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In Romania, of course, gymnastics is among the most popular sports, and my parents had a dream of escaping the Ceausescu regime and giving their child a better life. So they came to the United States and put me in gymnastics.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Among Better Better Life Came Child Course Dream Escaping Giving Gymnastics Had Life Me Most Parents Popular Put Regime Romania Sports States United United States

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For as long as I can remember, my mother went to church every single Sunday. She was born and raised in Romania as a person with limited means, and faith was something she could rely on - something that was free.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Born Church Could Every Faith Free Limited Long Means Mother Person Raised Rely Remember Romania She Single Something Sunday I Can

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Since my mother is an extremely devoted Christian Orthodox woman, she prayed a great deal and taught me how to pray.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Christian Deal Devoted Extremely Great Great Deal How Me Mother Orthodox Pray Prayed She Since Taught Woman

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When you have traveled the world, won Olympic gold, and gone through a very public court battle against your parents all by the age of seventeen, surprises don't come easy.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Against Age Battle Come Court Easy Gold Gone Olympic Olympic Gold Parents Public Seventeen Surprises Through Traveled Very Won World You Your

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As a competitive gymnast, my life has always been filled with challenges that would ultimately define my future. From day one, I was taught to be prepared at all costs.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Always Be Prepared Been Challenges Competitive Costs Day Day One Define Filled Future Gymnast Life My Life Prepared Taught Ultimately Would

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My parents, Romanian immigrants, struggled to provide me a better life than the ones they had left in their homeland. They worked hard to give me every opportunity in life, and once I showed natural talent as a young gymnast, they spent every last penny on my training.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Better Better Life Every Every Opportunity Give Give Me Gymnast Had Hard Homeland Immigrants Last Left Life Me Natural Once Opportunity Parents Penny Provide Spent Struggled Talent Than Training Worked Young

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Standing on the podium at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta and receiving a gold medal was the crowning jewel in a successful gymnastics career and, most certainly, the confirmation that my parents' sacrifices were not in vain.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Atlanta Career Certainly Confirmation Crowning Games Gold Gold Medal Gymnastics Jewel Medal Most Olympic Olympic Games Parents Podium Receiving Sacrifices Standing Successful Vain Were

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I can barely recall a single holiday when my father didn't make a scene or create some kind of chaos. We were always walking on eggshells.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Always Barely Chaos Create Father Holiday Kind Make Recall Scene Single Some Walking Were I Can

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I was awkward-looking with huge brown eyes, dark brown, pencil-straight hair styled into an old-school Romanian bowl haircut from the 1980s. And I was very, very small. I was always the tiniest kid on my street and in my classes at school... The gym was the one place I didn't have to worry about feeling awkward for being so petite.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: About Always Awkward Being Bowl Brown Classes Dark Eyes Feeling Gym Hair Haircut Huge Kid Place School Small Street Very Worry 1980S

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I was 26 years old when I found out that I had a sister who I never knew existed.

~Dominique Moceanu

Topics: Existed Found Had Knew Never Old Out Sister Who Years

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Biography

Nationality: American

Type: Athlete

Born: September 30th, 1981

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