Joyce Tanac

Joyce Tanac
Tanac in 1968
Personal information
Born (1950-09-27) September 27, 1950 (age 74)
Seattle, Washington, U.S.[1]
Height156 cm (5 ft 1 in)
Weight49 kg (108 lb)
Sport
SportGymnastics
ClubSeattle Young Men's Christian Association
Coached byGeorge Lewis
Frank Hailand[2]
Medal record
Representing the  United States
Pan American Games
Gold medal – first place 1967 Winnipeg Team
Silver medal – second place 1967 Winnipeg All-around
Silver medal – second place 1967 Winnipeg Floor

Joyce Eileen Tanac (born September 27, 1950) is an American gymnast. She competed in six events at the 1968 Summer Olympics with the best individual result of 27th place on uneven bars and balance beam.

Tanac won the all-around, floor, beam, vault, and uneven bars events at the 1966 YMCA Championships and 1969 AAU Championships. Besides the Olympics she was part of the U.S. teams at the 1966 World Championships and 1967 Pan American Games.[3] In 1969 she won a bronze medal all-around at the first Gymnastics World Cup. In 1972 she graduated from the University of Washington and later worked as a pharmacist. In 1990 she was inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame, and in 1998 into the University of Washington Athletic Hall of Fame. A gymnastics element, a dismount on even bars, is named after her.[2]

References

  1. ^ Evans, Hilary; Gjerde, Arild; Heijmans, Jeroen; Mallon, Bill; et al. "Joyce Tanac Olympic Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Sports Reference LLC. Archived from the original on April 18, 2020. Retrieved August 4, 2019.
  2. ^ a b Joyce Tanac. US Gymnastics Hall of Fame
  3. ^ Steven Olderr (2015). The Pan American Games / Los Juegos Panamericanos: A Statistical History, 1951–1999, bilingual edition / Una Historia Estadistica, 1951–1999, edicion bilingue. McFarland. pp. 123–125. ISBN 978-1-4766-0468-8.


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