SHANNON MILLER
1997 World University Games Medalist (1 gold, 1 silver) 1996 Olympic Gold Medalist (2 Gold Medals) 1995 World Championships Bronze Medalist 1994 Team World Championships Silver Medalist 1994 World Champion (2 Gold Medals) 1993 World Champion (3 Gold Medals) 1992 Olympic Medalist (2 Silver & 3 Bronze Medals) 1991 World Championships Silver Medalist (2 Silver Medals)
Hometown: Edmond, Okla. Residence: Houston, Texas Birth Date/Place: March 10, 1977/Rolla, Mo. Club: Dynamo Gymnastics Coach: Steve Nunno School: University of Houston Years on National Team: 7 (1990-91, 1991-92, 1992-93, 1993-94, 1994-95, 1995-96, 1996-97) Began Gymnastics: 1982 Favorite Apparatus/Event: Uneven bars, balance beam
Shannon is the most decorated American gymnast, male or female, in history, having won more Olympic and World Championship Medals than any other American gymnast. She has earned 7 Olympic medals and 9 World Championship medals since her elite international debut in 1990. Miller is the only American in history to win two consecutive World Championships all-around titles. Her second place finish at the 1992 Olympics is the highest all-around finish by an American gymnast in a non-boycotted Games, and her tally of five medals (2 silver, 3 bronze) is the most medals won by a US athlete in the 1992 Games. During her career, Shannon has won an astounding 58 international and 49 national medals – more than half having been gold – culminating with two gold medals at the 1996 Olympic Games in Atlanta. As a member of the "Magnificent Seven", she won Team Gold at the ’96 Games, and, for the first time for any American gymnast, gold on the balance beam. In addition to her studies, Shannon continues to work with a variety of charities including Special Olympics, Children’s Miracle Network, Muscular Dystrophy, Alzheimer’s disease, Drug Free Youth, the Make-A-Wish Foundation and the Pediatric Aids Foundation. She is a three-time Sullivan Award nominee (1993, 1994 and 1995), an award honoring the top amateur athlete in the USA. Miller won the 1994 Dial Award, America's most coveted award for high school seniors, and at the USA Gymnastics Congress, she was named the 1994 Athlete of the Year. Miller was the inaugural recipient of the Henry P. Iba Citizen Athlete Award in 1994. Also in 1994, Miller was named a Team Xerox Top 100 Olympian of all-time. She was presented the Master of Sport Award, one of the highest honors one can receive in the sport, in September 1993 at the USA Gymnastics Congress. She was named the USOC SportsWoman of the Month for March and April 1993 and April 1994. Miller was one of four finalists for the Zaharias Award in 1992, 1993 and 1994. In June of 1999, Shannon wed fellow Oklahoma native, Chris Phillips, now an Ophthalmology resident at the University of Texas in Houston. Following her role as an analyst for MSNBC’s coverage of the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games, Shannon headlined the 35 city TJ Maxx Tour of World Gymnastics Champions and more recently, competed in the Reese’s Cup, televised on NBC in December 2001. After officially retiring in December of 2001, Shannon is completing her last year of undergraduate education in Marketing and Entrepreneurship. After graduation, she will attend the Boston College School of Law. Shannon remains involved with the sport of gymnastics and continues to conduct balance beam clinics for young gymnasts across the country.
