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SPECIAL RECOGNITION/FUN FACTS
- Youngest to win U.S. All-Around Title at National Championships
(1995, Age 13)
- Youngest to win U.S. Championships Gold Medal, Balance
Beam (1992, Age 11
- Youngest to qualify for Pan American Games and win 4 gold
medals (1992, Age 11)
- Youngest and only American to win an individual medal
at 1995 World Championships (1995, Age 13)
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Best finish for an American (5th, All-Around)
and only individual medalist (Silver, Balance Beam)
at 1995 World Championship
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USOC Sportswoman of the Month (April
& September 1995)
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Nominee, AAU Sullivan Award
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Member, first and only U.S. Gymnastics
Team to win Olympic Gold
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Member, first Women's team to be featured
on the Wheaties Box & youngest athlete ever on a
Wheaties Box
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Inducted into the United States
Olympic Committee Hall of Fame as member of the
1996 Olympic Team (2008)
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Inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall
of Fame as member of the 1996 Olympic Team (1998)
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Released autobiography, Dominique
Moceanu: An American Champion, a NY Times Best
Seller (July 1996)
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Appeared in commercials for Wheaties,
Kodak, Nations Bank, and Gallery Furniture
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Invited to the White House after winning
Olympic Gold
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Appeared on Late Show with David Letterman,
The Today Show (5x), The Oprah Winfrey Show (2X), The
Sally Jesse Rafael Show, The Ricki Lake Show, Sports
Illustrated for Kids TV, Fox & Friends, and Regis
& Kathy Show
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Appeared on 3 Post Olympic Tours: 1996
(100 cities), 2000 (30 cities) & 2004 (15 cities)
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Launched the First ever Dominique
Moceanu Bobble Head Doll on official website (2004)
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Released her first DVD, Dominique
Moceanu: Golden Moments, on official website (2005)
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Featured in publications: Olympic
Portraits by reknown photographer Annie Leibovitz,
Heart of a Champion by Frank Deford,
Gymnastics in Perspective by Eileen Langsley,
The Magnificent Seven “The Authorized
Story of American Gold” by Nancy H.
Kleinbaum, Balancing Acts by Christina
Lessa, Beyond Beauty by Jane Pratt
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