Kimberly Ann Chace (later Boyle, then May, born May 4, 1956) is an American retired artistic gymnast, who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics[2] and placed 14th all around in 1972; her teams finished fourth in 1972 and sixth in 1976.[1] She also won five medals at the 1971 Pan American Games, including two gold medals.[3] In 1996, Chace was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[4]
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| Birth name | Kimberly Ann Chace | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | May 4, 1956 Manchester, Tennessee, U.S.[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Chace School of Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Chace was trained by her father. In July 1973 she married Chuck Boyle. They had a child born in 1974, and briefly ran their own gymnastics club, before divorcing by 1976.[1] She then made her comeback to sports and finished at 14th place in the Olympic Games which was the highest in the US women's team.[5]
Competitive history edit
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 1966 | Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic |  |
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| 1967 | Florida AAU JO Championships | |
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| Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic |  |
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| 1968 | AAU Regional Championships | |
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| Florida AAU JO Championships | |
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| Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic | |
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| Southwest Florida Invitational Championships | |
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| Valastic Invitational | |
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| 1969 | AAU JO Nationals | |
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| AAU Regional Championships | |
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| Gold Coast District AAU Meet | |
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| 1970 | AAU Championships | 6 | |||||
| Manitoba World Invitational | |
8 |
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| World Trials | 5 | |
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| World Championships | 7 | 61 | |||||
| 1971 | USA-USSR Dual Meet | |
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| Pan American Trials | |
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| Pan American Games | |
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| USGF Championships | |
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| World Cup | |
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| 1972 | Chunichi Cup | 6 | |||||
| Fukuoka Cup | 5 | 5 | |||||
| Tokyo Cup | 7 | ||||||
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| USGF Championships | |
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| Olympic Games | 4 | 28 | |||||
| 1973 | AAU Championships | |
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| Antibes International | |
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| USA-ROM Dual Meet | 4 | ||||||
| USGF Elite Championships | 6 | |
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| 1975 | 1st National Elite Qualification Meet | |
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| Region VIII Elite Qualifier | |
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| 1976 | USA-CAN-MEX Tri-Meet | 6 | |||||
| U.S. Championships | 5 | 4 | |||||
| U.S. Olympic Trials | |
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| Olympic Games | 6 | 14 | |||||
References edit
- ^ a b c Kimberly Chace. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Kimberly Ann CHASE".
- ^ Steven Olderr (2009). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadística, 1951–1999, edición bilingüe. McFarland. pp. 123–127. ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.
- ^ Kimberly Chace. usagymlegacy.org
- ^ "Gymn Forum: Kim Chace biography".
- ^ "Kim Chace (USA)". Gymn Forum. October 11, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2022.