Samantha
Peszek
Olympian 2008
0
GOLD
1
SILVER
0
BRONZE
Athlete Bio#
Age
33
Hometown
McCordsville
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| Peszek is the oldest daughter of Ed, Regional Vice President, and Luan, publications director at USA Gymnastics. She has one younger sister, Jessica, who is a Level 9 gymnast. Peszek is a high honor roll student and was a member of the TOPs National Team. Samantha's parents were athletes at the University of Illinois -- mom was a gymnast and dad was a wrestler and hockey player. Peszek was named the 2007 TOPs Athlete of the Year. | |
Quick Facts |
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| Began Gymnastics In: 1993 Favorite Gymnastics Thing: My favorite thing about gymnastics is traveling to all the different competitions and competing with athletes from other countries. Goals: I want to make the Olympic Team. I want to go to college and do gymnastics. Grade: 10th (Fall '07) Favorite School Subject: English |
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Interests Outside the Gym |
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| Favorite Music/Book: I like all kinds of music. Favorite TV Show: MTV Favorite Food: fruit Other Sports Involvement: I played soccer when I was younger and ran track. Charity: I help out with Jireh Sports, a sports ministry for at-risk youth |
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National Competition Results |
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| 2007 Visa Championships, San Jose, Calif.: 7th-AA; 9th-BB; 10th-UB, FX 2006 Visa Championships, St. Paul, Minn.: 2nd-VT; 3rd-AA, UB; 5th-FX; 7th-BB(T) (Jr. Div) 2006 U.S. Classic, Kansas City, Kan.: 1st-FX; 1st-VT; 2nd-AA; 2nd-BB; 4th-UB (Jr. Div) 2005 Visa Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.: 1st-VT; 2nd-FX; 7th-AA (Jr. Div) 2005 U.S. Classic, Virginia Beach, Va.: 2nd-VT; 3rd-FX; 8th-AA; 9th-BB (Jr. Div) 2004 Visa Championships, Nashville, Tenn.: 3rd-VT; 8th-AA; 9th-FX; 10th-UB (Jr. Div) 2004 Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships, Kissimmee, Fla.: 2nd-AA, VT, UB, BB; 7th-FX 2004 U.S. Classic, Rochester, N.Y.: 7th-VT; 10th-FX; 11th-AA (Jr. Div) |
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International Competition Results |
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| 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China: 2nd- Team 2008 Tyson American Cup, New York, N.Y.: 3rd-AA 2008 Italy-Spain-Poland-USA competition, Jesolo, Italy: 1st-Team; 3rd-AA 2007 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany: 1st-Team 2007 Pan American Games, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil: 1st-Team 2007 Tyson American Cup, Jacksonville, Fla.: 2007 USA vs Great Britain International Competition, Lisburn, Ireland: 1st-FX; 1st-Team; 1st-VT; 2nd-BB; 3rd-AA 2006 Junior Pan American Championships, Gatineau, Que., Canada: 1st-Team, FX; 2nd-VT; 4th-AA (Jr. Div) 2006 International Gymnix, Montreal, Que., Canada: 1st-AA, VT, BB; 3rd-UB 2005 Mexican International Invitational, Cancun, Mexico: 1st-Team, AA, VT, FX 2004 USA/Canada, Houston, Texas: 1st-Team |
Olympic Experience
- 1-time Olympian; 1-time Olympic medalist (1 silver)
- Olympic Games Beijing 2008, silver (Team - Women), 22th (Uneven Bars - Women), 95th (Individual All-Around - Women)
World Championships Experience
- Most recent: 2007 – gold (Team - Women), 15th (Floor Exercise - Women), 27th (Uneven Bars - Women)
- Years of participation: Floor Exercise - Women 2007; Team - Women 2007; Uneven Bars - Women 2007
- Medals: 1 (1 gold)
- Gold – 2007 (Team - Women)
