Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

 Alexandra Rose Raisman was born May 25, 1994. She is a retired American artist gymnast. She was the captain of the 2012 "Fierce Five" as well as the"Fierce Five" in 2016 "Final Five,"" U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she received a gold medal at the team event which made her and her co-teammate Gabby Douglas the only Americans to have back-toback team gold medals. Raisman won silver medals for the individual all-around, and floor exercise. Raisman has silver medals from the individual all-around, as well as for the floor exercise. She is also two-time champion in the national championships on floor exercise (2012, 2015) she was the 2012 national champion on balance beam and five times a medallist in the all-around event at the national championships (silver in 2016, and bronze in 2010, 2012 and 2011, as well as the 2015 season). In 2013 she was inducted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Raisman was born on May 25, 1994 in Needham, Massachusetts to Lynn Faber (nee Faber), who was a former high school gymnast, as well as Rick Raisman. Her younger siblings are Brett, Chloe, and Madison. Raisman is Jewish and has said, "I take a lot of satisfaction in being able not just represent the U.S.A and the Jewish community everywhere. Raisman began gymnastics when she was 18 months old. She credits her passion for gymnastics to the "Magnificent Seven", an American women's group that won the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She trained at Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing up to Level 8, then went to Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club, where she was directed by Silvia Brestyan and Mihai Brestyan. Raisman was a graduate of Needham High School in 2012 after having completed her senior year through online classes and training for the Olympics.






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