Alexandra Rose Raisman Bio

Alexandra Rose Raisman was born on May 25, 1994. She is a retired American artistic gymnast. She was the captain of the 2012 "Fierce Five", and"Fierce Five," and the 2016 "Final Five,"" U.S. women’s Olympic gymnastics team. She also won a team gold medal at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro. Gabby Douglas and Raisman are the only Americans to win back-to-back gold medals at this event. Raisman was also awarded silver medals in the individual all around and floor exercises. Raisman received silver medals for the individual all-around as well as the floor exercise. She also is two-time champion of the national championship in floor exercises (2012 and 2015) and was the 2012 national champion in balance beam. She is also five times a national champion in all-around competitions at national championships (silver bronze, silver 2011, 2012 and 2012 and). She was inducted into The International Jewish Sports Hall of Fame in 2013. 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 states that "I take a lot off being able to not just represent the U.S.A but also the Jewish Community across the world." Raisman started gymnastics at 18 months old. She credits her first love for gymnastics to the "Magnificent Seven", the gold medalists of the U.S. women's team at the 1996 Summer Olympics and whose performance she saw on VHS.She participated in Exxcel Gymnastics and Climbing through Level 8, when she joined Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club under coaches Mihai and Silvia Brestyan. Raisman has graduated from Needham High School in 2012. She completed her senior year online and was practicing for the Olympics.