Marcia Frederick, Date of Birth, Place of Birth

Marcia Frederick

American artistic gymnast

Date of Birth: 04-Jan-1963

Place of Birth: Springfield, Massachusetts, United States

Profession: artistic gymnast

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Capricorn

Marcia Frederick (born January 4, 1963) is a retired American gymnast who became the first American woman to win a gold medal at the World Gymnastics Championships.
She won gold in the uneven parallel bars in Strasbourg, France in 1978.
After having qualified for the 1980 Olympic team, she was the favorite for a medal in Moscow but missed due to a boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics led by the United States.
She instead won vault gold at a meet in Hartford, Connecticut, that served as an alternate Olympics for countries affected by the boycott.
Years later, she was one of 461 athletes to receive a Congressional Gold Medal.