Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25 April 1994) is a retired American artistic gymnast, and a two-time Olympian. She was captain of the 2012 "Fierce Five" as well as the"Fierce Five," and the 2016 "Final Five," U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team. She took home a gold team medal during the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Gabby Douglas and Raisman are the only Americans who have won back-to-back gold medals from this event. Raisman was also awarded silver medals for individual all-around and floor exercise. Raisman has silver medals from the all-around individual, as well as for the floor exercise. She also is an Olympic champion twice on the floor exercise (2012 2012, 2015) and the 2012 national champion on balance beam and five times a medallist in the all-around competition at the national championships (silver in 2016, and bronze in 2010, 2012, 2011, and 2012, and in 2015). In 2013, she was inducted into International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Raisman was the daughter of Lynn Faber and was the former gymnast from high school as well as Rick Raisman, on May 25 1994 in Needham. There are three sisters younger than her: Madison, Chloe, and Brett. Raisman is Jewish and claims that "I enjoy being able not only to be a representative of the U.S.A but as well the Jewish community everywhere." "Raisman started gymnastics when she was eighteen months old. She attributes her initial love for the sport to the "Magnificent Seven", the gold-medal winning U.S. women's team at the 1996 Summer Olympics which she was able to watch on VHS.She was a student at Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing through Level 8, after which she moved to Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club under coaches Mihai and Silvia Brestyan. Raisman completed her studies at Needham High School in 2012. She completed her senior year online and was working towards the Olympics.