Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

Alexandra Rose Raisman, born May 25 1994 she is an American retired artistic gymnast. She was twice Olympian. She was the American women's Olympic gymnastics team captain for both the 2012 and 2016 "Fierce Five" U.S. teams. At the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, she received a gold medal at the team competition with teammates Gabby Douglas and Gabby Douglas the only Americans to have back-toback team gold medals. Raisman also won silver medals for individual all-around and for floor exercise. Raisman has silver medals from the individual all-around in addition to the floor exercise. She was also the two-time national champion of floor exercise (2012,2015) in 2012, and the national champion in 2012 of balance beam and five-time medalist at national championships in all-around (silver in 2016, and silver in 2012, 2011, 2012, and 2015. In 2013, she was inducted into International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Raisman was born on May 25, 1994, in the Boston suburb of Needham, Massachusetts, to Lynn (nee Faber), an ex-high school gymnast, and Rick Raisman. Her younger siblings are Brett, Chloe, and Madison. Raisman is Jewish and claims that "I am very grateful for being able not only to be a representative of the U.S.A but as well the Jewish Community across the world." Raisman started gymnastics at the age of 18 months. She attributes her love for gymnastics to the "Magnificent Seven", an American women's team that won the gold medal at 1996 Summer Olympics. The athlete began her training at Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing up to Level 8. She then moved to Brestyan’s American Gymnastics Club, where she was coached by Silvia Brestyan and Mihai Brestyan. Raisman graduated from Needham High School in 2012 after finishing her senior year online classes while training to compete in the Olympics.