Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25 April 1994) is an ex-retired American artistic gymnast, and a two-time Olympian. She was leader of the 2012 "Fierce Five" and the in 2016 the "Final Five," U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team. She won a team gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Gabby Douglas and Raisman are the only Americans to have back-to-back gold medals at this competition. Raisman also earned silver medals in the individual all-around and floor exercise. Raisman received silver medals for the individual all-around, in addition to the floor exercise. She is also a two-time national champion on floor exercise (2012, 2015) she was the 2012 champion of the national team on balance beam, and a five-time medalist in the all-around section at the national championships (silver in 2016, and bronze in 2012, 2011, and 2015). Inducted into The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. Raisman was born on May 25, 1994 in Needham, Massachusetts to Lynn Faber (nee Faber), who was a former high school gymnast and Rick Raisman. Her younger siblings are Brett, Chloe, and Madison. Raisman is Jewish, has stated that she is extremely proud of being able to represent the American people, but as well as the Jewish community all over the world. Raisman began gymnastics at 18 months old. She attributes her love of gymnastics to the "Magnificent Seven", an American women's team that won the gold medal in the 1996 Summer Olympics. The athlete trained at Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing up to Level 8, then moved to Brestyan’s American Gymnastics Club, where she was trained by Silvia Brestyan and Mihai Brestyan. Raisman has graduated from Needham High School in 2012. She finished her senior year online while training for the Olympics.







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