From a young age, Zmeskal trained with coaching great Béla Károlyi, who had bought a run-down gym in Zmeskal's Houston, Texas neighborhood. Miller had a step-out penalty and scored a 9.762. Kimberly Lynn "Kim" Zmeskal Burdette (born February 6, 1976) is an American gymnastics coach who was a former national and world gymnastics champion in the early 1990s. Kim Zmeskal went into the Olympic Games a heavy favorite to win the gold. She returned to Karolyi in 1995 in hopes of making the 1996 Olympic team. Although she would rebound with performances on the floor, vault, and bars, Zmeskal was in 32nd place after the compulsories and 5th on the American team. In the U.S. National Championships and Olympic Trials, Zmeskal battled an emerging Shannon Miller, with Miller defeating … Kim was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2001, and International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2012. Kim Zmeskal of Houston and Svetlana Boguinskaia of the CIS were sent toward retirement without individual medals. In the end, Zmeskal prevailed by 0.112, and her bouncy, flawlessly-executed “Rock Around the Clock” floor routine has since become one of the definitive classic U.S. gymnastics performances.

Enter Kim Zmeskal, Bela's latest finely polished gem, a 14-year-old who makes a mockery of the adage good things come in small packages. Barry Sweet/AP Kim Zmeskal and Martha Karolyi celebrate after Zmeskal finishes her bar routine at a 1990 meet. Kim Zmeskal born February 6,1976 from Houston, TX is an Olympic medalist, 3-time World Champion in women's gymnastics and the 1st American to ever win the World Championships All-Around Gold Medal in 1991. Then came the floor exercise. A fall from compulsory beam took Zmeskal out of the running; she finished 10th all-around. She returned to Karolyi in 1995 in hopes of making the 1996 Olympic team. From a young age, Zmeskal trained with coaching great Béla Károlyi, who had bought a run-down gym in Zmeskal's Houston, Texas neighborhood. She currently trains at Texas Dreams Gymnastics, coached by former World Champion Kim Zmeskal.Prior to moving there in 2013, she trained at NorthWind Gymnastics Center, coached by former Soviet and Belarusian World Champion Elena Piskun. “I was almost scared to walk up there [for the medal ceremony] because I wasn’t sure if I heard it right.” Kimberly Lynn "Kim" Zmeskal Burdette (born February 6, 1976) is a retired American gymnast and a former National and World gymnastics champion in the early 1990s. A fall from compulsory beam took Zmeskal out of the running; she finished 10th all-around. Zmeskal fell off the balance beam during her compulsory routine on the first night of competition. After Barcelona, Zmeskal finished high school and coached a bit. Zmeskal was born in Houston, Texas.
Kim was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2001, and International Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2012. Zmeskal would again fall short of the top in the all-around, finishing 10th after stepping out of bounds during her floor routine. Having recently become world champion, Americans had high hopes for Zmeskal and the U.S. team heading the Barcelona 1992 Olympic Games, with Zmeskal earning the cover of both Time and Newsweek magazines before the Games. Zmeskal unleashed a new tumbling routine and scored a 9.95.

The first American champion Bela and Martha coached from scratch was Kim Zmeskal, who was world champion in 1991 and was on the 1992 Olympic Team in Barcelona, where USA won a bronze in the all-around competition. Zmeskal was born in Houston, Texas. After Barcelona, Zmeskal finished high school and coached a bit. See more ideas about Gymnastics, Sports photography, Sports. From a young age, Zmeskal trained with coaching great Béla Károlyi, who had bought a run-down gym in Zmeskal's Houston, Texas neighborhood. Mar 12, 2013 - Explore sasq09's board "For the love of Gymnastics" on Pinterest. ... “Kim has the most dynamic floor routine,” Karolyi said. Kim is 4 feet 4. Zmeskal would again fall short of the top in the all-around, finishing 10th after stepping out of bounds during her floor routine. Unfortunately, she tore her ACL during an exhibition floor routine and went to Atlanta as a spectator.

Although she would rebound with performances on the floor, vault, and bars, Zmeskal was in 32nd place after the compulsories and 5th on the American team. Mar 4, 2012 - Explore christynewman's board "Sports Photography - Gymnastics", followed by 585 people on Pinterest.

Zmeskal fell off the balance beam during her compulsory routine on the first night of competition. She's been bulking up lately and just slid by the 70-pound mark. Kimberly Lynn "Kim" Zmeskal Burdette (born February 6, 1976) is an American gymnastics coach who was a former national and world gymnastics champion in the early 1990s. Happy birthday to American legend Kim Zmeskal Burdette!Check out her optional floor routine at the 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials - we don't see much tumbling like this anymore. Zmeskal continued to impress audiences throughout 1990, winning the U.S. Championships all-around title and competing at the prestigious Goodwill Games in Seattle. By 1991, Zmeskal was considered to be the main “rival” of the Soviet Union’s Svetlana Boguinskaia, a two-time Olympic champion in 1988. Happy birthday to American legend Kim Zmeskal Burdette!Check out her optional floor routine at the 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials - we don't see much tumbling like this anymore.