Carly Patterson

Fans and foes alike have both expressed interest in hearing Patterson sing. In December, 1998, she married French football player Christian Karembeu and took his name. As her coach said in a recent TV interview, "It's hard to top an All Around Gold." Gymnastics or not, Patterson has made several comments about trying a singing career. Having originally studyied medicine in Prague, she gave up her studies to become a model. It's unclear if she'll go for the 2008 Olympic Games. Adriana Karembeu) (born 17 September 1971, Brezno, Slovakia (at that time Czechoslovakia)) is a model. For the time being, she's returned to an almost normal life in Allen, TX. Adriana Sklenarikova (a.k.a.

Carly Patterson has made numerous guest appearances and has done the talk show circuit since winning gold. To 2004 Olympic Games she was prepared by her two Russian coaches: the famous Soviet acrobat Evgeny Marchenko, who immigrated to the United States from Latvia after the Collapse of the Soviet Union, and Natalya Boyarskaya. On August 23, she competed in the finals for the beam event where she received a score of 9.775 and won the silver medal. In addition, she also won a silver medal in the Women's Team competition.

During the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Patterson won a gold medal in the Women's Individual All-Around, an achievement that had only been attained by one other American gymnast, Mary Lou Retton, during the Soviet Union-boycotted 1984 Summer Olympics. Gymnastics Championships. In 2004, she tied with Courtney Kupets to become a co-champion in the all-around event at the U.S. She also helped her team to earn the team gold medal.

At the 2003 National Gymnastics Championships in Anaheim, California, she earned the all-around silver medal—the first time an American woman had won an all-around medal at that contest since 1994. She had previously received fourth place in 2000 and third place in 2001. Junior National All-Around champion in 2002. Patterson was named the U.S.

She was suffering from a stomach illness, however, and she missed three landings on the floor exercise and finished seventh overall. At the 2001 Goodwill Games in Brisbane, Australia, she was scored second in the all-around before the final rotation. After the 2003 World Championships in Gymnastics, this dismount was named the Patterson in her honor. At the 2001 American Team Cup, she first performed her signature beam dismount, an Arabian double front.

In 2000, Patterson participated in the Top Gym Tournament in Belgium; she won the silver medal in all-around and the bronze medal for balance beam, which she has said is her favorite event. Patterson was at a birthday party at a gymnastics club in 1994 when a coach noticed her doing cartwheels and roundoffs and told her mother that she should start taking lessons, which she did soon afterward. She currently lives in Allen, Texas. Carly Rae Patterson (born February 4, 1988 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is an American gymnast.