USA Gymnastics

CHELMSFORD -- United States Olympic Team gymnast Alicia Sacramone of Winchester will be at All-Star Gymnastics, 5 Kidder Road, Chelmsford this Thursday from 3:45 to 4:45 p.m.

The general public is welcome to come to a meet and greet with the standout athlete who will celebrate her 22nd birthday in two weeks.

Sacramone is an American artistic gymnast. A member of the U.S. National Team, she is the 2005 World Champion in floor exercise, the 2008 U.S. National Champion on vault, and a seven-time medalist at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

At the 2008 Beijing Olympics, she won a silver medal competing for the USA in the artistic gymnastics team all-around competition.

Sacramone began gymnastics at the age of eight, started competing in the elite ranks in 2002 and joined the U.S. national team in 2003. Since 2005 she has been a key member of the U.S. team, and has won two World Championship titles and seven World Championships medals in total.

Shannon Miller and Nastia Liukin are the only American gymnasts to hold more World Championships medals than Sacramone; 1970s gymnast Kurt Thomas also has seven.