Marisa Dick
{{Short description|Trinidadian artistic gymnast (born 1997)}}
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| fullname = Marisa Roseanne Dick
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| birth_place = Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
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| club = Capital City Gymnastics Centre (CAN)
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| headcoach = Anita Pelletier
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Marisa Roseanne Dick is a Canadian-born former artistic gymnast who represented Trinidad and Tobago in international competitions. She became Trinidad and Tobago's first Olympian in gymnastics when she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Additionally, she competed at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. She is the originator of two balance beam mounts that are named after her in the Code of Points.
Early life
Dick was born on 26 May 1997 in Kamloops, British Columbia, to a Trinidadian mother. She graduated from Paul Kane High School in St. Albert, Alberta. She trained in gymnastics at the Capital City Gymnastics Centre in Edmonton.
Gymnastics career
= 2013–2015 =
Dick began competing internationally for Trinidad and Tobago, her mother's native country, in 2013. She competed at the 2013 Pan American Championships but did not advance into any of the event finals.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2013 Pan American Championships |url=https://thegymter.net/2013/08/11/2013-pan-american-championships/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=11 August 2013}} She then competed at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, and finished 50th in the all-around qualifications. She did not advance into any individual finals.{{cite web |title=44thArtistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp (BEL) Women's Qualification |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/worlds/2013/wag/qind.pdf |publisher=International Gymnastics Federation |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=26 April 2021 |date=1 October 2013}}
At the 2014 Commonwealth Gymnastics Invitational, she won the uneven bars gold medal, the balance beam silver medal, and the vault and all-around bronze medals.{{cite web |title=Commonwealth Gymnastics medals for Albert, Dick |url=https://trinidadexpress.com/news/local/commonwealth-gymnastics-medals-for-albert-dick/article_30c0e476-9f19-568e-bfee-8307b4527715.html |website=Trinidad Express Newspapers |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=27 April 2014}} She tore her Achilles tendon while competing on the floor exercise at the 2014 Pan American Championships. She had to withdraw from the rest of the season, including the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2014 World Championships. She returned to training six months later and competed as a guest at the 2015 Canadian Championships.{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Jeff |title=Gymnast returns to form |url=https://www.stalbertgazette.com/local-sports/gymnast-returns-to-form-1289434 |website=St. Albert Gazette |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=27 June 2015}}
Dick returned to international competition at the 2015 Pan American Games and advanced to the all-around final in 20th place. She improved her result to finish 14th in the final.{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Jeff |title=Gymnast shines at Pan Am Games |url=https://www.stalbertgazette.com/local-sports/gymnast-shines-at-pan-am-games-1289666 |website=St. Albert Gazette |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=25 July 2015}} She then competed at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow despite dislocating a rib the day before the event.{{cite web |title=Dick Marisa - FIG Athlete Profile |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/athletes/bio_detail.php?id=37293 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=29 June 2025}} She finished 77th in the all-around qualifications with a score of 51.499. At that competition, she performed the switch leap balance beam mount for the first time, and as the first gymnast to complete the mount in international competition, it was named after her in the Code of Points.{{cite web |title=St. Albert gymnast creates new move, lands spot in the history books |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/edmonton/st-albert-gymnast-creates-new-move-lands-spot-in-the-history-books-1.3401751 |website=CBC News |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=13 January 2016}}
= 2016 =
Dick began the 2016 season at the WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas, and finished fifth in the all-around.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2016 WOGA Classic Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2016/02/17/2016-woga-classic-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=17 February 2016}} She then placed tenth in the all-around at the International Gymnix in Montreal. She advanced into the vault and uneven bars event finals and finished fifth in both.{{cite web |title=L'International Gymnix 2016 - Finales Challenge - Saut |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/am/can/gymnix/challengeaf1vt.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=6 March 2016}}{{cite web |title=L'International Gymnix 2016 - Finales Challenge - Barres |url=https://gymnasticsresults.com/archive/2016/am/can/gymnix/challengeaf2ub.pdf |website=Gymnastics Results |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=6 March 2016}} She competed as a guest at the Canadian Championships and finished 19th in the all-around.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=2016 Canadian Championships Results |url=https://thegymter.net/2016/06/02/2016-canadian-championships-results/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=2 June 2016}}
