Tara Nott
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Tara Nott Cunningham was an Olympic
weightlifter for the United States
. She is the only athlete to have trained for three different sports at the United States Olympic Training Center
(gymnastics, soccer, and weightlifting). Her coaches were Mike Gattone and Bob Morris. She attended Blue Valley High School.
In 2000
, she became the first US weightlifter to win Olympic gold since Chuck Vinci in 1960, after the person who placed ahead of her (Izabela Dragneva
) tested positive for furosemide.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics
she ranked 10th in the 48 kg category.
Olympic Games
The Olympic Games is a major international event featuring summer and winter sports, in which thousands of athletes participate in a variety of competitions. The Olympic Games have come to be regarded as the world’s foremost sports competition where more than 200 nations participate...
weightlifter for the United States
United States
The United States of America is a federal constitutional republic comprising fifty states and a federal district...
. She is the only athlete to have trained for three different sports at the United States Olympic Training Center
United States Olympic Training Center
The United States Olympic Training Centers are three campuses created by the United States Olympic Committee as training facilities for its Olympic and Paralympic athletes. They are located in Colorado Springs, Colorado; Lake Placid, New York; and Chula Vista, California. There is a U.S. Olympic...
(gymnastics, soccer, and weightlifting). Her coaches were Mike Gattone and Bob Morris. She attended Blue Valley High School.
In 2000
2000 Summer Olympics
The Sydney 2000 Summer Olympic Games or the Millennium Games/Games of the New Millennium, officially known as the Games of the XXVII Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event which was celebrated between 15 September and 1 October 2000 in Sydney, New South Wales, Australia...
, she became the first US weightlifter to win Olympic gold since Chuck Vinci in 1960, after the person who placed ahead of her (Izabela Dragneva
Izabela Dragneva
Izabela Dragneva is a retired female weightlifter from Bulgaria, who twice competed for her native country at the Summer Olympics: 2000 and 2004...
) tested positive for furosemide.
At the 2004 Summer Olympics
2004 Summer Olympics
The 2004 Summer Olympic Games, officially known as the Games of the XXVIII Olympiad, was a premier international multi-sport event held in Athens, Greece from August 13 to August 29, 2004 with the motto Welcome Home. 10,625 athletes competed, some 600 more than expected, accompanied by 5,501 team...
she ranked 10th in the 48 kg category.
Weightlifting achievements
- Olympic Champion (2000)
- Pan Am Games Champion (1999, 2003)
- Olympic Games team member (2004)
- World Championships Team Member (1997–1999, 2003, 2004)
- Senior National Champion (1996, 1997, 1999, 2000, 2002–2004)
- Multiple All-Time Senior American record holder in snatchSnatch (weightlifting)The snatch is one of the two olympic weightlifting events .The essence of the event is to lift a barbell from the platform to locked arms overhead in a smooth continuous movement. The barbell is pulled as high as the lifter can manage at which point the barbell is flipped overhead...
, clean and jerkClean and jerkThe clean and jerk is one of the two Olympic weightlifting events .The clean portion of the lift refers to the lifter explosively pulling the weight from the floor to a racked position across deltoids and clavicles...
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