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  Shannon Miller - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
She won the all-around silver medal in the 1992 Olympics (losing by the closest ever margin of victory,.012) as well as the silver medal on the balance beam, and bronze medals in the uneven parallel bars, floor exercise, and team competition.
She was a member of the famous "Magnificent 7" gold medal winning gymnastics team (the first time the US Women won the team gold in Olympic competition) at the 1996 Olympics in Atlanta, Georgia, United States.
Miller was the U.S. national gymnastics champion in 1993 and 1996.
en.wikipedia.org /wiki/Shannon_Miller   (153 words)

  
 Shannon Miller
Although Shannon fell off the balance beam during her performance, the television commentators declared that she was the one to watch in the future.
Shannon scored her first perfect 10.0 on the balance beam, while her lowest score was 9.875 on the uneven bars.
Shannon Miller won silver medals in all-around standings and for the balance beam, bronze in uneven bars and in the floor exercise.
www.distinguishedwomen.com /biographies/millersh.html   (1336 words)

  
 Today's Profile
Miller proved the skeptics wrong, however, when she helped the United States women's gymnastics team win a gold medal, the first-ever Olympic team gold for the American squad, and she herself took the gold on the balance beam.
Shannon Lee Miller was born on March 10, 1977 in Rolla, Missouri, the middle child of Ron and Claudia Miller.
Miller followed up her Olympic victories with a first-place finish in the 1993 American Cup, in Orlando, Florida, but her main goal for the year was to win the all-around competition at the 1993 world championships, held in Birmingham, England.
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 Former Olympic gymnast, Shannon Miller, vaults in to Boston College law school - JSONSnew - Profiles   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
In September, Shannon Miller finished a radiobroadcasting job covering the World Championships of Gymnastics in Anaheim, Calif., boarded an airplane that arrived in Boston around midnight, and at six o'clock the next morning began her new life as a law student at Boston College.
While Miller still stays involved in the sport of gymnastics--broadcasting certain events including the upcoming Olympics, acting as an athlete representative for USA gymnastics, and running balance beam clinics for aspiring gymnasts--she is happy that she has chosen a career path other than coaching.
Miller concurred that she was always known as the girl who was studying on the road.
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 Leap of faith with Olympic gold medalist Shannon Miller
Shannon will be heading to Greece for this year’s Olympic Games, but it will be her voice, not her athletic ability being put to the test.
Shannon and her teammates had already won a team gold medal, but when it came to competing in the all-around competition, Shannon was not doing well.
Shannon wanted to finish her routine at the Olympics with joy, and to appreciate the opportunity to be there.
www.myopendoors.com /hot_picks/aug04/thomas_olympic.jhtml   (916 words)

  
 Shannon Miller   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shannon Miller is the most decorated gymnast in American history, she has earned 7 Olympic Medals and 9 World Championship medals since her Elite International debut in 1990.
Shannon is a three time Sullivan Award Nominee and in 1994 won the Dial Award, America 's most coveted award for high school seniors.
Shannon and her husband Chris Phillips, reside in Boston where she is attending Boston College School of Law.
www.usa-gymnastics.org /hof/2003/smiller.html   (153 words)

  
 TIME: The Olympics   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shannon Miller of Edmond, Okla., who was sidelined in late March with a dislocated left elbow and bone chip, recuperated from surgery in record time, and is now stronger and more confident than ever.
Miller, by contrast, has had to make her peace with the attention that attends world-class competition.
On the other hand, ask Miller how she'd like to be remembered in the sport and her answer is firm: ''Gold medalist, all- around.'' She claims not to be thinking about what it will be like under the kliegs in Barcelona.
www.time.com /time/daily/newsfiles/olympics/summer92/pixies.html   (1686 words)

  
 Keynote Speakers hire book best keynote speaker
Shannon is the most decorated American gymnast, male or female, in history, having won more Olympic and World Championship Medals than any other American Gymnast.
During her career, Shannon has won an astounding 58 International and 49 National competition medals and over half have been Gold, culminating with two Gold Medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta as a member of the "Magnificent Seven".
Shannon says it best, "I’d like to tell kids that gymnastics is a great sport, it helps you with coordination, strength, and the discipline you need for any sport.
www.brooksinternational.com /Shannon_Miller_704.htm   (585 words)

  
 Breaking News--Sports   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shannon Miller, the most decorated American gymnast in history, performed the last routine of her career Dec. 1 at Hofheinz Pavilion.
Miller received a standing ovation, the night's only one, for her stoic performance on her forte apparatus, the balance beam, for which she won the gold medal at the 1996 Olympic Games.
Miller, who finished her last final for the semester Nov. 30, said she got in shape for the meet by training only two hours per day, four to five days a week -- opposed to her rigorous Olympic training of eight hours per day, six days a week.
www.stp.uh.edu /bn0102/121201/sports/sports4.html   (987 words)

