Brenda Vianey Magaña Almaral (born July 27, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican artistic gymnast. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersault dismount from the uneven bars at a World Championships or Olympics, which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
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| Born | July 27, 1977 (age 49) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | World Olympic Gymnastics Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bogomil Ivanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She began practicing gymnastics at the age of three at the Club Deportivo Atlas Paradero in Guadalajara but then started training at WOGA Gymnastics in Texas, United States.[1] She was five years old when she participated in her first international competition in Czechoslovakia.[1]
Eponymous skill
editMagaña has the triple back somersault dismount off the uneven bars named after her in the Code of Points.[2][3]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] | Added to the Code of Points |
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| Uneven bars | Magaña | Swing forward to triple back salto tucked | G (0.7) | 2002 World Championships |
- ↑ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points
References
edit- 1 2 "Deportistas Mexicanos en Atenas 2004". Centro Nacional de Informacion y Documentacion de Cultura Fisica y Deporte (in Spanish). Archived from the original on 2004-12-16. Retrieved 2023-08-27.
- ↑ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. p. 103. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
- ↑ "Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.