Jordyn Wieber
Jordyn Wieber, a Michigan native, became the first Michigan girl to join the US Olympic Women’s Gymnastics team. Wieber, at the age of 3 three, was taken by her parents to gymnastics tutor. At the age of seven, she joined the 2002 National Top 7-8-year-old Diamond Team. At age 8, Wieber participated in the Early State Championships, where she garnered bars, vault, beam and all-around. Early in 2004, Weiber joined Michigan State Championship, where she competed with an all-around position. In the mid of 2011, Weiber joined the American Cup, where she won against an artist gymnast, Aliya Mustafina. She earned a gold medal in London at the 2012 Games, which became all the more impressive once she revealed a developed stress fracture that she soldiered through during the team event. Wieber retired from professional gymnastics in 2015 but couldn’t be kept from the sport when in April 2019, during her senior year of college at the University of Arkansas, she became the first Olympic champion to take on the coaching job for the Arizona Razorbacks.
Jordyn Wieber
Bart Conner
Bart Conner, a native Illinois, began his interest in gymnastics while he was in grade school during his gym class, where he excelled at acrobatic moves. It was in 1976 when Conner moved to Norman, Oklahoma, to attend the University of Oklahoma. While at O.U., he earned 14 NCAA All-America honors and led his team to two national titles. Conner is the only American male gymnast to win gold medals at every level of the national and international competition in the 1984 Olympic Champion. Conner was a member of the U.S. Olympic teams in 1976, 1980 and 1984. Conner came back on the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. He was from his second torn biceps injury to win two gold medals, one as a member of the U.S. team. Conner earned his second gold with a score of perfect ten on the parallel bars. Bart Conner took home two gold medals in 1984 for the American team, solidifying his place among the country’s preeminent gymnasts. Inspired by Nadia Comaneci, Conner arranged to appear on The Pat Sajak Show after learning that his idol was due to appear on it. The two met, and Comaneci was impressed by Conner. They started dating and married in 1996. He founded the Bart Conner Gymnastics Academy, which he runs with his fellow Olympian wife. On June 3, 2006, the couple welcomed their son, Dylan Paul Conner, to the world. They continue to travel the world, delivering inspirational speeches and promoting charities, gymnastics, fitness, and healthy lifestyles.
Bart Conner