CULTURETECHLENSDominique Dawes
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Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a retired American artistic gymnast and a ten-year member of the U.S. national team. She competed at three Olympic Games — Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000 — winning a team medal at each, the only American gymnast to do so. At Atlanta she was a member of the "Magnificent Seven," the first U.S. team to win the Olympic women's gymnastics team title, and her bronze medal on floor exercise at those Games made her the first African American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics; with the team gold she also became the first Black gymnast of any nationality to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics. She was the 1994 U.S. all-around senior national champion and a World Championships silver medalist. She later served as president of the Women's Sports Foundation.
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Dominique Margaux Dawes (born November 20, 1976, in Silver Spring, Maryland) is a retired American artistic gymnast and a ten-year member of the U.S. national team. She competed at three Olympic Games — Barcelona 1992, Atlanta 1996, and Sydney 2000 — winning a team medal at each, the only American gymnast to do so. At Atlanta she was a member of the "Magnificent Seven," the first U.S.
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- Also known as: Dominique Margaux Dawes, Awesome Dawesome
Notes
Sports Encyclopedia roster CTL-SPE-0180. Firsts disposition: ASSERTED, stated exactly — (1) 'first African American woman to win an individual Olympic medal in artistic gymnastics' (floor bronze, Atlanta 1996), supported by the Maryland State Archives biography and Wikipedia; (2) 'first Black gymnast of any nationality to win an Olympic gold medal in gymnastics' (team gold, Atlanta 1996), supported by Wikipedia and the Delaware State University account, with the Maryland Archives supporting the narrower 'first African-American gymnast to win an Olympic gold medal.' The 1992 team bronze shared with Betty Okino is not framed as a first in the description. Curator's Judgment (DRAFT): Dawes competed across three Olympic cycles in a sport that usually allows one, and her 1996 floor bronze — won in the shadow of the team story — is the individual landmark. Every Black gymnast who followed, up to the present champions, entered a sport she had already medaled in. Photo: CLEARED — Dominique Dawes - White House 2011.jpg, Public domain.
Sources
- Maryland State Archives (Maryland Commission for Women biography). "Dominique Dawes." Accessed 2026-11-03. (primary source · build store)
- Wikipedia. "Dominique Dawes." Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
- Delaware State University. "Olympic Gold Medalist Dominique Dawes speaks at MLK Center." May 2023. Accessed 2026-11-03. (build store)
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Dominique Dawes at the White House with the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, May 9, 2011
Dominique Dawes at the White House with the President's Council on Fitness, Sports and Nutrition, May 9, 2011 — Elaine Sanchez (U.S. Department of Defense), Public domain, via Wikimedia Commons. Source: CultureTechLens · view at source
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