Because teammate Thema Williams placed higher than her in the all-around at the 2015 World Championships, the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) awarded Williams the berth to the 2016 Olympic Test Event—the final qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics—based on their initial selection criteria. However, in the months leading up to the event, Dick outscored Williams at multiple competitions. The TTGF pulled Williams from the Olympic Test Event two days before the competition due to poor podium training, and Dick flew into Rio to compete. Williams's appeal to the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee was then denied. Dick finished 55th in the all-around and earned a berth to the Olympic Games.{{cite web |last1=Hopkins |first1=Lauren |title=The Trinidad Situation Explained |url=https://thegymter.net/2016/05/02/the-trinidad-situation-explained/ |website=The Gymternet |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=2 May 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Barnes |first1=Dan |title=Her weekend in Rio: St. Albert gymnast Marisa Dick qualifies for the Olympics |url=https://edmontonjournal.com/sports/her-weekend-in-rio-st-albert-gymnast-marisa-dick-qualifies-for-the-olympics |website=Edmonton Journal |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=18 April 2016}}{{cite news|first=Laura|last=Armstrong|title=Canadian-born gymnast Marisa Dick mired in Olympic controversy|url=https://www.thestar.com/sports/olympics/2016/08/04/canadian-born-gymnast-marisa-dick-mired-in-olympic-controversy.html|publisher=Toronto Star|accessdate=11 August 2018|date=24 July 2016}}
Dick represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Olympics and became the country's first-ever Olympian in gymnastics.{{cite web |last1=Etchells |first1=Daniel |title=Dick confirmed as Trinidad and Tobago's Rio 2016 gymnast after bitter dispute |url=https://www.insidethegames.biz/articles/1037084/dick-confirmed-as-trinidad-and-tobagos-rio-2016-gymnast-after-bitter-dispute |website=Inside the Games |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=3 May 2016}} She fell off the uneven bars and finished 55th in the qualifications with an all-around score of 50.832.{{cite web |last1=Hansen |first1=Jeff |title=Olympic history for gymnast |url=https://www.stalbertgazette.com/local-sports/olympic-history-for-gymnast-1292719 |website=St. Albert Gazette |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=13 August 2016}}{{cite news|title=Artistic Gymnastics: Women's Qualification Subdivision 4 Results |url=https://www.rio2016.com/en/artistic-gymnastics-womens-qualification-subdivision-4 |publisher=Rio 2016 |accessdate=11 August 2018 |url-status=dead |archiveurl=https://web.archive.org/web/20160826202940/https://www.rio2016.com/en/artistic-gymnastics-womens-qualification-subdivision-4|archivedate=26 August 2016 }} While there, she debuted a new balance beam mount, a switch leap with a half turn, that was named after her in the Code of Points.{{cite web |title=Gymnast Marisa Dick has created a tricky move with a trickier name |url=https://sports.yahoo.com/gymnast-marisa-dick-has-created-a-tricky-move-with-a-trickier-name-011541845.html?guccounter=1&guce_referrer=aHR0cHM6Ly93d3cuZ29vZ2xlLmNvbS8&guce_referrer_sig=AQAAAD1kR2d0b1_yWrR9Y5IDtHX-1g-O4aoUSpbdq1Zt2guXz2eYA3JEMX_vpyw40e9zDM-577VwJlgoU6cY0J2Q0qx78B5QSj7lEta6HofSCWDpEWlUPxSBhEHRNZrpMxOCHRszzqwUf9ytuT4taxE9Z7D3UlDShYcCxPzmI84XOBqm |website=Yahoo! Sports |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=6 August 2016}}{{cite web |last1=Cohen |first1=Ben |title=The Gymnastics Move That Must Not Be Named |url=https://www.wsj.com/articles/the-gymnastics-move-that-must-not-be-named-1470435683?gaa_at=eafs&gaa_n=ASWzDAgfU7aVgkhSYuP7m_nQ0GKkOzqq9C5SeilZ1BiSxywCouTwINPCekawT8R95vo%3D&gaa_ts=6861c042&gaa_sig=l1B9juCs2U-dWw5bRLyfUBahWke2xfkKEzWaDP0buYKasHOYEXNltGCfX36tQ0-DpBvaV_CUbVI0VuDATKhchg%3D%3D |website=The Wall Street Journal |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=6 August 2016}} The Olympics were the final competition of Dick's career.{{cite web |title=Marisa Dick |url=https://thegymter.net/marisa-dick/ |website=The Gymternet |date=20 December 2015 |access-date=29 June 2025}}
Eponymous skills
Dick has two balance beam mounts named after her in the Code of Points.{{cite web |title=2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=22 January 2022 |pages=109, 209 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead }}{{cite web |title=Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=International Gymnastics Federation |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025}}
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! Name ! Description ! Difficulty{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}} ! Added to the Code of Points ! Ref | |||||
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| rowspan="2" | Balance beam | Dick | Change leg leap to free cross split sit | C (0.3) | 2015 World Championships | {{cite web |title=New elements added to Women's Artistic code of points for 2015 |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1437281 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=18 November 2015}} |
| Dick II | Leap with leg change and {{Frac|1|2}} turn (180°) to free cross split sit | D (0.4) | 2016 Olympic Games | {{cite web |title=Four original Gymnastics elements named for their inventors at Rio Olympic Games |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/site/news/displaynews.php?urlNews=1651205 |website=International Gymnastics Federation |access-date=29 June 2025 |date=30 April 2016}} |
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Category:Canadian sportspeople of Trinidad and Tobago descent
Category:Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games
Category:Gymnasts at the 2016 Summer Olympics
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Category:Trinidad and Tobago female artistic gymnasts
Category:Pan American Games competitors for Trinidad and Tobago