Jamie Dantzscher

{{Infobox gymnast

| name = Jamie Dantzscher

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| fullname = Jamie Annette Dantzscher

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| country = {{USA}}

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| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1982|05|02}}

| birth_place = Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California, U.S.

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| discipline = WAG

| natlteam = 1994–2001 (USA)

| club = Charter Oak Gliders

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| collegeteam = UCLA Bruins

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| formercoach = Beth Rybacki
Steve Rybacki

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| music = "My Drag" (1999); "La Cumparsita" (2000)

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| show-medals = yes

| medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's artistic gymnastics}}

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Jamie Annette Dantzscher (born May 2, 1982){{Cite news |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2013/4/17/208191076.aspx |title=Player Bio: Jamie Dantzscher |work=uclabruins.com |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}} is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning American team at the 2000 Olympics in Sydney.{{Cite news |first=Selena |last=Roberts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/21/sports/olympics-the-road-to-sydney-miller-out-but-dawes-and-chow-make-team.html |title=Miller Out, but Dawes and Chow Make Team |work=The New York Times |date=August 21, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}

Early life

Dantzscher was born in Canoga Park, California and raised in San Dimas, California. She graduated from San Dimas High School. She trained at Charter Oak Gliders in Covina under Beth Kline-Rybacki and Steve Rybacki.{{Cite news |first=Diane |last=Pucin |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-28-ss-28175-story.html |title=Encouraging Sign for Father of Gymnast |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 28, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}

Elite gymnastics career

Dantzscher was a member of the United States national gymnastics team for eight years, starting in 1994. In her international debut, the 1996 City of Popes competition in France, she won the all-around and floor exercise titles.{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/d/jdantzscher.html |title=USA Gymnastics Official Biography: Jamie Dantzscher |website=usagym.org |access-date=2017-05-08 |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205141141/https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/d/jdantzscher.html |url-status=dead}}

She competed in her first senior U.S. Nationals in 1997, finishing sixth in the all-around.{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-23-sp-25254-story.html |title=On The EDGE |last=Henson |first=Steve |date=1997-08-23 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}} Her placement would have qualified her to the U.S. squad for the 1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, but at 15, she was too young to meet the International Federation of Gymnastics' newly raised minimum age requirement. She went on to compete at the 1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Tianjin, where she placed fifth with the American team.{{Cite book |first=Dvora |last=Meyers |title=The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score |publisher=Touchstone |year=2016 |isbn=978-1501101366 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/endofperfect10ma0000meye/page/132 132] |url=https://archive.org/details/endofperfect10ma0000meye/page/132}}

In 2000, Dantzscher won her first national all-around medal, a bronze.{{Cite news |first=Dan |last=Loumena |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-16-sp-21768-story.html |title=Gymnast Turns Potential Into Olympic Appearance |work=Los Angeles Times |date=September 16, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}} She placed fifth at the Olympic Trials, securing a berth on the U.S. team for the 2000 Summer Olympics in Sydney.

= 2000 Olympics =

Dantzscher fell on the floor exercise during the team preliminaries in Sydney but competed well in the team finals, scoring 9.429 on vault, 9.700 on the uneven bars and 9.712 on floor. The U.S. team initially finished fourth, behind Romania, Russia, and China.{{Cite news |first=Phil |last=Sheridan |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/19/us-women-gymnasts-must-settle-for-4th/ |title=U.S. Women Gymnasts Must Settle For 4th |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=August 19, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}

Dantzscher was one of the most visible members of the U.S. Olympic team in the media because of her outspoken opposition to the policies of the national team coordinator, Béla Károlyi, whom she called a "puppeteer".{{Cite news |first=Diana |last=Pucin |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-05-sp-61404-story.html |title=Healing Time for Gymnast |work=Los Angeles Times |date=December 15, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}{{Cite news |first=Larry |last=Stone |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/uw-gymnastics-coach-elise-ray-in-good-place-after-overcoming-olympic-disappointment/ |title=UW gymnastics coach Elise Ray in good place after overcoming Olympic disappointment |publisher=The Seattle Times |date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=May 8, 2017}} Her opinions about Károlyi, which were echoed by some of her teammates and their coaches, were published in many major news outlets during the Olympics.{{Cite news |first=John |last=Eisenberg |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2000/09/20/finger-pointing-is-the-next-event-after-us-gymnasts-fail-to-medal/ |title=Finger-pointing is the next event after U.S. gymnasts fail to medal |publisher=Baltimore Sun |date=September 20, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}

