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Dominique Dawes

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Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976) is a retired American artistic gymnast. Known in the gymnastics community as 'Awesome Dawesome', she was a 10-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team, the 1994 U.S. all-around senior National Champion, a three-time Olympian, a World Championship silver and bronze medalist, and a member of the gold-medal-winning "Magnificent Seven" team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. She is also the Olympic bronze medalist on floor exercise from the Atlanta games. She is also one of only four female American gymnasts, along with Muriel Grossfeld, Linda Metheny-Mulvihill, and Simone Biles, to compete in three Olympics and was part of their medal-winning teams: Barcelona 1992 (bronze), Atlanta 1996 (gold), and Sydney 2000 (bronze). Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Dominique Dawes is the 408th most popular gymnast (down from 364th in 2024), the 21,161st most popular biography from United States (down from 19,797th in 2019) and the 22nd most popular American Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Dominique Dawes ranks 408 out of 370. Before her are Vladislava Urazova, Ludmila Ezhova, Morgan Hamm, Thomas Bouhail, Lukas Dauser, and Daria Spiridonova. After her are Kim Bui, Anastasia Tatareva, Aleksandra Soldatova, Zhou Yaqin, Dipa Karmakar, and Karolina Sevastyanova.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Dominique Dawes ranks 1,415. Before her are Carl Robinson, Kristen Welker, Lindsay Benko, Brian T. Delaney, Bryan Volpenhein, and Plies. After her are Martha Roby, Paul Hartley, Matt Harpring, Breaux Greer, Gerald Drummond, and Patrik Kittel.

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In United States

Among people born in United States, Dominique Dawes ranks 21,169 out of 20,380. Before her are Sasha Alex Sloan (1995), Matt Walsh (1986), Blake Foster (1985), Derian Hatcher (1972), Liliana Mumy (1994), and Gil Roberts (1989). After her are Brad Maddox (1984), Heather Petri (1978), Taylor Twellman (1980), Lauren Schmetterling (1988), Gani Lawal (1988), and Brooke Andersen (1995).

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Among GYMNASTS In United States

Among gymnasts born in United States, Dominique Dawes ranks 22. Before her are Paul Hamm (1982), Tim Daggett (1962), Sunisa Lee (2003), Amy Chow (1978), Kim Zmeskal (1976), and Morgan Hamm (1982). After her are Chellsie Memmel (1988), Alicia Sacramone (1987), Madison Kocian (1997), Amanda Borden (1977), Kyla Ross (1996), and Laurie Hernandez (2000).

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