Nancy Goldsmith

Nancy (Nanci) Goldsmith
Born	(1966-08-04) August 4, 1966 (age 58)
Height	160 cm (5.2 ft)
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Israel
College team	Stanford University

Nancy (Nanci) Goldsmith (נאנסי גולדשמידט; born August 4, 1966) is an American citizen who competed for Israel as an Olympic gymnast.^[1]

Early life and gymnastics career

Goldsmith is Jewish by birth.^[2] Much of her training (1978 - 1987) was at the National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics in Eugene, Oregon and was coached by Dick Mulvihill.^[3]

She attended Stanford University starting in January 1984 on a full gymnastics scholarship, and competed on the gymnastics team while a member of the Israel national team.^[2][3] In 1984, Goldsmith was named All-Western Collegiate Athletic Association.^[2] In 1987, she was named Stanford's Most Outstanding Gymnast.^[2]

Goldsmith competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 17 in gymnastics.^[1] In the Women's Individual All-Around she came in 31st out of 65 competitors.^[1][4] When she competed in the Olympics she was 5-2.5 (160 cm) tall and weighed 99 lbs (45 kg).^[1]

References

1. "Nancy Goldsmith Bio, Stats, and Results". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.
2. "Goldsmith, Nancy"
3. "Men Gymnasts Win Open; Women Improve; 9 January 1984". The Stanford Daily.
4. "Gymnastics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Individual All-Around". sports-reference.com. Archived from the original on 2020-04-18.

External links

• Nancy Goldsmith at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Nancy Goldsmith at Olympics.com
• Nancy Goldsmith at Olympedia