Kristie Phillips
Kristie Phillips | ||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Country represented | United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Baton Rouge, Louisiana, U.S. | March 23, 1972|||||||||||||||||||||||
Residence | Troutman, North Carolina, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Louisiana State University | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Béla Károlyi | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kristie Phillips-Bannister (born March 23, 1972), formerly known as Kristie Phillips, is a retired
Early life
Phillips was born in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. She began gymnastics in her home state at the age of 4. At 10, she was the children's all-around gold medalist at the Louisiana State Championships. As she excelled in the sport, she moved to the Atlanta School of Gymnastics, and to Houston, Texas to train with Béla Károlyi.[1][2] She also trained at Parkettes in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
Junior career
As a junior, Phillips was one of the United States' top-ranking athletes in both national and international competition. From 1985 to 1987, she placed first in the all-around in every single American competition she entered, including the 1986 American Classic, the 1986 U.S. Olympic Festival and the 1987 U.S. Classic. At her first U.S. National Championships in 1985, Phillips won the all-around title in the junior division; she repeated her success the following year, despite competing with a broken wrist.[1][2]
Phillips made her debut in international competition at the age of 12, at the 1984 Canada Classic, where she won a silver medal on the
By 1986, Phillips was considered to be one of the United States' best hopes for a medal at the 1988 Olympics in Seoul, and was the subject of a considerable amount of media attention. Her signature move, a reverse straddle planche on beam that was eventually named after her, was featured on the cover of the September 1, 1986 issue of Sports Illustrated.[3] The caption beside her photo touted the 14 year old gymnast as "The New Mary Lou" (in reference to Mary Lou Retton).[5][6] She was also interviewed for the 1987 ABC-TV documentary Olga, Nadia and Mary Lou.
Senior career
As Phillips moved into the senior ranks in 1987, she appeared to be on track for the Seoul Olympics. Since December 1985 she had been training and competing with a
During the 1987
She placed first all-around at the USA vs. USSR dual meet, and won her second American Cup. Phillips was also nominated for the 1987 James E. Sullivan Award.[11][12][13]
However, Phillips' Olympic ambitions were derailed when she placed 45th all around at the 1987 World Championships.[2][6][14] Marta Karolyi told USA Today in 1987 that Phillips "has had some problems with her weight, mostly because her heredity is not the best. Her mother is quite heavy".[15] National team coach Greg Marsden speculated that Phillips may not have been well prepared for the Worlds: "Kristie was wholly not prepared. She wasn't physically prepared. I had calls from her mother complaining Bela was not preparing her and what could she do[...] at the world championships, I sat in a room with Kristie and she cried because she had given her heart and soul for two years, helped him maintain his reputation and media exposure and now he had abandoned her."[15]
In 1988, Phillips returned to the Karolyis.[16] She placed 9th at the U.S. Nationals that spring.
At the 1988 Olympic Trials, she moved up one place to 8th and was named as the second alternate to the U.S. Olympic team. She trained with the squad in America, but did not travel with them to Seoul.[2][5] During the trials, she said: "Being told I'm a has-been forced my confidence to sink really fast [...] It's really hard to build that back up."[17]
After gymnastics
Phillips attended
Throughout the mid-1990s, Phillips participated in the Reese's Cup, a televised elite gymnastics exhibition, where she continued to wow audiences with her unique brand of artistry. In 1999, she returned to the world of elite competitive gymnastics, placing 23rd at that year's U.S. National Championships. That year, Kristie was also named USA Gymnastics Sportswoman of the Year. She competed at the US Nationals again in 2000, placing 24th, before retiring.[12]
Phillips lives in Troutman, North Carolina with her husband, photographer Horatio Bannister, and three children: Sebastian, Isabella and Eberlie. She owns KPAC, gymnastics facilities in Statesville and Mooresville, North Carolina, and is certified as an International Brevet judge. She was Athlete Representative for USA Gymnastics, and served in the same capacity for the 2008 U.S. Olympic gymnastics team selection committee.[20][21] She has spoken about her experiences in gymnastics on several occasions, most recently in the 2003 CNN documentary Achieving the Perfect 10.[6] She was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2006.[22]
Eponymous skill
Phillips has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.[23]
Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] |
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Balance beam | Phillips | Press to side handstand - walkover forward to side stand on both legs | D |
- ^ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points
References
- ^ a b c "Gymn Forum: Kristie Phillips Biography". Gymn Forum. 2005-06-19. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ OCLC 31608501.
- ^ a b Beech, Mark. "Kristie Phillips, Champion Gymnast September 1, 1986". SI.com. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ISSN 0190-8286. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ ISSN 0040-781X. Archived from the originalon November 30, 2007. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ a b c "Achieving the Perfect 10" Transcript of CNN documentary, 2003
- ^ "Gymnastics Star Charms Audiences". Post-Tribune (IN). 1987-08-22. Archived from the original on 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ Powers, John; Staff, Globe (1987-08-22). "Price of Gold Phillips Sacrifices to Pursue Olympics". The Boston Globe (Boston, MA). Archived from the original on 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "U.S. Gymnasts Sweep All-Around, Mar Tops Phillips". The Washington Post. 1987-08-23. Archived from the original on 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ "Gymnast Phillips Adds to Record U.s. Gold Total". Post-Tribune (IN). 1987-08-24. Archived from the original on 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ Janofsky, Michael (1987-08-21). "Not a One-Woman Team". New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ a b c "USA Gymnastics Official Biography: Kristie Phillips". USA Gymnastics Online. USA Gymnastics. 2000-06-28. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Janofsky, Michael (1987-06-21). "Gymnastics; Phillips on Schedule for Olympic Gold". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Beech, Maek (1998-11-16). "Kristie Phillips, Champion Gymnast". Sports Illustrated. Retrieved 2008-06-24.
- ^ a b Hoffer, Richard (1988-04-06). "Amid Olympic Year Chaos, Can U.S. Gymnastics Bounce Back?; New Coaches for Top Star, U.S. Team Among the Complications". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-02-03. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ Janofsky, Michael (1988-05-24). "Phillips and Karolyi Mend Their Ways". The New York Times. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ Brennan, Christine (1988-08-05). "Mills, 15, Takes Slight Lead in Gymnastics; Karolyi's Students Outperform Those of Peters in Unpredictable Trials". The Washington Post. Archived from the original on 2018-02-04. Retrieved 2018-02-03.
- ^ Kristie Phillips at the IMDB
- ^ https://www.imdb.com/title/tt0111264/trivia/?ref_=tt_trv_trv
- ^ "Q&A with the 1988 Olympic team" USA Gymnastics, June 2008
- ^ "KPAC Staff « Kristie Phillips Athletic Center – KPAC". Archived from the original on 2012-08-12. Retrieved 2012-07-01.
- ^ "2006 USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame class of seven inductees boasts 5 Olympians" (Press release). USA Gymnastics. 2006-07-25. Retrieved 2008-04-05.
- ^ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 114, 209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.