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Shannon Miller

Awards And Accomplishments



1989 First place uneven bars and third place all-around, Junior National Championships
1990 First place all-around, vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, and second place uneven bars, Catania Cup
1991 First place balance beam and third place vault, United States Gymnastics Championships
1991 Second place team and uneven bars, World Gymnastics Championships
1992 First place all-around, United States Olympic Trials
1992 Second place all-around and balance beam, third place team, uneven bars, and floor exercise, Olympic Games
1992 Named Oklahoma Ambassador of Goodwill
1992 Named Edmond Citizen of the Year
1992 First female recipient of the Steve Reeves Award by the New York Downtown Athletic Club
1992 Received Jim Thorpe Award by the Oklahoma Amateur Athletic Union
1992 James E. Sullivan Award nominee by the Amateur Athletic Union
1993 First place team, all-around, vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, and second place uneven bars, United States Olympic Festival
1993 First place all-around, vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise, McDonald's American Cup
1993 First place all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise, World Gymnastics Championships
1993 James E. Sullivan Award nominee by the Amateur Athletic Union
1993 Received Governor's Youth Award by the State of Oklahoma
1993 Named Female Athlete of the Year by the National March of Dimes
1993 Received Presidential medallion by USA Gymnastics
1994 First place all-around and balance beam, World Gymnastics Championships
1994 First place balance beam and floor exercise, second place all-around, vault and uneven bars, Goodwill Games
1994 James E. Sullivan Award nominee by the Amateur Athletic Union
1994 Received Dial Award for National High School Athlete/Scholar
1994 Named Athlete of the Year by the USA Gymnastics Congress
1994 Received Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award
1994 Team Xerox Olympian
1994 Received Master of Sport Award
1994 Received Jim Thorpe Award by the Oklahoma Amateur Athletic Union
1995 James E. Sullivan Award nominee by the Amateur Athletic Union
1996 First place team and balance beam, Olympic Games
1996 James E. Sullivan Award nominee by the Amateur Athletic Union
1997 Co-Grand Marshal of the Rose Bowl Parade with Carl Lewis
1997 First place all-around, second place team, World University Games
2000 First place vault, Mississauga Gymnastics Challenge
2000 Second place uneven bars, John Hancock United States Gymnastics Championships
2002 Inducted into the Oklahoma Sports Hall of Fame

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