Brenda Magaña
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Brenda Magaña Almaral is a Mexican
artistic gymnast
. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersalt from the bars! which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
in Debrecen
. This move is unusual even amongst male gymnasts, and in the women's code of points it bears her name. The Magaña is still the most difficult dismount on the uneven bars.
She began practicing gymnastics
at the age of three at the Club Deportivo Atlas Paradero in Guadalajara. She was five years old when she participated in her first international competition in Czechoslovakia
.
Mexico
The United Mexican States , commonly known as Mexico , is a federal constitutional republic in North America. It is bordered on the north by the United States; on the south and west by the Pacific Ocean; on the southeast by Guatemala, Belize, and the Caribbean Sea; and on the east by the Gulf of...
artistic gymnast
Gymnast
Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...
. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersalt from the bars! which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 36th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships were held in Debrecen, Hungary, in 2002 at Főnix Hall.The team and all-around events were not contested at the 2002 Worlds. The format was similar to that of the 1992 Worlds, with medals being awarded for the individual WAG and MAG apparatus...
in Debrecen
Debrecen
Debrecen , is the second largest city in Hungary after Budapest. Debrecen is the regional centre of the Northern Great Plain region and the seat of Hajdú-Bihar county.- Name :...
. This move is unusual even amongst male gymnasts, and in the women's code of points it bears her name. The Magaña is still the most difficult dismount on the uneven bars.
She began practicing gymnastics
Gymnastics
Gymnastics is a sport involving performance of exercises requiring physical strength, flexibility, agility, coordination, and balance. Internationally, all of the gymnastic sports are governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique with each country having its own national governing body...
at the age of three at the Club Deportivo Atlas Paradero in Guadalajara. She was five years old when she participated in her first international competition in Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia
Czechoslovakia or Czecho-Slovakia was a sovereign state in Central Europe which existed from October 1918, when it declared its independence from the Austro-Hungarian Empire, until 1992...
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