Annabelle Tometich - I Know Gymnastics

Published in the United States of America
by Cherry Lake Publishing
Ann Arbor, Michigan
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Consultant: Marla Conn, Read-Ability

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Library of Congress Cataloging-in-Publication Data
Tometich, Annabelle, 1980
I know gymnastics / Annabelle Tometich.
pages cm. -- (I know sports)
Includes index.
ISBN 978-1-62431-400-1 (hardcover) -- ISBN 978-1-62431-476-6 (pbk.) -
ISBN 978-1-62431-438-4 (pdf) -- ISBN 978-1-62431-514-5 (ebook)
1. Gymnastics--Juvenile literature. I. Title.
GV461.3.T66 2013 796.44--dc23
ISBN-13: 9781684444205 (e-book)

2013006124

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July 2013
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History

Gymnastics has been around
for more than 2,000 years.
Cities in Greece had gyms.
People ran, jumped, and
stretched there.

The parallel bars and the
balance beam were created
in the early 1800s. The events
are still in the sport today.

Gymnastics became popular
in the United States in the
1970s. People watched the
sport on television during
the Olympics.

Playing the Sport

Mens gymnastics has six
events. They are floor exercise,
pommel horse, rings, vault,
parallel bars, and high bar.

Womens gymnastics has
four events. They are balance
beam, uneven bars, vault, and
floor exercise.

Gymnasts do a set number of
moves in each event. Judges
award points based on how a
gymnast did.

Records

Nadia Comaneci earned
a perfect score at the 1976
Olympics. She was the first
person to do this.

Paul Hamm was at the 2004
Olympics. He earned the first
mens all-around title for the
United States.

American Gabrielle Douglas
won the all-around title at
the 2012 Olympics. She was
the first African American to
do this.

Find Out More

Book

Hofstetter, Adam B. Olympic Gymnastics . New York:
Rosen, 2007.

Web Site

USA Gymnastics

www.usagym.org
This Web site has information about gymnastics
competitions and gymnasts.

Glossary

all-around title (AWL-uh-round TYE-tuhl) an honor awarded
to the gymnast with the best scores in all the events in a
competition

created (kree-AY-ted) made something new

Olympics (uh-LIMP-icks) a competition for athletes all over
the world

popular (PAHP-yuh-lur) liked by many people

Home and School Connection

Use this list of words from the book to help your child become
a better reader. Word games and writing activities can help
beginning readers reinforce literacy skills.

around
award