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Sharon Shapiro
Country represented 
Sepulveda, California
Years on national team1976-78 and 1979-81
College teamUCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team

Sharon Shapiro is an American former gymnast. She won five

Honda-Broderick Award
as the nation's most outstanding collegiate women's gymnast.

Early life

Shapiro's hometowns were

Sepulveda, California.[1] She is Jewish.[1][2][3][4] She attended Monroe High School, graduating in 1979.[5]

Gymnastics career

Shapiro was a

U.S. Gymnastics Federation Women's Championships in Uniondale, New York.[6][10] That year she also became the first U.S. woman gymnast to score as 39.05 points out of a possible 40, which she did at an invitational meet in Fresno, California.[3]

Shapiro competed in gymnastics for the

floor exercise) as well as the all-around.[11][2][6][9]

At the 1981 AIAW Championships as a sophomore, Shapiro again won first-place individual national honors in the all-around and on vault, and was an

Honda-Broderick Award as the nation's most outstanding collegiate women's gymnast.[6][13] Shapiro led the Bruins to first place in the Western Collegiate Athletic Association (WCAA) and at the AIAW Regionals, and a second-place team finish at the AIAW National Championships.[6]

As a junior in 1982, Shapiro was an All-American in the all-around, vault, and balance beam.[6]

Shapiro was an eight-time national title holder, and a 12-time All-American.[9]

She performed the flips as a

body double for actress Jennifer Beals in the 1983 romantic drama movie Flashdance.[14][15][16]

Honors

In 1990, Shapiro was inducted into the

Pac-12 Women’s Gymnastics All-Century Team.[18][19]

References

  1. ^ a b c "Valley Morning Star from Harlingen, Texas". July 15, 1977. p. 19.
  2. ^ a b c Shel Wallman (May 16, 1980). "Who Is Best Jewish Athlete In America?". Jewish Post.
  3. ^ a b "Faces in the Crowd". Sports Illustrated. May 1, 1978.
  4. ^ International Gymnast, Sundby Sports Publications, 1977.
  5. ^ a b "CIF Los Angeles Section Hall of Fame 2019". May 15, 2019.
  6. ^ a b c d e f g h i "UCLA's Title IX 40: Denise Curry, Sharon Shapiro". UCLA. July 31, 2012.
  7. ^ "U.S., Israel Neck-in-neck for Honors in 10th Maccabiah Games". Jewish Telegraphic Agency. July 18, 1977.
  8. ISBN 9781632208552
    – via Google Books.
  9. ^ a b c d "Sharon Shapiro; Gymnastics - 1990". Southern California Jewish Sports Hall of Fame.
  10. ISBN 9781602800137
    – via Google Books.
  11. ^ "Female Gymnasts". Jewish Post. June 4, 1982.
  12. ^ "USGF Gymnastics". July–August 1981. p. 17.
  13. ^ Eli Karon (May 5, 2003). "UCLA gymnast wins Honda award". Daily Bruin.
  14. ^ "'Flashdance,' 30 Years Later: B-Boy Recalls Girling Up for Final Scene". Yahoo. April 15, 2013.
  15. ISBN 9781118322901
    – via Google Books.
  16. ISBN 9781628469035
    – via Google Books.
  17. ^ 2017 UCLA Gymnastics Information Guide. p. 47.
  18. ^ "Pac-12 All-Century Women's Gymnastics team announced". Pac-12. February 2, 2016.
  19. ^ "UCLA Hosts Georgia, Stanford Sunday". UCLA. March 2, 2016.
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