Samantha Peszek

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gymnastname= Samantha Peszek


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fullname=Samantha Peszek
nickname=Sam
country= USA
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birthdate= birth date and age|1991|12|14
birthplace= McCordsville, Indiana
hometown= McCordsville, Indiana
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discipline= WAG
level= Senior International Elite
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club= DeVeau's School of Gymnastics
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headcoach= Peter Zhao
assistcoach= Tom Strange, Jan Exner
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music= Whatever lola Wants(Sarah Vaughan & Gotan project)
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Samantha Peszek (born December 14, 1991 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American national team gymnast. She is a member of the United States' 2008 Olympic women's gymnastics team. [ [http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=152742.html#olympians+last "Olympians At Last."] "NBCOlympics.com". July 19, 2008. Accessed on July 19, 2008.] She was a member of the gold medal-winning U.S. team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2007 Pan American Games.

In March 2008, she competed at the American Cup. She placed 3rd in the all-around competition, behind teammates Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson.

After a solid performance at the 2008 U.S. National Championships, Peszek continued to prove her worth to the U.S. team at the Olympic Trials. At the conclusion of the meet, when she was invited to the final Olympic selection camp, most experts, including NBC's analysts, predicted she would be selected for the team. Indeed, she was selected on July 19, 2008 at the conclusion of the selection camp in New Waverly, Texas. Along with Peszek, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone, and Bridget Sloan were also selected for the team.

She has high-difficulty skills such as a standing tucked full to immediate back pike (beam), and double twisting double (floor).

Peszek lives in McCordsville, Indiana and attends Cathedral High School. She also attended St.Simon the Apostle Grade School where she got high honors.

During the 2008 Summer Olympics, Peszek was injured during warm-ups just minutes before the women's qualifier and was restricted to the Uneven Bars. She was the second gymnast to be injured on the 2008 Women's gymnastics Olympic team, the other being Chellsie Memmel. [ http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=189726.html]

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