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| Joanna Sime | |||||||||||||||
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| Country represented |  United Kingdom | ||||||||||||||
| Born | 31 May 1962 Sheffield, England | ||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm) | ||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
| Level | International | ||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 5 yrs GBR Team | ||||||||||||||
| Club | Steel City | ||||||||||||||
| College team | Penn State University | ||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Judy Markell Avener | ||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Maxwell Sime, Gregor Weiss | ||||||||||||||
| Retired | 1985 | ||||||||||||||
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Joanna Sime (born 31 May 1962) is a junior and senior international gymnast who represented Great Britain in the late 1970s. [1]
Major championships competed in:
Invitational competitions:
National championships:
International meets:
Honors: The first unanimous decision in the history of the Tournament; Joanna was voted "Miss Moskovski Novosti" by 250 International journalists as the most charming and beautiful gymnast at the Moscow News Tournament, Russia, 1981. [2]
Awarded the Honor of Master Gymnast by the British Amateur Gymnastics Association for participation in three world-level events. [3]
Sime participated as celebrity sportswomen in children's TV show We are the Champions with Ron Pickering in 1978. We Are the Champions (TV series).
NCAA: Received a full athletic scholarship to the Pennsylvania State University from 1981 to 1985. Received the NCAA Team bronze medal in 1982, coached by Judy Markell Avener. NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship
Professional gymnastics: Took part in the Kurt Thomas's Professional Gymnastics show in Orlando, Florida, 1985. "Gymnastics America".
Sime was coached by her late father, Max Sime, a graduate of Balliol College, Oxford, and a well-known psychologist for his innovative work in cognitive ergonomics and human-computer interaction. [4] [5] He worked for the Medical Research Council (UK) and was based at the University of Sheffield, where he headed a scientific research team.
Max Sime was awarded the title of Master Coach by the British Amateur Gymnastics Association, for producing several international gymnasts for Britain, another being Joanna's sister, Katie Sime. He was also made an Honorary Life Member for his contributions to the Woman's Technical Committee and the Board of Control. The "Max Sime Memorial" is awarded each year at the British National Championships to the most artistic and stylish Gymnast to commemorate his considerable contribution to the sport. [6]
Joanna Sime also trained in Washington, D.C., with Margie and Gregor Weiss, parents to top US figure skater, Michael Weiss and also coaches to several National US Champions, notably Stephanie Willem, Shari Mann and Jackie Casello.
As a result of a Sports Aid Foundation Scholarship, while competing at The European Championships in Copenhagen, Sime arranged with then president of the FIG, Yuri Titov, a training trip to the Soviet Union at the Central Army Club in Moscow, where she worked with reigning world champion, Elena Mukhina and became good friends. There she was coached by Mikail Klimenko and Victor Razumov and began her studies in Russian, for which she received an honors degree from Penn State University later in her career. [7]
Penn State Nittany Lions NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship
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