Jackie Klein
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Personal information | |
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Full name | Jacquelyn Joyce Klein |
Born | Chicago,Illinois,U.S. | July 11, 1937
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.[2]
Klein retired soon after the Olympics due to a back injury. In 1959, she earned aBachelor of Sciencedegree fromNorthwestern University,[3]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 Fame[4]and, in 2014, into theInternational Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[1]
Klein is married to Larry Fie, they have two sons.[4]
References
[edit]- ^abJackie Fie.ighof.com
- ^Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen;Mallon, Bill;et al."Jackie Klein".Olympics at Sports-Reference.com.Sports Reference LLC.Archived fromthe originalon April 18, 2020.
- ^Jacque Day Archer; Jamie Wirsbinski Santoro (2007).Rogers Park.Arcadia Publishing. p. 103.ISBN978-0-7385-4139-6.
- ^abFIE-Klein, Jacquelyn J. “Jackie”ArchivedNovember 4, 2016, at theWayback Machine.gymnasticshalloffame.org
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