Ada Lunardoni

Ada Lunardoni
Lunardoni in 1936
Personal information
BornMarch 8, 1911
West Hoboken, New Jersey, U.S.
DiedJanuary 11, 2003 (aged 91)
Hackettstown, New Jersey, U.S.
Sport
SportArtistic gymnastics

Ada Lunardoni (later Cumiskey, then Hutcheon; March 8, 1911 – January 11, 2003) was an American artistic gymnast. She competed in the gymnastics competition at the 1936 Summer Olympics, the first time American women competed in the sport, and placed fifth with the team.

She was born in 1911 in West Hoboken, New Jersey, which is now part of Union City.[1] Lunardoni married fellow gymnast Frank Cumiskey after the 1936 Summer Olympics and had three children with him while living in Rockleigh, New Jersey, but the marriage did not last.[2] She then remarried and lived the rest of her life in New Jersey.[1]

She married Gordon Hutcheon and was a resident of the Panther Valley section of Allamuchy Township, New Jersey.[2]

A play called Turning about Lunardoni and other members of the 1936 women's team was performed in 2018.[2]

References

  1. ^ a b Ada Lunardoni, Sports Reference. Accessed August 30, 2017.
  2. ^ a b c Nutt, Bill. "NJ women on first US gymnastics team in spotlight at Centenary", Daily Record, January 30, 2018. Accessed January 3, 2024. "Bosco provided details about Ada’s life. Soon after the 1936 games, she married another Olympic gymnast from New Jersey, Frank Cumiskey. He had previously medaled in the 1932 Olympics and would later go on to compete in the 1948 games. The Cumiskeys lived in Rockleigh, where Ada gave birth to twin girls and a son."


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