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Courtney Lynn McCool Griffeth (born April 1, 1988 in Kansas City, Missouri) is an American gymnast, who was a team member in the 2004 Summer Olympics women's artistic gymnastic team. Although she didn't compete in the team finals, she helped the team place second, earning the silver medal behind Romania. Featured among ''Inside Gymnastics'' Magazine's "50 Most Photogenic Gymnasts of 2005," Courtney is known for combining beautiful technique with explosive power. McCool was coached by Al and Armine Fong of Great American Gymnastic Express in Kansas City, Missouri. She was the runner-up at 2003's Junior US Championships, and vaulted her way to a silver medal at the 2003 Pan American Games. At sixteen years old and in her first year as a senior gymnast, McCool was the runner-up at March's American Cup and the all-around champion at the Olympic Test Event in Athens where she was the only gymnast to qualify for all four event finals, winning the silver on vault and bronze on bars. In 2004 McCool placed fourth in the all-around at the US National Championships and second all-around at the US Olympic Trials, all but guaranteeing her a spot on the Olympic Team. McCool attended the University of Georgia as a Georgia Gymdog alongside Olympic teammate and best friend Courtney Kupets. During her four years as a Gymdog, the team won 3 NCAA National titles. The only year McCool was not a championship-winning team was her senior year following a change in head coaches. ==Skills== Courtney's front handspring beam mount is known as the "McCool." It is defined by USAG as a, "Flyspring forward with flight before and after hand support on Beam, landing on both feet - approach at end of beam." It has been given a D value. *VAULT: 1½ twisting Yurchenko * *Start Value: 9.7 * *High Score: 2004 American Cup *FLOOR: Popa + tuck jump 2/1 , roundoff + ff + 2½ + front 1/1 , double turn with leg above horizontal + wolf jump 1 , switch ring leap + Gogean , triple full , front double twist + front layout. * *Start Value: 10.0 * *High Score: 2004 American Cup *BALANCE BEAM: The "McCool", front aerial + ff stepout + layout stepout + layout stepout, switch leap + Onodi, sheep jump, wolf jump 1/1, switch side leap, full turn with leg above horizontal + Popa, roundoff + triple twist dismount. * *Start Value: 10.0 * *High Score: 2004 US Women's Gymnastics Olympic Trials *UNEVEN BARS: Kip, cast handstand, stalder shoot, kip, cast handstand, underswing to blind turn, Khorkina, kip, cast handstand, Gienger kip, cast handstand 1/2, giant 3/2 (Dawes), Tkatchev, kip, cast handstand, giant 1/1, shootover to handstand, underswing shoot to high bar, kip, cast handstand, giant, giant, and double layout dismount. * *Start Value: 9.9 * *High Score: 2004 US Nationals, Finals 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Courtney McCool」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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