Jaycie Phelps Biography
Jaycie Phelps born as Jaycie Lynn Phelps is a retired American Olympic gymnast and member of the 1996 Olympic gold medal U.S. women’s gymnastics team, the Magnificent Seven. She is known for her consistency and clean lines in her gymnastics.
Jaycie Phelps Age
Phelps was born on 26 September 1979, Indianapolis, Indiana, United States.
Jaycie Phelps Height
She stands at a fair height and body weight
Jaycie Phelps Husband
She was married to 2004 Olympic gymnast Brett McClure in 2005. They have divorced as of 2008. Today, she is the owner and head coach of the Jaycie Phelps Athletic Center in Greenfield, Indiana. In 2014, she married Dave Marus.
Jaycie Phelps Gymnastics
Phelps began gymnastics at the age of four at Indiana Gymnast in Greenfield, Indiana, and attended once-a-week practice before doing two-a-week practices and building up from there. At age 11, after progressing to the point where her family felt she could benefit from a new coach, she and her family moved to Scottsdale, Arizona and she trained at Desert Devils Gymnastics for extensive training.
She attended the 1993 Junior National Championships, but ended up in 24th place, and wanted to quit altogether. After receiving encouragement from her parents, who wanted her to give it another shot, she went and trained at Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy in Cincinnati, Ohio, training alongside future Olympic teammate, Amanda Borden. Jaycie’s father and brother went back to Indiana whilst Jaycie and her mother stayed in Cincinnati.
1994
Jaycie made her senior debut at 1994 American Classic in Orlando, Florida, which also served as the trials for the 1994 World Championships. She placed 15th and didn’t make the team. She attended the 1994 Olympic Festival in St. Louis, Missouri and placed 3rd all-around, plus 5th on balance beam and 6th on floor exercise.
At the 1994 U.S. Classic, she placed 3rd in the all-around. She later attended the 1994 Senior National Championships and placed 6th. After doing well and placing 5th the 1994 World Team Trials in Richmond, Virginia, she was selected to be part of the team to go to the 1994 World Team Championships in Dortmund, Germany, where she won a silver medal.
1995
In 1995, she kicked off the year by competing at the 1995 American Classic in Oakland, California, which also served as the trials for the 1995 Pan American Games. She placed 8th in the all-around, tied for 3rd on the uneven bars, and placed 6th on beam, yet didn’t make the team. The year followed with appearances at the Reese’s International Gymnastics Cup, McDonald’s American Cup, and the International Mixed Pairs.
She then rallied at the 1995 Classic, winning 1st in the all-around, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, and placed 2nd on vault. At the 1995 National Championships, she placed 3rd, behind Dominique Moceanu and Shannon Miller.
She was selected at the 1995 World Trials to attend the 1995 World Championships in Sabae, Japan after petitioning in her score at nationals since she injured herself and couldn’t compete. She won the bronze medal in the team competition, and qualified for the event final on the uneven bars and placed 8th.
1996
1996 was yet another successful year for Jaycie. After strong showings at the American Classic, the 1996 Budget Rent a Car Gymnastics Invitational dual against France, and the 1996 World Championships, she placed 2nd in the all-around at the 1996 National Championships, 0.05 behind Shannon Miller.
At the Olympic Trials in Boston, Massachusetts, she placed 1st after day 1. On day 2, she over-rotated her dismount on the balance beam and stumbled into a backward roll, but strong performances on the other apparatus helped her place 3rd all-around, securing a spot on the 1996 US Olympic Women’s Gymnastics Team.
1996 Olympic Games
Comeback
In October 1999, Phelps announced for a comeback in hopes of making the 2000 Olympic Games in Sydney. She was not the only gymnast from the Magnificent Seven who announced a comeback for the 2000 Olympics; teammates Dominique Dawes, Dominique Moceanu, Amy Chow, and Shannon Miller were also vying for spots on the Olympic team.
At the 2000 Classic, she competed on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise, and qualified for the 2000 National Championships. She competed on day 1 of nationals, but withdrew on day 2 and petitioned to go to the 2000 Olympic Trials, but her petition was denied. Following a knee injury, she ultimately decided to retire from gymnastics.
