Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

Alexandra Rose Raisman (born May 25 April 1994) is an ex-retired American artistic gymnast and two-time Olympian. She was the American women's Olympic gymnastics team captain for both the 2012 and 2016 "Fierce Five" U.S. teams. She was awarded gold in the team competitions at the 2016 Olympics. Gabby Douglas who was on her team also won gold. Raisman also earned silver medals in the individual all-around and floor exercises. Raisman also took home silver medals in the individual all-around , as well as in floor exercise. She is also the two-time national champion in floor exercise (2012,2015) as well as the 2012 national champion of balance beam and five-time medalist at the national championships all-around (silver in 2016, silver in 2012, 2011 (2012), and in 2012, 2011, and. In 2013 she was admitted into the International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame. Raisman was born on the 25th of May, 1994 in the Boston suburb of Needham, Massachusetts, to Lynn (nee Faber), who was a former gymnast at high school and Rick Raisman. She has three younger siblings: Madison, Chloe and Brett. Raisman is Jewish and has stated, "I take a lot of satisfaction from being able to not just represent the U.S.A and the Jewish community throughout the world. "Raisman began gymnastics when she was eighteen months old. She attributes her love of gymnastics to the "Magnificent Seven", an American women's group that won the gold medal at 1996 Summer Olympics. The athlete was trained at Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing up to Level 8, and then transferred to Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club, where she was trained by Silvia Brestyan and Mihai Brestyan. Raisman was a graduate of Needham High School, 2012 after completing her senior year through online classes and training for the Olympics.