Mary Lou Retton
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When 16-year-old Carly Patterson won the Olympic gymnastics title in the 2004 Games--the first American gymnast to do so since Mary Lou earned it 20 years earlier--Mary Lou said that she was so excited, she scared her kids with all her screaming.
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Gymnastics coaching sensation Bela Karolyi has said that Mary Lou was the most pleasant gymnast he ever worked with in his career. "She was such a natural!" he raved.
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Mary Lou was the first female athlete to be featured on the Wheaties cereal box.
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She won a bronze medal on the floor exercise in the 1984 Olympics.
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Mary Lou Retton Gymnastics means fun for my kids! It provides building blocks for life. By allowing my daughters to participate in gymnastics, I am providing them with the tools they will need to be successful in life, regardless of which direction they choose. And with those tools, they can accomplish anything in life.
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Mary Lou: No, I don't have prom pictures, but I do have pictures of me standing on the Great Wall of China.
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