Cathy Rigby: America's Sweetheart Beat Bulimia
The world of competitive gymnastics is, as one movie explains not known as “gym-NICE-stics.” Competition is tough, the demands are great and the sport has produced some of the most inspiring athletes in sport: Nadia Comaneci, Nikolai Andrianov, Larissa Latynina, Mary Lou Retton and Bart Conner, not to mention two of my friends Melissa Marlowe and Debbie-Stark Clark.
Gymnastics, as incredible as it is, has also led to heart-breaking problems for some of its athletes. Just ask Olympic gymnast, actress and speaker Cathy Roxanne Rigby.
Born on December 12, 1952 in Los Alamitos, California, Rigby’s family was supportive of her gymnastics from an early age. Her father even built a balance beam and set of uneven bars for Cathy in their backyard (how’s that for parental support?). Under the guidance of her coach, Bud Marquette, Rigby developed her young body and skills into an award-winning combination that eventually won her 12 international medals, eight of them gold. She was even named one of America's Most Influential Women in Sports by ABC-TV's Wide World of Sports.
Known as “America’s Sweetheart of Gymnastics”, Rigby made 1968 Mexico City Olympic team for the United States and ended up the highest-scoring U.S. gymnast at the Games. She went on to win the U.S. National Gymnastic Championships in 1970 and 1972 and won silver on the balance beam at the 1970 World Championships. Just F.Y.I: that made her the first American woman to ever win a medal at World’s.
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