Kimberly Chace
Appearance
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Birth name | Kimberly Ann Chace | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Manchester, Tennessee, U.S.[1] | May 4, 1956|||||||||||||||||||||||
Height | 5 ft 2 in (157 cm) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Weight | 110 lb (50 kg) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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Sport | Artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Chace School of Gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Kimberly Ann Chace (later Boyle, then May, born May 4, 1956) is an American retired artistic gymnast, who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics[2] and placed 14th all around in 1972; her teams finished fourth in 1972 and sixth in 1976.[1] She also won five medals at the 1971 Pan American Games, including two gold medals.[3] In 1996, Chace was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.[4]
Chace was trained by her father. In July 1973 she married Chuck Boyle. They had a child born in 1974, and briefly ran their own gymnastics club, before divorcing by 1976.[1] She then made her comeback to sports and finished at 14th place in the Olympic Games which was the highest in the US women's team.[5]
Competitive history
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1966 | Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic | ![]() |
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1967 | Florida AAU JO Championships | ![]() |
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1968 | AAU Regional Championships | ![]() |
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Florida AAU JO Championships | ![]() |
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Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic | ![]() |
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Southwest Florida Invitational Championships | ![]() |
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Valastic Invitational | ![]() |
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1969 | AAU JO Nationals | ![]() |
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AAU Regional Championships | ![]() |
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Gold Coast District AAU Meet | ![]() |
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Senior | |||||||
1970 | AAU Championships | 6 | |||||
Manitoba World Invitational | ![]() |
8 | ![]() | ||||
World Trials | 5 | ![]() |
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4 | |||
World Championships | 7 | 61 | |||||
1971 | USA-USSR Dual Meet | ![]() |
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Pan American Trials | ![]() |
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Pan American Games | ![]() |
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4 | ![]() |
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USGF Championships | ![]() |
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World Cup | ![]() |
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1972 | Chunichi Cup | 6 | |||||
Fukuoka Cup | 5 | 5 | |||||
Tokyo Cup | 7 | ||||||
USA-JPN Dual Meet | ![]() |
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USGF Championships | ![]() |
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Olympic Games | 4 | 28 | |||||
1973 | AAU Championships | ![]() |
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Antibes International | ![]() |
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USA-ROM Dual Meet | 4 | ||||||
USGF Elite Championships | 6 | ![]() |
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1975 | 1st National Elite Qualification Meet | ![]() |
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Region VIII Elite Qualifier | ![]() |
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1976 | USA-CAN-MEX Tri-Meet | 6 | |||||
U.S. Championships | 5 | 4 | |||||
U.S. Olympic Trials | ![]() |
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Olympic Games | 6 | 14 |
References
[edit]- ^ a b c Kimberly Chace. sports-reference.com
- ^ "Kimberly Ann CHASE".
- ^ Steven Olderr (2009). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadística, 1951–1999, edición bilingüe. McFarland. pp. 123–127. ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.
- ^ Kimberly Chace. usagymlegacy.org
- ^ "Gymn Forum: Kim Chace biography".
- ^ "Kim Chace (USA)". Gymn Forum. October 11, 2019. Retrieved August 2, 2022.
Categories:
- 1956 births
- Living people
- American female artistic gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 1972 Summer Olympics
- Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics
- Olympic gymnasts for the United States
- People from Manchester, Tennessee
- Gymnasts at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 1971 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics
- Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States in gymnastics
- Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics
- 20th-century American sportswomen