Luci Collins
Former gymnast
Luci Collins Cummings is a former gymnast and one of the first black Olympians in the sport of gymnastics for the United States.[1][2] Collins was a member of the 1980 US Olympic Team,[3] although she did not get to compete due to the USA boycotting the 1980 games. She is credited with being the first female black Olympian on Team USA. Her parents were both Creole from New Orleans, Louisiana.
Collins was raised in Inglewood, California, a predominantly black area of Los Angeles County.[2] She currently[when?] works for a water department.[1]
References
- ^ a b "Simone Biles And Gabby Douglas Are Latest And Greatest Heroes In A Storied History Of African-American Gymnasts". TeamUSA.org. Archived from the original on March 2, 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ a b "How Dianne Durham, Bela Karolyi's first national champion, paved the way for Black gymnasts". ESPN. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
- ^ "The U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team Was Announced, and It's Pretty Damn Diverse". The Cut. 11 July 2016. Retrieved 19 July 2020.
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Team did not participate due to the 1980 Summer Olympics boycott
- Phil Cahoy
- Bart Conner
- Ron Galimore
- Larry Gerard
- Jim Hartung
- Peter Vidmar
- Mike Wilson
- Luci Collins
- Marcia Frederick
- Kathy Johnson
- Beth Kline
- Amy Koopman
- Julianne McNamara
- Tracee Talavera
- Francis Allen (Men's head coach)
- Bill Meade (Men's asst. coach)
- Ernestine Russell (Women's head coach)
- Paul Ziert (Women's asst. coach)
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