Magnificent Seven gymnasts: Where are they now?
The members of the Magnificent Seven stand proudly on the Olympic podium after being awarded their gold medals in the team competition at the 1996 Games. From left to right, the team was composed of Amanda Borden, Dominique Dawes, Amy Chow, Jaycie Phelps, Dominique Moceanu, Kerri Strug and Shannon MIller. (AP)
Back in 1996, Shannon Miller earned the title of the most decorated gymnast in U.S. history after winning nine world championship medals and seven Olympic medals. In 2011, she was diagnosed with ovarian cancer but has since been declared cancer-free. Today, Miller lives in Jacksonville, Florida, and is president of both Shannon Miller Lifestyle: Health and Fitness for Women and the Shannon Miller Foundation. She has a son and a daughter with husband John Falconetti. (AP)
Amanda Borden helped the Magnificent Seven win gold in Atlanta as the team's captain. Though her Olympic career ended after 1996, Borden attended Arizona State University where she was a manager of the school's gymnastics team. Borden now lives in Arizona and co-owns a gymnastics gym with her husband, Brad Cochran. The two have a daughter and two sons. (@amandakborden on instagram)
In addition to playing a key role as part of the Magnificent Seven, Dominique Dawes became the first black gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal in 1996. Dawes also won medals with Team USA in 1992 and 2000, making her the only member of the group to compete in three Games. Since then, Dawes worked as a gymnastics coach, a motivational speaker, a broadcaster and has even appeared on Broadway. She is a co-chair of President Barack Obama's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, and she currently lives in Maryland with husband Jeff Thompson and their two daughters. (Getty)
Dominique Moceanu made history in Atlanta as the youngest member of the Magnificent Seven - and as the youngest U.S. gymnast ever to win an Olympic gold medal. After years of family drama that led Moceanu to seek emancipation from her parents, today Moceanu lives in Cleveland with husband Michael Canales and their son and daughter. She graduated from John Carroll University, has her own jewelry line and wrote a memoir titled "Off Balance." (@dominiquemoceanu on Instagram)
Just like many of her Magnificent Seven teammates, in 1996 Amy Chow (R) made her own entry in the record books by becoming the first Asian-American gymnast to win an Olympic medal. She also went on to compete for Team USA at the 2000 Games in Sydney. Chow graduated from both Stanford University and the Stanford University School of Medicine and opened her own medical practice in California's Bay Area, where she works as a pediatrician. Chow had two sons with husband Justin Ho. (@amandakborden on Instagram)
Jaycie Phelps helped the Magnificent Seven win gold in 1996 with strong performances in all four events. She and Brett McClure - a gymnast who won silver at the 2004 Games - were married in 2004, but the couple divorced in 2008. Phelps opened her own gym in Greenfield, Indiana, called the Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center, which she co-owns with husband Dave Marus. (@shannonmiller96 on Instagram)
Kerri Strug's performance as part of the Magnificent Seven has gone down as one of the most moving moments in Olympic history. In 1996, she completed a vault with an injured ankle, and was then carried to the podium by her coach. Strug went on to earn both an undergraduate and master's degree from Stanford University and today works in the U.S. Department of Justice’s Office of Juvenile Justice and Delinquency Prevention as a program manager. She lives in Tucson, Arizona, with her husband Robert Fischer III and their son and daughter. (Reuters)
Kerri Strug, Dominique Moceanu, Jaycie Phelps, Dominique Dawes, Amy Chow and Amanda Borden reunited in 2016 for the Parade of Olympians Celebration. We still celebrate all of their accomplishments 20 years later. (Reuters)
Team USA made history at the 1996 Summer Olympic Games in Atlanta by becoming the first U.S. women's gymnastics team to win Olympic gold - a feat that cemented the U.S. women as powerhouses in the sport.
The young gymnasts wowed audiences and judges alike with skilled routines and moving performances, leading the team to be nicknamed the Magnificent Seven.
Twenty years have passed since the 1996 Games, and the women of the Magnificent Seven are all grown up.
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