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Kim Zmeskal

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Kimberly Lynn Zmeskal Burdette (born February 6, 1976) is an American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach and the 1991 World All-Around champion. A member of the silver medal-winning U.S. team from the 1991 World Championships (the first team medal won by the U.S. women at a world championships), she was the first American woman to win the all-around title at the World Championships, as well as the first to win a world championship medal of any color in the all-around. A three-time United States national all-around champion (1990–92), Zmeskal was also the 1992 world champion on both balance beam and floor exercise, and was a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, the first U.S. team medal won at a fully attended Olympic Games. She also posted the highest optional all-around score in the qualification round in Barcelona. Read more on Wikipedia

Her biography is available in 16 different languages on Wikipedia (up from 15 in 2024). Kim Zmeskal is the 393rd most popular gymnast (down from 346th in 2024), the 20,789th most popular biography from United States (down from 19,550th in 2019) and the 20th most popular American Gymnast.

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Among GYMNASTS

Among gymnasts, Kim Zmeskal ranks 391 out of 370. Before her are Zhang Boheng, Anastasia Nazarenko, Dmitry Ushakov, and Manila Esposito. After her are Mai Murakami, Petro Pakhnyuk, Elisabeth Seitz, Sui Lu, Guo Weiyang, Anamaria Tămârjan, Gabriela Drăgoi, and You Hao.

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Contemporaries

Among people born in 1976, Kim Zmeskal ranks 1,401. Before her are Simon Dennis, Tillakaratne Dilshan, Kei Hoshikawa, Crista Flanagan, Don Hertzfeldt, and Adunni Ade. After her are Rory Sabbatini, Scott Halberstadt, Beth Shapiro, Gillian O'Sullivan, Pat Garrity, and Cecil Mamiit.

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Among GYMNASTS In United States

Among gymnasts born in United States, Kim Zmeskal ranks 20. Before her are McKayla Maroney (1995), Dominique Moceanu (1981), Paul Hamm (1982), Tim Daggett (1962), Sunisa Lee (2003), and Amy Chow (1978). After her are Morgan Hamm (1982), Dominique Dawes (1976), Chellsie Memmel (1988), Alicia Sacramone (1987), Madison Kocian (1997), and Amanda Borden (1977).

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