Dominique Dawes

Quick Facts

Full Name	Dominique Dawes
Occupation	Gymnast
Date Of Birth	Nov 20, 1976(1976-11-20)
Age	48
Birthplace	Silver Spring
Country	United States
Birth City	Maryland
Horoscope	Scorpio

Dominique Dawes Biography

Dominique Dawes is one of the most popular and richest Gymnast who was born on November 20, 1976 in Silver Spring, Maryland, United States. Olympic gymnast who earned three medals in three teams between 1992 and 2000. This included the team gold medal in 1996.

She was a teammate along with She was teammates with Shannon Miller at the 1993 Gymnastics World Championships. at the 1993 Gymnastics World Championships in 1993.

Dawes was born in Silver Spring, Maryland on November 20, 1976, to Don and Loretta Dawes of Takoma Park, Maryland. She enrolled in gymnastics at age 6 with coach Kelli Hill and won her first competition at age 9. In high school, she moved to Gaithersburg, Maryland to be closer to her coach’s gym.

Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976) is a retired American artistic gymnast. Known in the gymnastics community as ‘Awesome Dawesome,’ she was a 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 Championship silver and bronze medalist, and a member of the gold-medal-winning team “Magnificent Seven” at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. Dawes is also notable as being the first African-American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics, and the first black person of any nationality or gender to win an Olympic-gold-medal in gymnastics. She is also one of only three female American gymnasts, along with Muriel Grossfeld and Linda Metheny- Mulvihill, to compete in three Olympics and was part of their medal-winning teams: Barcelona 1992 (bronze), Atlanta 1996 (gold), and Sydney 2000 (bronze). She is also the Olympic bronze medalist on floor exercise from the Atlanta games. Dawes is the first female gymnast to be a part of three Olympic-medal- winning teams since Ludmilla Tourischeva won gold in Mexico City (1968), Munich (1972), and Montreal (1976). Since Dawes, Svetlana Khorkina is the only gymnast to accomplish this feat, winning silver in Atlanta (1996) and Sydney (2000), and bronze in Athens (2004).

The daughter is Don as well as Loretta Dawes. She has a sisternamed Danielle and a brothernamed Don Jr.

Dominique Dawes Net Worth

Dominique Dawes is one of the richest Gymnast from United States. According to our analysis, Wikipedia, Forbes & Business Insider, Dominique Dawes 's net worth $2.5 Million. (Last Update: December 11, 2023)

In the event that her tumble class was cancelled Her parents decided to sign her to take gymnastics.

Her name was among the very first athlete from Africa to earn an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics.

Dawes would finish her year on a positive note, however. She dominated the National Championships placing first in the all-around and all four event finals at the expense of rival Shannon Miller. It was the first year since 1969 that a gymnast had swept the competition. She went on to lead the American team to a silver medal at the World Team Championships in Dortmund, Germany posting the third highest all-around score in the process.

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Dawes attended Montgomery Blair High School in Silver Spring, Maryland and Gaithersburg High School in Gaithersburg, Maryland, where she was the 1994 prom queen. She graduated with a bachelor’s degree from the University of Maryland, College Park in 2002. Pursuing a career in acting, modeling, and television production, she has appeared in Prince’s music video “Betcha By Golly Wow” and Missy Elliott’s 2006 video “We Run This” in the role of Missy’s gymnastics coach. Dawes also briefly appeared on Broadway in a revival of the musical Grease, playing cheerleader Patty Simcox.

Facts & Trivia

Dominique Ranked on the list of most popular Gymnast. Also ranked in the elit list of famous people born in United States. Dominique Dawes celebrates birthday on November 20 of every year.

Dawes struggled through a difficult 1995 riddled by wrist and ankle injuries. She finished fourth at nationals and was forced to sit out the World Championships that year. At the 1996 World Championships, Dawes missed out on a medal on the uneven bars but tied Liu Xuan for a bronze medal on the balance beam. At the 1996 U.S. National Championships Dawes sweep all four event finals for the second time in her career making her the only gymnast ever to accomplish this feat twice. Dawes also finished first at the Olympic trials, earning a berth on the 1996 Olympic team at the age of 19. Dawes planned to attend Stanford University in fall 1995 but could not receive an athletic scholarship as she turned pro to train for the 1996 Olympics.

What did Dominique Dawes say about Simone Biles?

7/24/2021 12:30 AM PT. Gymnastics legend Dominique Dawes is keepin’ it real … telling TMZ Sports Simone Biles would’ve SMOKED her in competition — even during her prime!! “ Biles is unreal ,” the 3-time Olympian says.

Who was the first black gymnast to win a gold in the Olympics?

American gymnast Gabby Douglas , at the 2012 Olympic Games in London, became both the first American to claim gold medals in the team and individual all-around events and the first African American to win the all-around title.

How did Dominique Dawes make history?

Dawes is famous for her gymnastic accomplishments, particularly as a member of the gold medal-winning “Magnificent Seven” team at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta. There, she became the first Black woman of any nationality to win an Olympic gold in gymnastics.

What is Dominique Dawes doing now?

These days she’s focused on ensuring that no child in gymnastics suffers the way she did. In July 2020, she opened the Dominique Dawes Gymnastics & Ninja Academy in Clarksburg, and this fall she plans to open a second location in the Montrose Shopping Center in Rockville.

How old was Dominique Dawes in the 1996 Olympics?

At the 1996 U.S. National Championships Dawes swept all four event finals for the second time in her career making her the only gymnast ever to accomplish this feat twice. Dawes also finished first at the Olympic trials, earning a berth on the 1996 Olympic team at the age of 19.