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1980 US Olympic Team pose for a Picture 30 Years Later

Aug 19, 2010

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World & Olympic Medalist Kathy Johnson's Favorite Routines

World & Olympic Medalist Kathy Johnson's Favorite Routines

Sep 23, 2010

Olympian Kathy Johnson Remembering Gymnastics in the 1980's

Olympian Kathy Johnson Remembering Gymnastics in the 1980's

Sep 9, 2010

Stories with Olympian Kathy Johnson Clarke

Stories with Olympian Kathy Johnson Clarke

Sep 1, 2010

1980 US Olympic Team pose for a Picture 30 Years Later

Aug 19, 2010

1980 US Olympic Team FlashBack

Aug 19, 2010

1980 Olympian Marcia Frederick Before Being Honored at 2010 Visa Championships

Aug 15, 2010

Get to know Beth Kline-Rybacki

Get to know Beth Kline-Rybacki

Sep 7, 2008

Event Info

USA Gymnastics celebrated the accomplishments of the USA's 1980 Olympic Gymnastics Team as part of the final day of the 2010 Visa Championships in Hartford, Conn. Thirty years ago, the 1980 USGF International Invitational, the alternate Olympic competition for gymnastics, was held at the Hartford Civic Center, now known as the XL Center, after President Jimmy Carter decided the United States would boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union.The members of the women's 1980 Olympic Team are: Luci Collins Cummings of Inglewood, Calif.; Marcia Frederick Blanchette of Assomet, Mass.; Kathy Johnson Clarke of Longwood, Fla.; Beth Kline Rybacki of Upland, Calif.; Amy Koopman Enxing of Village of Lakewood, Ill.; Julianne McNamara Zeile of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and Tracee Talavera Kent of Tallahassee, Fla., who was unable to make the trip to Hartford. Ernestine Weaver was the head coach, and Paul Ziert was the assistant coach.The men's team is comprised of: Phil Cahoy of Omaha, Neb., who was unable to travel to Hartford; Bart Conner of Norman, Okla.; Ron Galimore of Indianapolis, Ind.; Larry Gerard of Fort Worth, Texas; Jim Hartung of Lincoln, Neb.; Peter Vidmar of Coto de Caza, Calif.; and Mike Wilson of Plano, Texas. Francis Allen was the head coach, with Bill Meade as the assistant.

Event Info

USA Gymnastics celebrated the accomplishments of the USA's 1980 Olympic Gymnastics Team as part of the final day of the 2010 Visa Championships in Hartford, Conn. Thirty years ago, the 1980 USGF International Invitational, the alternate Olympic competition for gymnastics, was held at the Hartford Civic Center, now known as the XL Center, after President Jimmy Carter decided the United States would boycott the 1980 Olympic Games in Moscow, Soviet Union.The members of the women's 1980 Olympic Team are: Luci Collins Cummings of Inglewood, Calif.; Marcia Frederick Blanchette of Assomet, Mass.; Kathy Johnson Clarke of Longwood, Fla.; Beth Kline Rybacki of Upland, Calif.; Amy Koopman Enxing of Village of Lakewood, Ill.; Julianne McNamara Zeile of Thousand Oaks, Calif.; and Tracee Talavera Kent of Tallahassee, Fla., who was unable to make the trip to Hartford. Ernestine Weaver was the head coach, and Paul Ziert was the assistant coach.The men's team is comprised of: Phil Cahoy of Omaha, Neb., who was unable to travel to Hartford; Bart Conner of Norman, Okla.; Ron Galimore of Indianapolis, Ind.; Larry Gerard of Fort Worth, Texas; Jim Hartung of Lincoln, Neb.; Peter Vidmar of Coto de Caza, Calif.; and Mike Wilson of Plano, Texas. Francis Allen was the head coach, with Bill Meade as the assistant.