- 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.; 4th-AA
- 1996 U.S. Classic, Colorado Springs, Colo.; 2nd-AA, T3rd-V, T1st-UB, 2nd-BB, 4th-FX
- 1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; (injured-did not complete competition)
- 1995 American Classic/Pan American Games Trials, Oakland, Calif; T2nd-AA, 9th-V, T3rd-UB, 2nd-BB & FX
- 1994 NationsBank World Team Trials, Richmond, Va.; 3rd-AA
- 1994 Coca-Cola National Championships, Nashville, Tenn.; 3rd-AA, UB & FX, 6th-BB
- 1994 U.S. Classic, Palm Springs, Calif.; 1st-AA
- 1994 American Classic/World Championships Trials, Orlando, Fla.; 2nd-AA
- 1993 Coca-Cola National Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 4th-AA, 6th-BB & FX
- 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival, San Antonio, Texas; 11th-AA, 5th-V, 4th-UB
- 1993 American Classic/World Championships Trials, Salt Lake City, Utah; 3rd-AA & BB, T3rd-V, 6th-UB, T8th-FX
- 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials, Baltimore, Md.; 7th-AA
- 1992 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Columbus, Ohio; 5th-AA, 4th-BB & FX
- 1992 U.S. Classic, Knoxville, Tenn.; 6th-AA, 1st-FX, 4th-UB
- 1991 American Classic, Salt Lake City, Utah; 12th-AA, 1st-FX, 2nd-BB (jr. div.)
- 1990 American Classic, Tempe, Ariz.; 3rd-AA, 1st-BB, 2nd-V (jr. div.)
updated: 10 Jan 1997
