Nancy Goldsmith
{{short description|Israeli artistic gymnast}}
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נאנסי גולדשמידט
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Nancy (Nanci) Goldsmith ({{Langx|he|נאנסי גולדשמידט}}; born August 4, 1966) is an American citizen who competed for Israel as an Olympic gymnast.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/nancy-goldsmith-1.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418054239/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/go/nancy-goldsmith-1.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Nancy Goldsmith Bio, Stats, and Results|publisher=sports-reference.com}}
Early life and gymnastics career
Goldsmith is Jewish by birth.[http://www.jewsinsports.org/olympics.asp?ID=620 "Goldsmith, Nancy"] Much of her training (1978 - 1987) was at the National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics in Eugene, Oregon and was coached by Dick Mulvihill.{{cite web|url=http://stanforddailyarchive.com/cgi-bin/stanford?a=d&d=stanford19840109-01.2.41&e=-------en-20--1--txt-txIN-------|title=Men Gymnasts Win Open; Women Improve; 9 January 1984|work=The Stanford Daily}}
She attended Stanford University starting in January 1984 on a full gymnastics scholarship, and competed on the gymnastics team while a member of the Israel national team. In 1984, Goldsmith was named All-Western Collegiate Athletic Association. In 1987, she was named Stanford's Most Outstanding Gymnast.
Goldsmith competed for Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 17 in gymnastics. In the Women's Individual All-Around she came in 31st out of 65 competitors.{{cite web|url=https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/GYM/womens-individual-all-around.html|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200418001900/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/summer/1984/GYM/womens-individual-all-around.html|url-status=dead|archive-date=2020-04-18|title=Gymnastics at the 1984 Los Angeles Summer Games: Women's Individual All-Around|publisher=sports-reference.com}} When she competed in the Olympics she was {{convert|5|ft|2.5|in|cm|abbr=on}} tall and weighed {{convert|99|lb|kg|abbr=on}}.
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Category:Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics
Category:Israeli female artistic gymnasts
Category:Olympic gymnasts for Israel
Category:Stanford University alumni
Category:Sportspeople from Eugene, Oregon
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