On April 28, 2010, Dantzscher and the other women on the 2000 Olympic team were awarded the bronze medal in the team competition when it was discovered that the Chinese team had falsified the age of one of its gymnasts, Dong Fangxiao.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/sports/olympics/27gymnasts.html |title=Chinese Gymnast Dong Fangxiao Is Ruled to Have Been Under Age in 2000 Olympics |last=Macur |first=Juliet |date=2010-02-26 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2017-05-08 |issn=0362-4331}} Dong's results were nullified, and the International Olympic Committee stripped the Chinese team of its medal.{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/04/28/olympics.china.stripped.bronze/index.html?hpt=T2 |title=China stripped of 2000 Olympic bronze |date=2010-04-28 |work=CNN |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}}

NCAA career

After the Olympics, Dantzscher joined the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team. During her NCAA career, she achieved a UCLA record 28 perfect ten scores. In her first meet as a Bruin, she scored perfect tens on both of the events she competed, floor and bars, making her the first UCLA gymnast to score a perfect ten on her debut collegiate routine. In her four years of NCAA competition, Dantzscher achieved All-American honors 15 times, earned three Pac-10 individual titles, and was a part of three NCAA Championship-winning Bruins teams. She received the 2004 AAI Award.{{Cite web |url=https://www.americanathletic.com/aai-award-1.aspx |title=AAI Award |website=americanathletic.com |access-date=2017-05-08}}

Dantzscher was inducted into the UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame in 2016.{{Cite news |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2016/6/27/bruin-athletics-eight-inducted-into-ucla-athletics-hall-of-fame.aspx |title=Eight Inducted into UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame |date=2016-06-27 |work=UCLABruins.com |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}}{{Cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-davis-tyler-ucla-athletics-hall-of-fame-20160627-snap-story.html |title=Baron Davis and Wendell Tyler among eight to be inducted into UCLA Athletics' Hall of Fame |last=Bolch |first=Ben |date=2016-06-27 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}

= Career Perfect 10.0 =

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!Season

!Date

!Event

!Meet

rowspan="7" |2001

| rowspan="2" |January 5, 2001

|Uneven Bars

| rowspan="2" |Maui Invitational

Floor Exercise

January 19, 2001

|Floor Exercise

|UCLA @ Stanford

February 11, 2001

|Uneven Bars

|UCLA vs. Arizona,

Washington, and CSUF

February 16, 2001

| rowspan="3" |Floor Exercise

|UCLA @ Oregon State

March 4, 2001

|UCLA vs. Cal,

Utah State, and UCSB

March 24, 2001

|Pac-10 Championship

rowspan="10" |2002

|January 13, 2002

|Vault

|UCLA @ Georgia

January 18, 2002

| rowspan="6" |Floor Exercise

|UCLA vs.

Boise State @ CSUF

January 20, 2002

|UCLA vs. Arizona State

January 25, 2002

|UCLA @ Arizona

February 10, 2002

|UCLA vs. Stanford

February 17, 2002

|UCLA vs. UCSB

and UC Davis @ California

February 23, 2002

|UCLA vs. Oregon State

rowspan="3" |March 3, 2002

|Vault

| rowspan="3" |UCLA vs. Michigan,

Minnesota, and CSUF

Uneven Bars

Floor Exercise

rowspan="10" |2003

|January 2, 2003

|Floor Exercise

|UCLA vs. Oregon State

rowspan="2" |January 19, 2003

|Uneven Bars

| rowspan="2" |UCLA vs Cal,

UC Davis, and CSUF

Floor Exercise

February 7, 2003

|Uneven Bars

|UCLA @ Stanford

rowspan="2" |February 9, 2003

|Vault

| rowspan="2" |UCLA vs. Washington

Floor Exercise

rowspan="2" |February 16, 2003

|Vault

| rowspan="2" |UCLA @ Arizona State

Uneven Bars

February 23, 2003

| rowspan="2" |Floor Exercise

|UCLA vs. Arizona

April 12, 2003

|Missouri Regional

2004

|February 22, 2004

|Uneven Bars

|UCLA vs. Oregon State

Post-gymnastics career

During the 2008–09 season, Dantzscher was an assistant coach for Arizona State.{{Cite news |url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/sports/women-s-gymnastics-announces-the-hiring-of-two-former-olympians/article_73ad8f6f-867b-571b-a3d4-622685edfa88.html |title=Women's gymnastics announces the hiring of two former Olympians |date=2008-08-18 |work=East Valley Tribune |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}} Before that, she coached at three gyms in California: Diamond Elite Gymnastics in Chino, Club Champion in Pasadena, and East Bay Sports Academy in Concord.