INTERNATIONAL COMPETITION 2001 Reese’s Gymnastics Cup, Houston, Texas; 6th (with Lance Ringnald) 2000 Mississauga Gymnastics Challenge 2000, Ontario, Canada; 1st -V 1997 World University Games, Catania, Italy; 2nd-Team, 1st-AA 1997 Int’l 3 on 3 Gymnastics Championships, Fort Worth; 3rd-Team (Meaghan Muller and John Roethlisberger) 1997 Reese’s International Gymnastics Cup, Anaheim, Calif.; 1st-AA (with Amy Chow) 1996 Olympic Games, Atlanta, Ga.; 1st-Team, 1st-BB, 8th-AA, 8th-V 1995 World Championships, Sabae, Japan; 12th-AA, 3rd-Team, 7th-UB, 4th(t)-BB 1995 Pan American Games, Mar del Plata, Argentina; 1st-Team, AA, UB & FX, 2nd-V 1995 McDonald’s American Cup, Seattle, Wash.; 4th-AA, 2nd-UB & FX (prelims.) 1994 Team World Championships, Dortmund, Germany; compulsories only–did not complete competition 1994 Goodwill Games, St. Petersburg, Russia; 2nd-AA, 4th-Team, 1st-BB & FX, 2nd-VT & UB 1994 Budget Rent a Car Invitational: USA vs. Romania, Worcester, Mass.; 2nd-Team, 1st-AA 1994 World Gymnastics Championships, Brisbane, Australia; 1st-AA & BB, 4th-FX, 7th-V 1993 Hilton Challenge (Belarus, Ukraine and USA), Los Angeles, Calif.; 1st-AA, 1st-Team 1993 World Gymnastics Championships, Birmingham, Great Britain; 1st-AA & UB & FX, 8th-BB 1993 McDonald's American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 1st-AA & V & UB & FX 1993 Reebok International Mixed Pairs, Atlanta, Ga.; 4th-AA (with Lance Ringnald) 1992 Olympic Games, Barcelona, Spain; 2nd-AA & BB, 3rd-Team, 3rd-UB & FX, 6th-V 1992 McDonald's International Mixed Pairs, Tallahassee, Fla.; 1st-AA (with Scott Keswick) 1992 McDonald's American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 3rd-AA 1991 DTB Pokal, Stuttgart, Germany; 3rd-AA, 1st(t)-FX, 2nd-UB, 3rd-V 1991 Arthur Gander Memorial, Montreux, Switzerland; 1st-AA & V & UB & BB (10.00) & FX 1991 Swiss Cup, St. Gallen, Switzerland; 1st-AA (with Scott Keswick) (10.00-BB) 1991 World Gym. Championships, Indianapolis, Ind.; 6th-AA, 2nd-Team, 2nd(t)-UB, 4th(t)-FX, 6th-V & BB 1991 USA vs. Romania, Houston, Texas; 3rd(t)-AA, 1st(t)-BB, 3rd(t)-FX 1991 McDonald's International Mixed Pairs, Atlanta, Ga.; 9th-AA (with Patrick Kirksey) 1991 McDonald's American Cup, Orlando, Fla.; 3rd-AA (preliminaries) 1990 Catania Cup, Catania, Italy; 1st-AA & V & BB & FX, 2nd-UB 1990 McDonald's Challenge: USA vs. USSR, San Jose, Calif.; 6th-AA 1990 The Pyramid Challenge: USA vs. GDR, Memphis, Tenn.; 7th-AA 1990 Canadian Cup, Toronto, Ontario, Canada; 9th-AA 1990 McDonald's International Mixed Pairs, Villanova, Pa.; 17th-AA (with Tom Schlesinger) 1990 McDonald's American Cup, Fairfax, Va.; 6th-AA (preliminaries) 1989 International Junior Gymnastics Competition, Yokohama, Japan; 6th-AA 1988 Junior Pan American Games, Ponce, Puerto Rico; 2nd-AA, 3rd-UB
NATIONAL COMPETITION 2000 John Hancock U.S. Gymnastics Championships, St. Louis, Mo.; 2nd-UB (tie) (Did not compete all-around) 1996 U.S. Olympic Trials-Gymnastics, Boston, Mass.; 1st-AA (did not compete; scores carried from 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships) 1996 Coca-Cola National Championships, Knoxville, Tenn.; 1st-AA 1995 World Team Trials, Austin, Texas; 2nd-AA 1995 Coca-Cola National Championships, New Orleans, La.; 2nd-AA, 1st-V, 3rd-FX 1995 American Classic/Pan American Games Trials, Oakland, Calif.; 1st-AA, 2nd-V & UB, 1st-BB & FX 1994 Coca-Cola National Championships, Nashville, Tenn.; 2nd-AA, V, UB, BB & FX 1993 Coca-Cola National Championships, Salt Lake City, Utah; 1st-AA & UB & FX, 2nd-V, 3rd-BB 1993 U.S. Olympic Festival, San Antonio, Texas; 1st-AA & V & BB & FX, 2nd-UB, 1st-Team 1992 U.S. Olympic Trials, Baltimore, Md.; 1st-AA 1992 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Columbus, Ohio; compulsories only 1991 World Championships Team Trials, Indianapolis, Ind.; 4th-AA 1991 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Cincinnati, Ohio; 7th-AA, 1st-BB, 3rd-V, 6th-FX 1991 U.S. Classic, Huntington Beach, Calif.; 2nd-AA & BB & FX 1990 American Classic, Tempe, Ariz.; 2nd-AA, 1st-BB & FX 1990 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Denver, Colo.; 8th-AA, 5th-FX, 6th-BB 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival, Oklahoma City, Okla.; 3rd-AA, 1st-UB, 5th-BB, 6th-FX
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