Personal information | |
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Born | Manchester, Tennessee, U.S.[1] | May 4, 1956
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) |
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) |
Sport | |
Sport | Artistic gymnastics |
Club | Chace School of Gymnastics |
Medal record |
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]
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
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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Junior | |||||||
1966 | Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic (11 and under) | ||||||
1967 | Florida AAU JO Championships | 4 | |||||
Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic (10-12) | |||||||
1968 | AAU Regional Championships | ||||||
Florida AAU JO Championships | |||||||
Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic | |||||||
Southwest Florida Invitational Championships | |||||||
Valastic Invitational (10-12) | |||||||
1969 | AAU JO Nationals (junior division) | ||||||
AAU Regional Championships | |||||||
Gold Coast District AAU Meet | |||||||
Senior | |||||||
1970 | AAU Championships | 6 | |||||
Manitoba World Invitational | 8 | ||||||
World Trials | 5 | 4 | |||||
Ljubljana World Championships | 7 | 61 | |||||
1971 | USA-USSR Dual Meet | 10 | |||||
Pan American Trials | |||||||
Cali Pan American Games | 4 | ||||||
USGF Championships | |||||||
World Cup | |||||||
1972 | Chunichi Cup | 6 | |||||
Fukuoka Cup | 5 | 5 | |||||
Tokyo Cup | 7 | ||||||
USA-JPN Dual Meet | |||||||
USGF Championships | |||||||
Munich Olympic Games | 4 | 28 | |||||
1973 | AAU Championships | ||||||
Antibes International | |||||||
USA-ROM Dual Meet | 4 | ||||||
USGF Elite Championships | 6 | 5 | |||||
1975 | 1st National Elite Qualification Meet | ||||||
Region VIII Elite Qualifier | |||||||
1976 | USA-CAN-MEX Tri-Meet | 6 | |||||
U.S. National Championships | 5 | 4 | |||||
U.S. Olympic Trials | |||||||
Montreal Olympic Games | 6 | 14 |
References
- 1 2 3 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.
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