On March 29, 2017, Dantzscher was one of several former gymnasts who testified before Congress about the sexual abuse committed by USA Gymnastics' national team doctor, Larry Nassar.{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/sports/facing-congress-some-sports-officials-not-all-begin-to-confront-sex-abuse.html |title=Facing Congress, Some Sports Officials (Not All) Begin to Confront Sexual Abuse |last=Macur |first=Juliet |date=2017-03-29 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2017-05-08 |issn=0362-4331}}{{Cite web |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/03/28/jamie-dantzscher-larry-nassar-sexual-abuse-video/ |title=U.S. gymnasts give emotional testimony about sexual abuse |last=Associated Press |date=2017-03-28 |website=NBC Sports |access-date=2017-05-08}} She indicated she had been abused "all over the world", and that she thought she was the only one.{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/video/2017/03/28/former-gymnast-doctor-abused-me-all-over?videoId=371379837 |title=Former gymnast: Doctor abused me 'all over the world' |date=2017-03-28 |work=Reuters |access-date=2017-05-08}}

Personal life

Dantzscher's parents and her six siblings all have first names beginning with the letter J. Two of her younger sisters, twins Janelle{{Cite news |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2013/4/17/208190978.aspx |title=Player Bio: Janelle Dantzscher |work=UCLABruins.com |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}} and Jalynne,{{Cite news |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2013/4/17/208191028.aspx |title=Player Bio: Jalynne Dantzscher |work=UCLABruins.com |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}} also competed on the UCLA gymnastics team. Jalynne competed with the Bruins for one season before retiring from gymnastics because of a recurring injury.{{Cite web |url=http://pac-12.com/article/2006/10/26/jalynne-dantzscher-retires-gymnastics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628234152/http://pac-12.com/article/2006/10/26/jalynne-dantzscher-retires-gymnastics |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2016 |title=Jalynne Dantzscher Retires From Gymnastics |date=2006-10-26 |website=Pac-12 News |language=en |access-date=2017-05-08}} Dantzscher's oldest sister, Jennifer Pippin, died in April 2017 of asthma-related causes.{{Cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-Crawford-out-of-lineup-as-Bumgarner-11072281.php |title=Giants' Crawford out of lineup after sister-in-law's death |last=Schulman |first=Henry |date=2017-04-13 |work=SFGate |access-date=2017-05-09}}{{Cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/13/giants-lineup-brandon-crawford-grieves-a-loss-in-his-wifes-family/ |title=Giants lineup: Brandon Crawford grieving a loss |last=Baggarly |first=Andrew |date=2017-04-25 |website=Mercury News |access-date=2017-05-08}}

Dantzscher is a Latter-day Saint.{{Cite news |first=Travis |last=Toone |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/top/875/25/Jamie-Dantzscher-Mormons-in-Olympic-history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225180057/http://www.deseretnews.com/top/875/25/Jamie-Dantzscher-Mormons-in-Olympic-history.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 25, 2014 |title=Mormons in Olympic history |publisher=Deseret News |date=July 27, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2017}} She is the sister-in-law of Brandon Crawford, the San Francisco Giants shortstop, who is married to Jalynne Dantzscher.{{Cite news |first=Ann |last=Killion |url=http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Brandon-Crawford-living-the-dream-3930508.php |title=Brandon Crawford: living the dream |publisher=SFGate.com |date=October 8, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}

In February 2017, three former gymnasts, Dantzscher, Jeanette Antolin and Jessica Howard, gave an interview with 60 Minutes in which they accused Larry Nassar of sexually abusing them. The gymnasts also alleged that the "emotionally abusive environment" at the national team training camps run by Béla and Márta Károlyi at the Karolyi Ranch gave Nassar an opportunity to take advantage of the gymnasts and made them afraid to speak up about the abuse.{{cite web |first=Brit |last=McCandless |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-60-minutes-former-gymnasts-allege-sexual-abuse/ |title=On 60 Minutes, former gymnasts allege sexual abuse |publisher=CBS News |date=February 19, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2018}}