Marie Roethlisberger
Marie Roethlisberger | |
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Born | 1966 (age 54–55) |
Known for | Former gymnast |
Marie Roethlisberger born gymnast who was a 1984 United States Olympic gymnastics alternate. She is almost completely deaf.[1] She is the daughter of United States 1968 Olympic Gymnast Fred Roethlisberger and the sister of 1992, 1996, and 2000 Olympic gymnast John Roethlisberger.[2] She was selected as a 1991 NCAA Top VI Award (now Top VIII) winner as one of the six top NCAA student-athletes and the 1991 female Walter Byers Scholarship winner as the National Collegiate Athletic Association's top scholar-athlete.[3][4]
12 May 1966 is a formerCareer[]
Roethlisberger competed nationally and internationally from 1982 until 1986. In national and international competition she placed as high as third in five consecutive appearances at the all-around at the United States National Gymnastics Championships, as fifth place in the team competition at the 1986 Goodwill Games, and sixth place in the team competition (seventeenth in all-around) at the 1985 World Gymnastic Championships.[2] She then matriculated at the University of Minnesota. In 1984, Roethlisberger placed seventh at the U.S. Olympic trials making her the alternate on the six-woman team despite being 100% deaf in one ear and approximately 85% deaf in the other. Her floor routines were choreographed to music with heavy bass so that she could feel the reverberations.[5][6] Her hearing loss was attributable to a childhood bout of meningitis.[2] In 1988, Roethlisberger was awarded the Honda Inspiration Award which is given to a collegiate athlete "who has overcome hardship and was able to return to play at the collegiate level". She overcame hearing issues to become a highly decorated gymnast.[7][8][9]
She was the 1990 NCAA gymnastics champion on uneven bars; four-time All-American; seven-time Big Ten Conference champion.[10] She was also an Academic All-American.[11] She was the 1982 and 1986 AAU uneven bars champion.[12] She was part of the 1991 Top VI class with Suzy Favor, Ed McCaffrey, Meredith Rainey, Pat Tyrance and fellow gymnast .
After obtaining her BS degree in 1991, she went on to obtain her MD in 1996 both from the University of Minnesota. As of 2008, she is a physician in Madison, Wisconsin.[10] She completed her medical residency in family medicine in Appleton, Wisconsin.[2]
Notes[]
- ^ "Olympic Team Rosters". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- ^ a b c d "Whatever Happened to Marie Roethlisberger?". January 14, 2002. Archived from the original on June 5, 2010. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ "NCAA Honors Awards Sorted by Institution". The National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on June 24, 2006. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ "Previous Walter Byers Scholars". The National Collegiate Athletic Association. Archived from the original on July 5, 2008. Retrieved January 26, 2008.
- ^ "Weatherspoon named woman athlete of '88" (PDF). NCAA News. National Collegiate Athletic Association. January 18, 1989. Retrieved January 28, 2008.[dead link]
- ^ "Marie Roethlisberger". Amanita.net. Archived from the original on July 10, 2012. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- ^ "M Club". University of Minnesota Athletics. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Awards Overview". CWSA. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ "Past Inspiration Award Winners". CWSA. Retrieved March 28, 2020.
- ^ a b "Great Alumni: Sports". University of Minnesota Alumni Association. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- ^ "National Association of Collegiate Gymnastics Coaches/Women (NACGC/W)". Archived from the original on May 15, 2008. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- ^ "U. S. Gymnastics Championships". December 17, 2007. Archived from the original on January 25, 2013. Retrieved January 28, 2008.
- 1966 births
- American female artistic gymnasts
- Minnesota Golden Gophers women's gymnasts
- Deaf sportspeople
- Living people
- Physicians from Wisconsin
- American disabled sportspeople
- Deaf people from the United States
- U.S. women's national team gymnasts
- Competitors at the 1986 Goodwill Games