In addition to commentating, coaching and choreography, Sacramone's future plans also include Sole Impact, a company that she co-owns. Skip to main content Skip to navigation. Olympic silver medalist Sacramone retires. Best moments of the NYC Marathon. Why the 2, miles she'll run are only a footnote in this Guinness World Record bid. Gelaouzos wins post-pandemic Athens Marathon. American Jackson records historic skating win. Two athletes test positive at Beijing test events.
Gymnast Lee says she was target of racist attack. Handball: Women can wear shorts over bikini. The last thing I want to do is traumatize these girls. While body image has been a national topic of discussion in many respects recently, Quinn isn't sure that the stigma of gymnasts needing to look a certain way on the floor is completely gone.
Quinn believes many girls think in order to perform well they need to look a certain way, as she once did before finding professional help. It was seen as unattractive," she says, comparing modern gymnastics to years past. It's different now, to have muscle is more socially acceptable and not as stigmatized as before.
We're moving away from being super skinny with no muscle to having strong legs and muscle tone, and that's good. Quinn and her husband are expecting a baby girl in August, and being nine months pregnant, Quinn has resigned herself to supporting the USA team from home and will not be traveling to Rio. She's also earning a professional degree in fashion studies online in an executive program with Parsons School of Design — past experience in fashion merchandising has always been a motivator for her interest in the industry.
Unsurprisingly, she's interested in active lifestyle wear and hopes to enter the "workout clothes" space soon, moving away from corporate sponsorships like the ad campaign she did with Gatorade and her contract with Covergirl as well. Quinn's good at keeping her options open. Suddenly it's a whole new world. Cookie banner We use cookies and other tracking technologies to improve your browsing experience on our site, show personalized content and targeted ads, analyze site traffic, and understand where our audiences come from.
By choosing I Accept , you consent to our use of cookies and other tracking technologies. Photo by Charlotte Observer, Getty Images. Alicia Sacramone was born Dec. Her father, Fred, is an orthodontist, and her mother, Gail, a salon owner. She now goes by Alicia Quinn. Many thought that Quinn would be selected onto the Athens team because of her incredible vaulting and tumbling ability. But inconsistent performances plagued her throughout the year, and at the nationals, she missed the cutoff to qualify for trials because of a disastrous bar routine.
In she came back with a vengeance, winning the floor gold and the vault bronze at the world championships.
Between and , Quinn gained the consistency she lacked when she was younger. In and , Quinn competed in three events in the pressure-packed world team finals and brought in stellar scores every time. In , she and National Team Coordinator Martha Karolyi decided that Quinn would stop training on the uneven bars altogether. Because of her weaker skills on bars, she wouldn't be in the lineup for the U.
Quinn competed for one of the most difficult vaults in the world: a front handspring Rudi 1. She also performed a front tuck to immediate back tuck on beam, and a full-in and Arabian double front on the floor.
Very few U. Quinn was on the Brown University gymnastics team her freshman year and set school records in the vault, floor and all-around. It helped me learn how to compete so many times in a row like we do at worlds or at the Olympics. Now I'm used to that. She became an assistant coach at Brown the following year so she could focus on training for the Olympics.
I was risking injury to myself.
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