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| Born | July 27, 1977 (1977-07-27) (age 47) Guadalajara, Mexico | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | World Olympic Gymnastics Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bogomil Ivanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Brenda Vianey Magaña Almaral (born July 27, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican artistic gymnast. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersault dismount from the uneven bars at a World Championships or Olympics, which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
She began practicing gymnastics at the age of three at the Club Deportivo Atlas Paradero in Guadalajara but then started training at WOGA Gymnastics in Texas, United States. She was five years old when she participated in her first international competition in Czechoslovakia.
Eponymous skill
Magaña has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty | Added to the Code of Points |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Uneven bars | Magaña | Swing forward to triple back salto tucked | G | 2002 World Championships |
Notes
- Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points
References
- ^ "Deportistas Mexicanos en Atenas 2004". Centro Nacional de Informacion y Documentacion de Cultura Fisica y Deporte (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2004-12-16. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
External links
- 1977 births
- Living people
- Mexican female artistic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from Guadalajara, Jalisco
- Competitors at the 1993 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 1998 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Competitors at the 2001 Summer Universiade
- Competitors at the 2002 Central American and Caribbean Games
- Gymnasts at the 1991 Pan American Games
- Gymnasts at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Gymnasts at the 2004 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for Mexico
- Pan American Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for Mexico
- Originators of elements in artistic gymnastics
- Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics
- Medalists at the 2003 Pan American Games
- Central American and Caribbean Games gold medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games silver medalists for Mexico
- Central American and Caribbean Games medalists in gymnastics
- 21st-century Mexican sportswomen
- 20th-century Mexican women