Jenny Hansen

Jenny Hansen is an American stuntwoman and retired gymnast from Somerset, Wisconsin. Born in 1973,[1] Hansen won three consecutive NCAA All-Around Championships between 1993 and 1995, the only person to ever win three straight All-Around titles. She attended the University of Kentucky from 1992 until 1996 and has since been named to the UK's Athletic Hall of Fame. Hansen won a total of eight national titles and nine Southeastern Conference championships during her collegiate career.[2][3] She was a three-time winner of the Honda Sports Award in gymnastics.[4][5] She is a thirteen time All-American and was named the Most Outstanding Gymnast over the past 25 years of NCAA competition in 2006.[6]

NCAA Championships

  • All-Around - 1993, 1994, & 1995[7]
  • Balance Beam - 1994 & 1995[8]
  • Floor Exercise - 1995[9]
  • Vault - 1994 & 1995[10]

Southeastern Conference Championships

  • All-Around - 1993[11]
  • Balance Beam - 1995 & 1996[12]
  • Floor Exercise - 1994, 1995, & 1996[13]
  • Uneven Bars - 1993[14]
  • Vault - 1993 & 1994[15]

Comeback

After retiring from the sport of Gymnastics, Hansen announced plans to try out for the United States women's gymnastics team for the London 2012 Olympics at the age of 38, but did not make the team.[16]

References

  1. ^ On the Beam, St. Paul Pioneer Press, May 1, 1995
  2. ^ Jenny Hansen Named NCAA Most Outstanding Gymnast in Honor Of 25th Anniversary of Women's Championships - NCAA.org, 2006, "[1]", August 10, 2010
  3. ^ Kentucky Wildcat Gymnastics Honors, 2009, "[2] Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine", August 13, 2010
  4. ^ Feb 19th 2015 - 1pm, David M. Newman |. "Jenny Hansen to receive top athletic honor at University of Kentucky". RiverTowns. Retrieved 2020-03-19.{{cite web}}: CS1 maint: numeric names: authors list (link)
  5. ^ "Gymnastics". CWSA. Retrieved 2020-03-22.
  6. ^ Kentucky Athletic Hall of Fame, 2010, "[3] Archived 2017-07-24 at the Wayback Machine", August 11, 2010
  7. ^ Jenny Hansen Named NCAA Most Outstanding Gymnast in Honor Of 25th Anniversary of Women's Championships - NCAA.org, 2006, "[4]", August 10, 2010
  8. ^ Jenny Hansen Named NCAA Most Outstanding Gymnast in Honor Of 25th Anniversary of Women's Championships - NCAA.org, 2006, "[5]", August 10, 2010
  9. ^ Jenny Hansen Named NCAA Most Outstanding Gymnast in Honor Of 25th Anniversary of Women's Championships - NCAA.org, 2006, "[6]", August 10, 2010
  10. ^ Jenny Hansen Named NCAA Most Outstanding Gymnast in Honor Of 25th Anniversary of Women's Championships - NCAA.org, 2006, "[7]", August 10, 2010
  11. ^ Kentucky Wildcat Gymnastics Honors, 2009, "[8] Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine", August 13, 2010
  12. ^ Kentucky Wildcat Gymnastics Honors, 2009, "[9] Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine", August 13, 2010
  13. ^ Kentucky Wildcat Gymnastics Honors, 2009, "[10] Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine", August 13, 2010
  14. ^ Kentucky Wildcat Gymnastics Honors, 2009, "[11] Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine", August 13, 2010
  15. ^ Kentucky Wildcat Gymnastics Honors, 2009, "[12] Archived 2012-11-12 at the Wayback Machine", August 13, 2010
  16. ^ Story, Mark. "From UK NCAA champion to Hollywood stuntwoman, Jenny Hansen has not slowed down". University of Kentucky. Retrieved 29 August 2017.