Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25 April 1994) is an ex-retired American artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was captain of the 2012 "Fierce Five", and"Fierce Five," and the 2016 "Final Five," U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team. In the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she won a gold medal in the team competition as well as teammates Gabby Douglas and Gabby Douglas the only Americans to have back-toback team gold medals. Raisman received silver medals for the all-around competition for individuals, as well as the floor exercise. She is the third-most accomplished American gymnast in Olympic history behind Shannon Miller and Simone Biles who have won six Olympic medals.Raisman was also a member of the gold-winning American teams in the 2011 and 2015 World Championships, and the world bronze medalist on floor exercise in 2011. She is also the two-time national champion of floor exercise (2012,2015) as well as the national champion in 2012 of balance beam, and five-time medalist at national championships for all around (silver in 2016 and silver in 2012, 2011 (2012), and in 2015. In 2013, she was admitted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Raisman was born on May 25, 1994, in the Boston suburb of Needham, Massachusetts, to Lynn (nee Faber), who was a former gymnast at high school, and Rick Raisman. She has three younger sisters: Madison, Chloe, & Brett. Raisman is Jewish and has stated that she is extremely proud of being able to represent the United States of America, but as well as the Jewish community around the world. Raisman started gymnastics at the age of 18 months old. She attributes her early love of gymnastics to the "Magnificent Seven", a U.S. women's gymnastics team who won a gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. She was a student at Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing until the level 8. Then she joined Brestyan’s American Gymnastics Club with coaches Mihai and Silvia Brestyan. Raisman graduated from Needham High School in 2012, after completing her senior year via online classes and training for the Olympics.






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