Amy Chow was a member of the first ever Gold Medal Olympic Gymnastics Team in 1996. She also earned the silver medal on her favorite event, bars. Amy has plans to attend Stanford in the fall of 1997. She has been a member of two World Championships teams. She qualified for the 1995 World Championships team but sprained her ankle two days prior to her departure and could not make the trip. Amy was a member of the 1995 gold medal Pan American Games team and also won the vaulting event. She also won the silver medal on bars and the bronze medal in the all around competition at the Pan American Games. In addition to being a world class gymnast, Amy maintains a 4.0 grade point average and would like to become a pediatrician. She is an accomplished pianist and has taken lessons since 1984. She received an advanced level certificate of merit in 1994. She has also competed in diving during the summers. Amy's mother originally wanted her daughter to be a ballerina, but the dance school would not enroll Amy at age three instead, she started gymnastics. Amy's brother, Kevin, is also a gymnast.
1996 USA vs. The World, Houston, Texas; 1st-Team
1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, Ga.; 1st-Team, 2nd-UB
1996 Individual Event World Championships, San Juan, Puerto Rico; (semi-finalist-15th-V)
1996 7th International France Telecom de Gymnastique, Paris, Bercy, France
1995 Budget Rent a Car Invitational, San Jose, California; 1st Team & AA
1995 Pan American Games, Mar del Plata, Argentina; 1st-Team & V, 3rd-AA, 2nd-UB
1995 McDonald's American Cup, Seattle, Wash.; 6th-AA (prelims.), 2nd-V, 3rd(t)-UB
1994 Team World Championships, Dortmund, Germany; 2nd-Team
1994 Budget Rent a Car Invitational: USA vs. Romania, Worcester, Mass.; 2nd-Team, 9th-AA
1993 USA-Japan, Hamamatsu, Japan; 2nd-Team, 3rd-AA & V, 1st-FX
1992 Mexico Olympic Festival, Cuidad Victoria, Mexico; 1st-AA , V , UB & BB, 2nd-FX
1992 USA- Argentina, Buenos Aires, Argentina; 1st-Team, 3rd-UB, 2nd-BB
1996 Coca-Cola National Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.; Compulsories only
1996 American Classic/World Championships Trials, Tulsa, Okla.; 3rd-AA
1995 World Team Trials, Austin, Texas; 6th-AA
1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; 8th-AA
1995 U.S. Classic, Birmingham, Ala.; 3rd-V, 4th-UB
1995 American Classic/Pan American Games Trials, Oakland, Calif.; 4th-AA, 3rd-V, 1st-UB, 5th-FX
1994 Nations Bank World Team Trials, Richmond, Va.; 4th-AA
1994 Coca-Cola National Championships, Nashville, Tenn.; 5th-AA, 3rd-V, 6th-UB
1994 U.S. Classic, Palm Springs, Calif.; 2nd-AA
1994 U.S. Olympic Festival, St. Louis, Mo.; 8th-AA, 2nd-Team, 2nd(t)-BB & FX
1994 American Classic/World Championships Trials, Orlando, Fla.; 10th-AA
1993 Coca-Cola National Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 22nd-AA
1992 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Columbus, Ohio; 6th-AA, 1st-V (junior division)
1992 U.S. Classic, Knoxville, Tenn.; 5th-AA, 2nd-V, 3rd-FX (junior division)
1991 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Cincinnati, Ohio; 11th-AA, 5th-BB (junior division)
1990 U.S. Classic, Saginaw, Michigan; 7th-AA (junior division)
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