Jackie Klein

This article is about the American gymnast. For the British art historian, seeJacky Klein.

Jackie Klein

Klein in 1956
Personal information
Full name	Jacquelyn Joyce Klein
Born	(1937-07-11)July 11, 1937 Chicago,Illinois,U.S.
Height	164 cm (5 ft 5 in)
Weight	56 kg (123 lb)
Sport
Sport	Artistic gymnastics
Club	Lincoln Turners
Coached by	Erna Wachtel

Jacquelyn Joyce "Jackie" Klein(laterFie,born July 11, 1937) is a retired American artistic gymnast, coach, referee and official. She competed at the1956 Summer Olympicswith the best individual result of 49th place in thebalance beam.

Klein retired soon after the Olympics due to a back injury. In 1959, she earned aBachelor of Sciencedegree fromNorthwestern University,and then had a long career as a physical education teacher, gymnastics coach, judge and administrator. Since the 1970s, she was a member of theInternational Federation of Gymnasticsand was named its honorary vice-president upon her retirement in 2004. Within the Federation she served as vice-president of the Women's Technical Committee (WTC) in 1984–1992, and in 1992 became the first American WTC president. In 1979, Klein was inducted into the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fameand, in 2014, into theInternational Gymnastics Hall of Fame.

Klein is married to Larry Fie, they have two sons.

External links

• Jackie Kleinat theInternational Gymnastics Federation
• Jackie Kleinat theUSA GymnasticsHall of Fame
• Jackie Kleinat theInternational Gymnastics Hall of Fame
• Jackie KleinatOlympics.com
• Jackie KleinatOlympedia