Stella Umeh
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Full name | Stella Umeh | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | Canada | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Toronto, Ontario | May 27, 1975||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Mississauga, Ontario | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | UCLA Bruins (1994-1998) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Notable work | Varekai |
Stella Umeh (born 27 May 1975) is a Canadian former artistic gymnast and current actress and performer. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics placing 16th in the all-around.[1] She is of Guyanese and Nigerian descent.[2]
Gymnastics career[]
Umeh's first big international meet was at the 1989 American Cup in Fairfax, Virginia where she finished fifth.[3] She then competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games but was originally an alternate.[4] She won a gold medal with the Canadian team.[5] She competed at the American Cup again in 1991 but placed 8th.[6] She went to the 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She finished 17th in the all-around.[7] In 1992, Stella started her season at the American Cup in Orlando, Florida, USA and finished 7th.[8] In April, she competed at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France. She qualified to Vault and Beam finals but placed 8th and 5th.[9] Later, she qualified to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She finished 16th in the all-around and 10th with the Canadian team.[10] In 1993, she went to Worlds and placed 15th AA and 8th in the FX final. In 1994, she went to the 1994 Commonwealth Games and won 2 golds and 2 silvers as well as placing 4th and 5th in Floor and Beam finals.
College career[]
In 1994, she accepted a college scholarship to UCLA and started attending the school in 1994.[11]
Throughout her four years at college, she won three golds, three silvers and one bronze at the NCAA Championships. She was twice the Pac-12 conference all-around champion.[12]
Acting and Entertainment[]
Stella studied Theatre at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in the hopes of becoming an actress.[13] In 2000, she joined Cirque du Soleil and performed Mystère in Las Vegas. In 2002, she performed in Fire Within and then in Varekai as a triple trapeze in 2003.[14] She played small roles in Ghostly Encounters and Delroy Kincaid. She recently had a leading role in a stage play called, 'Pinteresque' which will be in the SummerWorks Performance Festival.[15]
Currently, Stella lives in Australia.
References[]
- ^ http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/umeh.htm
- ^ Dan Gutman (1 August 1998). Gymnastics. Penguin Young Readers Group. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-1-101-16065-7.
- ^ http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/americancup_results_1989.pdf
- ^ http://www.thecouchgymnast.com/may-birthday-profile-stella-umeh/
- ^ 1990 Commonwealth Games#Artistic
- ^ http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/americancup_results_1991.pdf
- ^ 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
- ^ http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/americancup_results_1992.pdf
- ^ 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Women
- ^ http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/1992_olympic_results_20080430_031223.pdf
- ^ http://www.gymn.ca/gymnasticgreats/wag/umeh.htm
- ^ List of Pac-12 Conference champions#Gymnastics
- ^ "Archived copy" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
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External links[]
- Stella Umeh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)
- 1975 births
- Living people
- Sportspeople from Mississauga
- Gymnasts from Toronto
- Canadian female artistic gymnasts
- Olympic gymnasts of Canada
- Gymnasts at the 1992 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1990 Commonwealth Games
- Gymnasts at the 1994 Commonwealth Games
- Commonwealth Games gold medallists for Canada
- Commonwealth Games silver medallists for Canada
- Black Canadian sportspeople
- Canadian sportspeople of Guyanese descent
- Canadian sportspeople of Nigerian descent
- Commonwealth Games medallists in gymnastics
- Black Canadian sportswomen