Biography
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Olympic gold medalist, Dominique Dawes, was born on November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland. Dawes is a former USA gymnast. She was 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 Championships silver medalist and a member of the gold-medal winning "Magnificent Seven" at the 1996 Summer Olympics. Dawes is also notable as being the first African-American to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics. She is also one of only three female American gymnasts, along with Muriel Grossfeld and Linda Metheny-Mulvihill, to compete in three Olympics.
Awards Include:
• Inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame (with the Magnificent Seven), 2008
• AAUW Women of Distinction Award, 2004
• "Caring Hands, Caring Hearts" Award,
• Ronald McDonald House Charities and Children Around the World, 2003
• Inducted into USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, 1998
• Essence Award, 1997
• Henry P. Iba Citizen Award, presented annually to two outstanding athletes who have demonstrated good citizenship, 1995
Sportsperson of the year by USA Gymnastics, 1994
• Finalist for the AAU Sullivan Award, which recognizes the USA's top amateur athlete, 1994
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