Kristen Maloney
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Kristen Ann Maloney (born March 10, 1981) is a retired gymnast from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, United States, who earned bronze in the team competition at the 2000 Olympic Games.
Maloney was also the national champion in 1998 and 1999, as well as a bronze medalist on the balance beam at Goodwill Games. Maloney competed for the University of California, Los Angeles, in the NCAA from 2001 to 2004.
Early life
Maloney was born in Hackettstown, New Jersey, on March 10, 1981, and attended Pen Argyl Area High School in Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, in eastern Pennsylvania's Lehigh Valley area.
Gymnastics career
Maloney spent time at the Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was a regular participant of the national gymnastics team from 1993 to 2000. She competed in a variety of minor international competitions as a junior athlete and qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials as a senior.
Maloney came in 14th at the Trials in the shadow of the "Magnificent Seven," but she became one of the country's most popular gymnasts from 1997 to 2000. She was a key component of the American team at several major international meetings in 1998 and 1999. She was the national champion in the all-around. She competed in the 1997 and 1999 World Championships, won a gold medal on the balance beam at the 1998 Goodwill Games in New York, and captured the 1998 Pacific Alliance Championships. Maloney completed her elite career in Sydney, where the American team won the bronze medal after a 2010 inquiry by the International Gymnastics Federation disqualified the original bronze medalist for falsifying a gymnast's age. She also placed ninth in the individual all-around championships.
Maloney earned a full athletic scholarship and competed in NCAA gymnastics with the Bruins following the Olympics. At several meets, she received All-American recognition and had a perfect tens. Maloney finished second in all-around in her final college meet, behind compatriot Tasha Schwikert, who gained gold on vault and floor, and completed a double layout on floor exercise, achieving both double beam and full double layout.
Maloney was plagued by chronic illness throughout her career and college careers. A persistent anxiety fracture resulted in the insertion of a titanium rod in her leg. Maloney's return to full fitness earned her UCLA's C.H.A.M.S. after a series of severe injuries and illness, she missed two years of action with the Bruins. Laurel Award for Inspiration. She received the Honda Sports Award as the nation's best female gymnast in 2005 as a senior.
Maloney graduated from UCLA in 2005 and spent time in California as a gymnastics coach. Shavahn Church, a member of the British national team, was one of her gymnasts. For a time, she lived in Europe and worked with Cirque du Soleil. She also worked in Queens, New York City, teaching preschool.
In the 2010-11 season, Maloney began working as an assistant gymnastics coach for the University of New Hampshire in Durham, New Hampshire. Since July 2011, she has been an assistant gymnastics coach at Iowa State University in Ames, Iowa.
Awards and honors
- 1999: James E. Sullivan Award: Finalist
- 1999: USA Gymnastics Gymnast of the Year
- 2005: Honda Sports Award
- 2017: UCLA sports hall of fame