  
 Amazon.com: Books: Winning Every Day   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shannon and her co author seem to both realize that it's not enough for her to write that her system works, but she's also got to show young athletes that it works, and the proof is in those grades and Olympic medals.
Shannon also shares many secrets that explain how she got to the top in gymnastics and how she was able to stay successful in the sport for so long.
Shannon is a wonderful gymnast, a fabulous student, a spiritually-connected woman who is close with her family and friends, and demonstrates huge self-discipline to maintain being the best she can be.
www.amazon.com /exec/obidos/tg/detail/-/0553097768?v=glance   (1576 words)

  
 The Daily Cougar--Sports Online   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Shannon Miller, the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history, finds her way through the labyrinth of books at the M.D. Anderson Library.
Miller considers the 1996 Olympics in Barcelona, Spain, and Atlanta (where she won the gold medal) her most memorable moments.
Miller teaches what she learned by giving speeches at schools across the country.
www.stp.uh.edu /vol67/45/sports/sports3.html   (759 words)

  
 Welcome to Kidsnewsroom.com
Shannon was a member of both the 1992 and the 1996 women's Olympic gymnastic teams.
Shannon Miller was the quiet leader of this team four years ago.
Miller wants to further test the leg in practice before deciding whether or not to compete on the vault or in the floor exercises.
www.kidsnewsroom.org /testmember/072100/sportszone.htm   (503 words)

  
 ESPN.com - OLY - No Sydney trip for Miller
Shannon Miller came out of retirement in hopes of making her third Olympic team, but her bid ended with a twisted knee.
Doctors had cleared Miller to return to the meet, but Nunno felt pulling her out and putting no more strain on her hurting legs would be the best chance.
Miller returned to the floor and grabbed her warmup suit, then headed over to the uneven bars, where she was supposed to compete next.
espn.go.com /oly/news/2000/0820/695911.html   (578 words)

  
 Tulsa World: Sports
Miller stole the hearts of millions of viewers when she won five medals at the '92 Games in Barcelona, Spain.
As Miller's training accelerates, she must do it without the support of Chris, who is preparing to move to Houston to begin work on his residency.
She is one of five members of the '96 squad hoping to make the 2000 team, a quest which begins this week at the U.S. Classic at ORU Mabee Center.
www.tulsagymnastics.com /shannon.html   (1003 words)

  
 Boston.com / Sports / Other sports / Balancing act
Miller, 26, a member of the Magnificent Seven, the US women's gold-medal gymnastics team of the 1996 Olympics, juggles a schedule typical for many law students -- family, work, classes, studying.
Miller, who has two golds in her medal collection, lives west of Boston with her husband, Chris Phillips, and their two dogs, Gracie, a rottweiler, and Sam, a golden retriever/Labrador mix.
Miller chose BC when her husband, whom she met while she was an undergrad at the University of Oklahoma and he was a medical student there, began an ophthalmology fellowship with Boston University.
www.boston.com /sports/other_sports/articles/2004/01/02/balancing_act   (1237 words)

  
 The religion of Shannon Miller, gold medal-winning gymnast
With Shannon's success came tension between her parents and her controlling and demanding coach (by this time, Claudia Miller had trained to become a gymnastics judge, and some second-guessing of the coach was probably inevitable) and difficult decisions concerning agents and money.
As an Olympic gymnast, Shannon Miller had the eyes of the world on her, but this overly technical treatment wont put her on the bestseller podium where fellow gymnast Dominique Moceanu once stood.
Shannon Miller, multi-medal-winning gymnast at both the 1992 Barcelona and 1996 Atlanta Olympics, is the subject of this memoir written by her mother.
www.adherents.com /people/pm/Shannon_Miller.html   (623 words)

  
 Bemco Sleep Products   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Miller, who began her affiliation with Bemco Mattresses in 1993, will be making a series of personal appearances for the company and she will appear in newly developed television and print advertising campaigns for Bemco.
When asked about her career, Shannon Miller simply stated, “My most satisfying accomplishment in gymnastics is the tie between the team gold medal and my individual gold medal on my last event, the balance beam, at the 1996 Olympic Games.” Today, Ms.
Miller’s dedication, loyalty and commitment are precisely those favorable attributes that make her a strong spokesperson and ally for Bemco Mattress.
www.bemco.com /99/news1.html   (1172 words)

  
 Miller, Shannon --  Britannica Student Encyclopedia
Miller was born on March 10, 1977, in Rolla, Mo. She became involved…
U.S. gymnasts Shannon Miller and Dominique Dawes, both 16, won a total of five medals, three golds for Miller and two silvers for Dawes.
The 19th-century Scottish geologist and man of letters Hugh Miller was considered one of the finest geological writers of the 19th century.
www.britannica.com /ebi/article-9343782?tocId=9343782   (724 words)

