Jaycie Phelps
1996 Olympic Gold Medalist
1996 Individual Event World Championships Finalist
1995 World Championships Bronze Medalist
1994 Team World Championships Silver Medalist
Hometown: Greenfield, Ind.
Residence: Tempe, Ariz.
Date/Place of Birth: September 26, 1979/Indpls., Ind.
Club: Desert Devils Gymnastics at Sports Tech Int'l, Mesa, Ariz.
Coach: Geoff Eaton
Began Gymnastics: 1983
Years on National Team: 3 (1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97)
Favorite Apparatus/Event: Balance beam, uneven bars
Honors and Awards:
Wheaties box appearance
Feature of top selling book, The Magnificent Seven
Sports person of the Year (1996)
Sagamore of the Wabash (highest award bestowed upon Indiana resident)
Ohio Governor's Award
Proclamation of "Jaycie Phelps Day" (Colerain Township, August 30, 1996)
Street renaming to "Jaycie Phelps Drive" (Cincinnati Northwest H.S.)
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International Competition
- 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, Ga.; 1st-Team, 17th-AA (Competition I)
- 1996 Individual Event World Championships, San Juan, Puerto Rico; 8th-UB, 7th-BB
- 1996 Budget Rent a Car Gymnastics Invitational USA vs. France, Miami, Fla.; 1st-Team
- 1995 World Championships, Sabae, Japan; 3rd-Team, 7th-UB
- 1995 International Mixed Pairs, Seattle, Wash.; 9th-AA (with partner Josh Stein)
- 1995 McDonald's American Cup, Seattle, Wash.; 12th-AA (prelims.), 3rd(t)-UB
- 1995 Reese's International Gymnastics Cup, Portland, Ore.; 7th-BB
- 1994 Team World Championships, Dortmund, Germany; 2nd-Team
National Competition
- 2000 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Chamionships, St. Louis;
- 2000 U.S. Classic, Tulsa, Okla.; 14-AA
- 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics, Boston, Mass.; 3rd-AA
- 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.; 2nd-AA
- 1996 American Classic/World Championships Trials, Tulsa, Okla.; 1st-AA
- 1995 World Team Trials, Austin, Texas; 3rd-AA (injured-based on National Championships score only)
- 1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; 3rd-AA, 4th(t)-UB, 5th-V, 6th-FX
- 1995 U.S. Classic, Birmingham, Ala.; 1st-AA, UB, BB & FX, 2nd-V
- 1995 American Classic/Pan American Games Trials, Oakland, Calif.; 8th-AA, 3rd(t)-UB, 6th-BB
- 1994 NationsBank World Team Trials, Richmond, Va.; 5th-AA
- 1994 Coca-Cola National Championships, Nashville, Tenn.; 6th-AA, 5th-UB, BB & FX
- 1994 U.S. Classic, Palm Springs, Calif.; 3rd-AA
- 1994 U.S. Olympic Festival, St. Louis, Mo.; 3rd-AA, 4th-Team, 5th-BB, 6th-FX
- 1994 American Classic/World Championships Trials, Orlando, Fla.; 15th(t)-AA
- 1993 Coca-Cola National Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 24th-AA (junior division)
- 1993 U.S. Classic, Austin, Texas; 15th-AA (junior division)
updated: 13-August-00
