African American gymnasts

Recall when people used to say that African American kids make poor gymnasts?

I do.

In the era of Curtis Hibbert, for example. He won the silver medal on Horizontal Bar at the 1987 World Championships. And made 3 apparatus finals at the 1988 Seoul Olympics.

Click PLAY or watch it on YouTube.

Nobody is saying anything like that in 2015.

In the past not many African American kids got the chance to try Gymnastics. Access to expensive sports is still a problem today, but less than in the past.

African American girls like 12-year-old Elizabeth Moore of OSEGA Gymnastics, Miles Avery’s Gym, have role models. 🙂

See Elizabeth interviewed.