Christina McDonald (gymnast)
| Christina McDonald | |
|---|---|
| Full name | Christina Anne McDonald Fritz |
| Country represented |  Canada |
| Born | 1969 Oshawa, Ontario, Canada |
| Discipline | Artistic gymnastics |
| Years on national team | Canadian National |
| College team | University of Florida |
| Head coach(es) | Leonid Grakovsky, Debbie Vidmar |
| Retired | 1993 |
Christina Anne McDonald Fritz (born 1969), née Christina Anne McDonald, is a former college and international gymnast from Canada.
McDonald made her international debut at the International Japan Juniors in 1983, placing seventh all-around. She had continued success in the mid-1980s, and was a member of Canada's Olympic team at the 1988 Summer Olympics in Seoul, Korea.
McDonald accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of coach Ernestine Weaver's Florida Gators women's gymnastics team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1989 to 1992.[1] In the opening meet of the Gators' 1989 season, she tore her Anterior cruciate ligament (ACL) on a beam dismount. She returned to competition with the Gators the following season, but chose not to do the vault. McDonald graduated from the University of Florida with a bachelor's degree in health science education in 1993.
McDonald has worked as a missionary at E.W.T.N., Global Catholic Network starting in 2001 - 2010. McDonald married in 2007 in the United States, and took the name "Fritz" as her married name.
Rankings
1983
- International Japan Juniors: 7th AA
1984
- Champions All: 4th AA
1985
- Elite Canada: 2nd AA
- American Cup: 7th AA
- Canadian Nationals: 3rd AA, 3rd V
- Belgian Gym Masters: 5th AA, 1st UB
- World Championships: 9th T, 26th AA
1986
- Canadian Nationals: 2nd AA, 2nd BB, 2nd FX
1987
- Canadian Nationals: 3rd AA, 5th V, 5th UB, 1st BB, 5th FX
- World Championships: 8th T
1988
- Canadian Olympic Trials
- Olympic Games: 11th T
See also
References
- ^ Florida Gymnastics 2011 Media Supplement Archived 2012-04-02 at the Wayback Machine, University Athletic Association, Gainesville, Florida, pp. 51, 54, 61, 65, 67–71, 73 (2011). Retrieved 1 August 2011.