Born in Del Rio, Texas, Tara Nott grew up in Stilwell, Kansas.[1] Her coaches were Mike Gattone and Bob Morris. She attended Blue Valley Middle and High Schools in Stilwell, KS and Colorado College in Colorado Springs, CO. She is married to free style wrestler Casey Cunningham.
In 2000, she became the first US weightlifter to win Olympic gold since Chuck Vinci in 1960, and the first US female weightlifter ever to win Olympic gold. The original gold medal winner, Bulgaria's Izabela Dragneva, was stripped of her gold after testing positive for furosemide, and the gold was awarded to Nott who initially placed second.[2]
tara, cunningham, tara, nott, cunningham, born, tara, nott, 1972, american, former, olympic, weightlifter, competed, united, states, both, 2000, 2004, olympic, games, only, athlete, have, trained, three, different, sports, united, states, olympic, training, ce. Tara Nott Cunningham born Tara Nott May 10 1972 is an American former Olympic weightlifter who competed for the United States in both the 2000 and 2004 Olympic Games She is the only athlete to have trained for three different sports at the United States Olympic Training Center gymnastics soccer and weightlifting Tara CunninghamPersonal informationBorn 1972 05 10 May 10 1972 age 51 Del Rio Texas USAHeight5 ft 1 2 in 154 cm Weight106 lb 48 kg SportCountry United StatesSportWeightliftingMedal record Olympic Games 2000 Sydney 48 kg Pan American Games 1999 Winnipeg 48 kg 2003 Santo Domingo 48 kg Born in Del Rio Texas Tara Nott grew up in Stilwell Kansas 1 Her coaches were Mike Gattone and Bob Morris She attended Blue Valley Middle and High Schools in Stilwell KS and Colorado College in Colorado Springs CO She is married to free style wrestler Casey Cunningham In 2000 she became the first US weightlifter to win Olympic gold since Chuck Vinci in 1960 and the first US female weightlifter ever to win Olympic gold The original gold medal winner Bulgaria s Izabela Dragneva was stripped of her gold after testing positive for furosemide and the gold was awarded to Nott who initially placed second 2 At the 2004 Summer Olympics she ranked 10th in the 48 kg category 3 4 She was inducted into the International Weightlifting Hall of Fame in 2015 5 Weightlifting achievements editSenior National Champion 1996 1997 1999 2000 2002 2004 World Championships Team Member 1997 1999 2003 2004 Pan Am Games Champion 1999 2003 Olympic Champion 2000 Olympic Games team member 2004 Multiple All Time Senior American record holder in snatch clean and jerk and totalNotes and references edit Tara Nott Physical Mag June 2001 Archived 2014 02 23 at the Wayback Machine McCallum Jack October 2 2000 American Beauties Sports Illustrated Retrieved December 13 2008 CUNNINGHAM Tara International Weightlifting Federation Archived from the original on May 27 2011 McCallum Jack August 23 2004 Uplifting Farewell Sports Illustrated Retrieved December 13 2008 Hall of Fame member and gold medalist Tara Nott celebrates 45th birthday www iwf net May 11 2017 nbsp This biographical article relating to weightlifting in the United States is a stub You can help Wikipedia by expanding it vte Retrieved from https en wikipedia org w index php title Tara Cunningham amp oldid 1194312770, wikipedia, wiki, book, books, library,
