In late July 2012, Raisman and her U.S. Olympic womens gymnastics teammatesGabrielle Douglas, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber, a group that would become known as the Fierce Fivetook home a team gold medal.

Who Is Aly Raisman Born in 1994, Aly Raisman started gymnastics at an early age and helped the U.S.

World Championships.

The following year, she won two gold medalsone in the team competition and the other in the individual floor exerciseand a bronze medal on the beam at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.

In 2016, Raisman returned to the Olympics in Rio, winning silver medals in the individual all-around final and floor exercise and a gold in the womens gymnastics team competition.

In 2017, Raisman revealed she had experienced sexual abuse at the hands of former team doctor Larry Nassar, and the following year she sued USA Gymnastics and the U.S.

Olympic Committee.

Early Life A member of the U.S.

Olympic womens gymnastics team, Aly Raisman started learning her sport not long after she began walking.

In an interview with USA Gymnastics, she said, I was 2 years old when my mom put me in mommy and me classes.

I always had a lot of energy so it was the perfect fit The oldest of four children, Raisman is the daughter of two athletic parents.

Her mother was a gymnast in high school and her father played hockey.

At the age of 10, Raisman took her training to another level.

She started working with Mihai and Sylvie Brestyan at their American Gymnastics Club in Burlington, Massachusetts.

Around the age of 14, Raisman had begun to compete on an elite level.

That same year, Raisman won the junior vault event at the American Classic.

Top Gymnast By 2010, Raisman proved that she had the right stuff to be a world-class gymnast.

She was part of the silver medal-winning team at the World Championships and claimed three bronze medals at the Visa National Championships that year.

Raisman went on to win the CoverGirl Classic in 2011, and earned a bronze medal in the floor exercise at the 2011 World Championships.

She and her teammatesJordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, Sabrina Vega and McKayla Maroneyalso took home the gold medal at the 2011 World Championships, in the team competition.

Raisman worked hard to balance her love of gymnastics with her school work.

She went to Needham High School through her junior year, and completed her studies online in 2012.

The gymnastics definitely takes a priority, but shes very good with still trying to keep in touch with friends and having a little bit of normalcy, her mother, Lynn Raisman, told ESPN.

Raisman made the U.S.

Olympic womens gymnastics team in 2012.

While the 18-year-old gymnast was selected to be the teams captain, much of the initial media attention focused on Raismans teammates, Jordyn Wieber and Gabby Douglas.

Once the games started, however, Raisman showed the judges that she was no underdog.

She beat out Wieber for a spot to compete in the all-around finals.

In late July 2012, Raisman and her U.S.

Olympic womens gymnastics teammatesGabrielle Douglas, Kyla Ross, McKayla Maroney and Jordyn Wieber, a group that would become known as the Fierce Fivetook home a team gold medal.

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