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My parents enrolled me in a gymnastics class when I was three years old, and I just was drawn to gymnastics. I loved it. It was my playground, and I could run around and be free there.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Around Class Could Drawn Enrolled Free Gymnastics Just Loved Me Old Parents Playground Run Three Years

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I have a secret sibling that I never knew existed and who was given up for adoption at birth by my parents, and she was born without legs.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Adoption Birth Born Existed Given Knew Legs Never Parents Secret She Sibling Up Who Without

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I certainly believe that having my husband be in my life has been a tremendous blessing.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Been Believe Blessing Certainly Having Husband Life My Life Tremendous

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I realized I was the one doing all the training, earning the money, and my parents were living off of me.

~Dominique Moceanu

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Training with Bela and Marta Karolyi took the joy out of the Olympics for me. I look back and feel there was a lot of verbal and physical abuse. For years, I felt it was my problem.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Abuse Back Feel Felt Joy Look Lot Me Olympics Out Physical Problem Took Training Verbal Years

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I don't think ethical people deal with intimidation as a method to achieve success. Undermining someone's self-esteem isn't a method to achieve success.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Achieve Deal Ethical Intimidation Method People Self-Esteem Someone Success Think Undermining

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The time leading up to the 1996 Olympics was the most demanding and stressful of my career. The sport I had loved so much was slowly becoming a nightmare as I trained with Bela and Marta Karolyi the summer before the Olympics.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Becoming Before Career Demanding Had Leading Loved Most Much Nightmare Olympics Slowly Sport Stressful Summer Time Trained Up

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I was so afraid to make mistakes and get reprimanded by my coaches that the joy of the sport started slipping away.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Afraid Away Coaches Get Joy Make Mistakes Slipping Sport Started

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I'd challenge myself to see how long I could go without a fall - on beam, I once went three weeks.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Beam Challenge Could Fall Go How Long Myself Once See Three Weeks Without

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I was raised into the Romanian Orthodox culture by my parents, and most notably my mother, who is a profoundly religious and spiritual woman.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Culture Most Mother Orthodox Parents Profoundly Raised Religious Spiritual Who Woman I Was Raised

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: September 30th, 1981

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