Jaycie Phelps Net Worth
Her exact net worth is still under review
Jaycie Phelps Awards and achievements
Phelps was inducted into the U.S. Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1998 as a member of the 1996 U.S. gymnastics team. In 2008, she was inducted into the United States Olympic Hall of Fame in the team category. The team received their award in Chicago with other Olympic greats. Following their Olympic performance, they also made an appearance on the box of Wheaties and were featured in the book The Magnificent Seven.
Phelps was awarded Sagamore of the Wabash, which is the highest award bestowed upon an Indiana resident, and the Ohio Governor’s Award.
Colerain Township proclaimed August 30, 1996, as “Jaycie Phelps Day”.
A street in Cincinnati, Ohio, was renamed in her honor as Phelps Drive. And on the east side of Greenfield, Indiana, there is now a road named Jaycie Phelps Road.
Jaycie Phelps Quotes
It’s a completely different thing, but there are so many things I learned from being an athlete that helped me in business. The only risk is not taking the risk. You’ve got to take that step.
It’s rewarding to know that I have young people in the gym who have the same goals as I had, and now I can help them reach those goals.
It’s never easy at the Olympic level. Russia, Romania, and China always are contenders.
The only risk is not taking the risk. You’ve got to take that step.
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Jaycie Phelps Brett Mcclure
MCCLURE GETTING READY FOR MEETS AND MARRIAGE
COLORADO SPRINGS, COLO.-When world medalist Brett McClure got down on one knee last February 2 to propose to his girlfriend of more than two years, Olympic gold medalist Jaycie Phelps (pictured at left, click photo to enlarge), he knew there were a few things he wanted to do before the wedding, namely attempt to acquire some Olympic hardware of his own.
“Yeah, we haven’t decided when we’re going to do it yet,” McClure said, “but we know it’s going to be after the Olympics. We want to take a long honeymoon, like four or five weeks, and I can’t take that kind of time off right now.”
Though Phelps has hung up her grips, McClure, 21, is just hitting his stride. He made his first world team last year and earned a silver medal. Athens is certainly on his mind, but he does make a little time for romance, like the storybook proposal he prepared for an unsuspecting Phelps.
“Well, she was at this meet, coaching, near Breckinridge,” McClure recalls. “And I was supposed to just be going up there to say hi, but instead I stopped in this gorgeous place up in the mountains, overlooking all the resorts.
It was just beautiful. I had rose petals laid out, everything all set up. Then I went to get Jaycie and told her we were going to go snowboarding the next day and that I’d found this little ‘hole-in-the-wall’ place to stay that night. I took her back there and just got down on one knee and did it. She had absolutely no idea it was coming.”
Phelps may have been taken by surprise, but McClure says he knew almost right away that he wanted to spend the rest of his life with Jaycie. “We meet through gymnastics, obviously,” he explained. “I’d always see her at nationals and other big events and we just started hanging out and one thing leads to another. I guess it’s sort of fate. Everyone loves Jaycie. You can’t meet her and not like her. She’s very outgoing and so easy to get along with.”
A little over a year ago, Phelps left her home in Phoenix (she’s currently renting out the house she bought after the 1996 Games) to move to Colorado Springs full time in order to be closer to McClure.
She’s now working at Colorado Aerials, putting her Olympic skills to work as a coach. “She really likes coaching a lot,” McClure reported. “Her girls are going great. They won state and she even took one of her girls to the Junior Olympic Championships in Maryland. She was kind of scared. It was her first J.O.s as a coach and it’s a really big deal, but they both had a great time.”
The couple eventually intends to make their home in Phoenix but those plans, like the wedding, are on hold until after the Games. “She totally understands me, and is totally supportive,” McClure says of his future Mrs.
“Having her with me has really improved my gymnastics. She’s been there and she knows the pressure and she knows how to handle it. (Jaycie) and my parents have always been there for me, and my parents love Jaycie. They’re all very supportive of me in gymnastics, and in life.”
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