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McKayla Maroney

McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is an American artistic gymnast who is a member of the gold medal-winning US Women's Gymnastics team at ... More »McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is an American artistic gymnast who is a member of the gold medal-winning US Women's Gymnastics team at the 2012 Summer Olympics. She is also the 2011 World Vault Champion and 2012 Olympic Vault Silver Medalist. McKayla Maroney was born on December 9, 1995 to Mike and Erin Maroney. She is Irish Catholic. She has two siblings, Tarynn and Kav, and is home schooled in order to train as an elite gymnast. "When I was younger," Maroney said. "I would be watching Tarzan and running around on all fours. My mom was like 'I need to put this child in gymnastics. She's crazy.'" When Maroney was nine years old she moved clubs to train at Gym-Max in Costa Mesa, California. She said, "I realized that I had a dream that I wanted to go to the Olympics and I wanted to go as far as I could go. I thought I should probably move to a new gym and start thinking about the Olympics." About her first Olympic memory, she said, "I remember watching Carly Patterson.... [ Wikipedia ]

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President Obama, MKayla Maroney 'not impressed' photo spreads fast

McKayla Maroney and President Obama took the picture Thursday when she and her Fierce Five teammates visited the White House. Even McKayla Maroney was impressed. A photo of the Olympic gold medalist gymnast and President Barack Obama doing her now-famous "McKayla Maroney is ...

McKayla Maroney's second act

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Barack Obama and McKayla Maroney: not impressed

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McKayla Maroney took the Olympics by storm this summer-- and subsequently, so did she take Tumblr by storm, too, even if unintentionally. Now she will be taking on The CW with a very special guest appearance on Hart of Dixie. Per Warner Brothers, in the episode, Maroney will guest ...

Olympic champion McKayla Maroney has fractured tibia from fall during gymnastics tour

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McKayla Maroney Threw Out An Impressive First Pitch At The Dodgers Game

McKayla Maroney, Gabby Douglas, and Kyla Ross were at the Dodgers game on Monday night to throw out some first pitches. While Douglas and Ross stepped in front of the mound to pitch, Maroney was not impressed, and backed up on top of the rubber. Maroney sailed her ball ...

Best: Opening Ceremony, Worst: McKayla Maroney's Grimace The Best and Worst Moments of the London

Right: McKayla Maroney of the U.S. on the podium after receiving her silver medal in the women's vault, Aug 5, 2012. Watching the Closing Ceremony of the Beijing Olympics, I cringed as Britain presented itself to the world. David Beckham kicked a soccer ball into the crowd. Leona Lewis ...

Us Gymnast Mckayla Maroney Internet Meme Impressed| E! Online

U.S. Gymnast McKayla Maroney Internet Meme—Impressed? It's the face that launched a thousand ships memorable meme. When U.S. gymnast McKayla Maroney took home the silver on Sunday in the vault competition, her expression pretty much said it all. She was clearly disappointed. Not ...

Olympics 2012: American favorite McKayla Maroney falls on the vault and has to settle for silver in...

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Gymnast McKayla Maroney Talks Life Post-Olympics, Becoming A Meme & How She De-Stresses

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A Perfect Day For a Holiday Parade

Olympic gold medalist, McKayla Maroney, was on hand to wave to the crowd. 2012 Gold Medalists, Laguna Niguel native, McKayla Maroney, (left,) and teammate Kyla Ross, headlined the annual event Saturday. Barton Mac Leod Young and old graced Laguna Niguel's main thoroughfare, Crown ...

Barack Obama, McKayla Maroney Are Not Impressed : People.com

During the U.S. women's gymnastics team's visit to the White House on Thursday, president Barack Obama posed with McKayla Maroney, pulling the apathetic expression that made Maroney an Internet sensation during the Summer Games in London. Afterwards, the gold medalist, 16 – who's been ...

Obama, McKayla Maroney Are Not Impressed (PHOTO)

McKayla Maroney, known for her jaw-dropping vault, hinted on Twitter Thursday that she may have taken her "not impressed" face all the way to the Oval Office. Turns out it wasn't just Maroney who was "not impressed," based on the below photo by White House photographer Pete Souza. ...

Kellogg's Gymnastics Tour showcases Olympic, local gymnasts and fitness

Getting the biggest applause of the evening was the immensely popular gold medal-winning "Fierce Five" of Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Alexandra Raisman, Kyla Ross and Wieber. Douglas and Wieber in particular had young fans screaming for more. Maroney is not participating in the rest ...

McKayla Maroney Injured at the Second Stop of a 40-City Tour, Possibly Because Organizers Skimped On...

McKayla Maroney Injured at the Second Stop of a 40-City Tour, Possibly Because Organizers Skimped On Padding If you were planning on going to one of the stops on the Kellogg's Tour of Champions to see the gold medal winning U.S. women's gymnastics team, the self-proclaimed "Fierce Five," ...

Mckayla Maroney Finally Impressed Fierce Five Visit The Dodgers| E! Online

McKayla Maroney Finally Impressed: Fierce Five Visit the Dodgers! Looks like the Dodgers finally gave McKayla Maroney a reason to smile. The U.S. Olympic champion launched a thousand memes with her signature scowl, but yesterday the 16-year-old athlete was beaming at Dodger ...

McKayla Maroney is Not Impressed

McKayla Maroney, the heavy favorite to win vault, was obviously and understandably disappointed by her silver-medal finish, and it was captured in a photo that has now been added to all sorts of other scenes, from a Justin Bieber concert to the moon landing. At first I felt badly for ...

McKayla Maroney IS impressed... as she joins teammates for 'top-of-the-world' photoshoot on the Empi...

McKayla Maroney tweeted a photo of her hand wrapped around her medal, precariously outstretched over the city below With beaming smiles they looked to be literally on top of the world, no doubt reliving their successes from the past two weeks. After taking in the views they then headed ...

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