SCHWIKERT, Tasha Individually Inducted: 2012 Member-Gold Medal World Championships Team (2003) The extreme honor of being selected to be the Captain of a Gold Medal winning World Championship Team can only be exceeded by an outstanding individual performances in that competition. Tasha Schwikert was up to the occasion in all respects. Getting Started: The … Read more
SCHLESINGER, Thomas “Tom” Inducted: 2006 Tom Schlesinger represents the epitome of an athlete and scholar. I recently had the opportunity to meet him at the 2007 GHOF Induction Cermony; however, it was disappointing that time did not allow it. But now I have the chance to introduce him to the entire world and take … Read more
MUZYCZKO, Ted Inducted: 1980 Born: January 14, 1936. Chicago, IL Gymnasts, judges and audiences throughout the world are aware of the potentially serious nature of accidents inherent in the sport of gymnastics. Many have a story about what they have seen or experienced. One slip in an awkward position and the gymnast, male or … Read more
MALONEY, Tom Inducted: 1971 Tom Maloney was my coach in Moscow, Rome, and Prague. He was able to make some corrections to my performance on several events during the pre-competition training. He was a well-respected man, especially in the way he gave service to the AAU that was the governing body for U.S. gymnastics. His … Read more
LEVINSON, Tamara Inducted: 2011 Born in Buenos Aires, Argentina, Tamara Levinson is one of the highest ranked American rhythmic gymnasts in history. Although her competitive career was relatively short, she influenced a generation of up-and-coming U.S. performers. Because of the lack of training facilities in the U.S., Levinson’s parents opened Rhythmflex in Rockville, Maryland – … Read more
HANVEY, Tom Inducted: 1981 Born: February 2, 1919 Tom Hanvey began his gymnastics training at the Nashville, Tennessee YMCA under the coaching of L.K. “Doc” Gordon. As a result of this training show business occupied the early years of his life playing circus dates, fairs and theaters. He later served as Athletic Director of the … Read more
DIMAS, Trent Inducted: 2002 Born: November 10, 1970 Albuquerque, New Mexico The day after winning the 1992 Olympic Gold Medal on the HB in Barcelona, Trent Dimas found himself sprinting down a street in Barcelona, late for a Today Show interview. Around his neck hung the symbol of being the best HB performer in … Read more
DAGGETT, Tim U.S. Olympic Team Member Induction: 1984 Individual Induction: 1998 Inducted: U.S. Olympic Hall of Fame – 2005 Born: May 22, 1962, West Springfield, MA It seems a truism that any person who follows one or more sports would easily be able to relate a single athletic moment in time in the sport that … Read more
WOMEN’S 2007 WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS TEAM GOLD MEDAL 2007 TEAM CHAMPIONS-TUMBLING Kaitlin Tortorich, Susannah Johnson, Leanne Seitzinger, Yuliya Hall Inducted: 2013 Yuliya Hall-Brown YULIYA HALL-BROWN: This is one of those situations where truth is stranger than fiction! Yuliya Hall began gymnastics at the age of 6 in the Soviet Union. She quickly became a member of … Read more
SOFFE-SYLVESTER, Sue Inducted: 2001 Born: Umtali, Rhodesia Go heels overhead and the next thing you know is that you become a promising national and or international artistic gymnastic champion. Start with artistic gymnastics, but turn a heel just a little wrong and rise to become a rhythmic gymnastics champion. That describes Sue Soffee in a … Read more