  
 Fredericksburg.com - Miller's plan included life after winning Olympic gold   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Miller and her husband plan to move to Boston this summer; and Miller, who received her undergraduate degree from the University of Houston last spring, hopes to begin law school in the fall.
Miller's family was able to keep her involved in a rigorous gymnastics program while keeping her in public school.
Miller said she hopes current gymnasts balance their sport with other aspects of their life--just like her parents tried to do with her.
www.freelancestar.com /News/FLS/2003/022003/02112003/876031   (741 words)

  
 The Young Writer's Club - Member's Stories No:1193
Miller headed in, she noticed the children staring eagerly at a new teacher.
Miller glared evilly at the new teacher as she began to read the book again.
Miller fed the greedy children the nasty mystery meat, she realized something- she must be dreaming!
www.cs.bilkent.edu.tr /~david/derya/storys2/story1193.htm   (496 words)

  
 Olympics: At 23, Shannon Miller hopes to revive her career -- and U.S. women's gymnastics
Given what she was going to tell Steve Nunno, the man who had helped her to win four Olympic medals, including gold with the U.S. team and on the balance beam in 1996, she knew that was a distinct possibility.
Miller's husband, Chris Phillips, an ophthalmologist she married in June 1999, had a bit of trouble adjusting to his wife's transformation into an elite athlete.
And as if the physical exhaustion wasn't bad enough, Miller discovered that combining training with a life outside the gym -- something she didn't have even in 1996, when she was 19 -- was nearly impossible.
www.post-gazette.com /sports_headlines/20000702miller2.asp   (930 words)

  
 Greater Des Moines Convention and Visitors Bureau - News
Shannon Miller will be signing autographs and taking pictures throughout the day at the gymnastics meet.
Miller's unique view of success and what it takes to get to the top has helped people of all ages, in all walks of life; understand the secret to making their dreams come true.
Miller had set her goal and was determined to follow through.
www.desmoinesia.com /asp/visitors/detail_news.asp?id=444   (367 words)

  
 Shannon Miller Biography
Shannon Lee Miller was born on March 10, 1977, in Rolla, MO. When she was 4 months old, she had to wear braces on her legs because they turned inward.
When Shannon was 8, she and her mother took a trip to the Soviet Union to see how they trained there.
Shannon's best friend when she was younger was Kim Henry, also a gymnast.
members.aol.com /ShanFan14/biography.html   (1424 words)

  
 Shannon Miller
Shannon had set her goal and was determined to follow through.
Shannon did not accept limits during her gymnastics career and refuses to accept them today.
Drawing on her experiences as a competitive gymnast, her trials and triumphs, Shannon inspires her audience to tap into their inner strength to meet and overcome their challenges in life.
www.shannonmiller.com   (227 words)

  
 Medals to Mid-terms, She's On the Beam
Shannon Miller, America's most decorated gymnast with nine world championship and seven Olympic medals, including two Golds at Atlanta in 1996, currently is in her first year at BC Law.
Shannon Miller, who starred for the US gymnastic team in the 1992 and 1996 Olympics, is a first-year student at BC Law.
The Chronicle recently caught up with Shannon Miller as she studied for a mid-term in Torts.
www.bc.edu /bc_org/rvp/pubaf/chronicle/v12/n26/miller.html   (864 words)

  
 IG Online Interview
Shannon Miller is preparing for the upcoming World Championships in Anaheim with the same enthusiasm and commitment that helped her win the world all-around title in 1993 and 1994.
Miller made her world championships debut at the 1991 Worlds in Indianapolis, where she placed second with the U.S. team and tied for the silver medal on uneven bars.
Miller, who earned national titles in 1993 and 1996, won gold medals on balance beam and with the U.S. team at the 1996 Olympic Games.
www.intlgymnast.com /interview/miller_shannon.html   (953 words)

  
 [No title]   (Site not responding. Last check: 2007-10-20)
Krista Quiner's new book, "Shannon Miller: America's Most Decorated Gymnast," is much in the style of her Zmeskal biography: comprehensive, fact-filled, and easy to read.
Thanks to quotes from her parents and coaches, though, we are able to find out something about Miller's personal life: her favorite subject in high school was chemistry; her favorite store is The Limited Too; and she is learning to play golf.
Shannon Miller: America's Most Decorated Gymnast can be ordered directly from the publisher by sending a check or money order for $13.
ftp.cac.psu.edu /pub/gymn/Books/Shannon-Miller-Americas-Most-Decorated-Gymnast   (279 words)

  
 SurfWax: News, Reviews and Articles On Shannon Miller
UMD Head Coach Shannon Miller Shannon Miller is in her seventh season at the helm of Minnesota-Duluth, leading the Bulldogs to three national championships in her first six years (2001, 2002, 2003).
The year before Shannon Miller won five medals at the 1992 Barcelona Games, it was Zmeskal beating her in every way at the national championships.
Shannon Miller, 27 First-year law student at Boston College after having recently completed her undergrad with a degree in Marketing and Entrepreneurship at the University of Houston...
sports.surfwax.com /files/Shannon_Miller.html   (3928 words)

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