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{{Short description|American artistic gymnast}}
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{{Infobox gymnast
| name            = Jamie Dantzscher
| image           = Jamie Dantzscher.jpg
| imagesize       =
| caption         = Dantzscher in 2018
| fullname        = Jamie Annette Dantzscher
| altname         = 
| nickname        = 
| country         = {{USA}}
| formercountry   = 
| birth_date      = {{Birth date and age|1982|05|02}}
| birth_place     = [[Canoga Park, Los Angeles, California]], U.S.
| death_date      = 
| death_place     = 
| height          = <!-- {{convert|5|ft|1|in|cm}} -->
| discipline      = WAG
| natlteam        = 1994–2001 ([[United States women's national artistic gymnastics team|USA]])
| club            = Charter Oak Gliders
| gym             = 
| collegeteam     = [[UCLA Bruins gymnastics team|UCLA Bruins]]
| headcoach       = 
| assistcoach     = 
| formercoach     = Beth Rybacki<br/>Steve Rybacki
| choreographer   = 
| music           = "My Drag" (1999); "[[La Cumparsita]]" (2000)
| eponymousskills = 
| retired         = 
| show-medals     = yes
| medaltemplates  = {{MedalSport|Women's [[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|artistic gymnastics]]}}
{{MedalCountry | the {{USA}} }}
{{MedalCompetition|[[Olympic Games]]}}
{{MedalBronze | [[2000 Summer Olympics|2000 Sydney]] | [[Gymnastics at the 2000 Summer Olympics|Team]]}}
{{MedalCompetition | [[Pan American Games]]}}
{{MedalSilver | [[1999 Pan American Games|1999 Winnipeg]] | [[Gymnastics at the 1999 Pan American Games|Team]]}}
{{MedalCountry | [[UCLA Bruins]] }}
[[File:UCLA Bruins script.svg|center|80px]]
{{MedalCompetition|[[NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships|NCAA Championships]]}}
{{MedalGold|[[2001 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2001 Athens]]| Team }}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2002 Tuscaloosa]]| All-Around }}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2002 Tuscaloosa]]| Vault}}
{{MedalGold|[[2002 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2002 Tuscaloosa]]| Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2003 Lincoln]]| Uneven Bars}}
{{MedalGold|[[2003 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2003 Lincoln]]| Team}}
{{MedalGold|[[2004 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2004 Los Angeles]]| Team}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2001 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2001 Athens]]| Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2003 Lincoln]]| Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|[[2003 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2003 Lincoln]]| Vault}}
{{MedalBronze|[[2002 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship|2002 Tuscaloosa]]| Team}} 
}}

'''Jamie Annette Dantzscher''' (born May 2, 1982)<ref name=":0">{{Cite news |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2013/4/17/208191076.aspx |title=Player Bio: Jamie Dantzscher |work=uclabruins.com |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}}</ref> is an American former [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]. She was a member of the bronze medal-winning American team at the [[2000 Olympics]] in [[Sydney]].<ref name=":3">{{Cite news |first=Selena |last=Roberts |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2000/08/21/sports/olympics-the-road-to-sydney-miller-out-but-dawes-and-chow-make-team.html |title=Miller Out, but Dawes and Chow Make Team |work=The New York Times |date=August 21, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref><ref name=":1" />

==Early life==
Dantzscher was born in [[Canoga Park|Canoga Park, California]] and raised in [[San Dimas, California]]. She graduated from [[San Dimas High School]].<ref name=":0" /> She trained at Charter Oak Gliders in [[Covina, California|Covina]] under Beth Kline-Rybacki and Steve Rybacki.<ref name=":0" /><ref>{{Cite news |first=Diane |last=Pucin |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-28-ss-28175-story.html |title=Encouraging Sign for Father of Gymnast |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 28, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

== Elite gymnastics career ==
Dantzscher was a member of the United States national gymnastics team for eight years, starting in 1994. In her international debut, the 1996 City of Popes competition in France, she won the all-around and [[floor exercise]] titles.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/d/jdantzscher.html |title=USA Gymnastics Official Biography: Jamie Dantzscher |website=usagym.org |access-date=2017-05-08 |archive-date=2022-12-05 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20221205141141/https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/d/jdantzscher.html |url-status=dead}}</ref>

She competed in her first senior U.S. Nationals in 1997, finishing sixth in the all-around.<ref name=":5">{{Cite news |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-1997-aug-23-sp-25254-story.html |title=On The EDGE |last=Henson |first=Steve |date=1997-08-23 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}</ref> Her placement would have qualified her to the U.S. squad for the [[1997 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]], but at 15, she was too young to meet the [[International Federation of Gymnastics]]' newly raised minimum age requirement.<ref name=":5" /> She went on to compete at the [[1999 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships]] in [[Tianjin]], where she placed fifth with the American team.<ref>{{Cite book |first=Dvora |last=Meyers |title=The End of the Perfect 10: The Making and Breaking of Gymnastics' Top Score |publisher=Touchstone |year=2016 |isbn=978-1501101366 |pages=[https://archive.org/details/endofperfect10ma0000meye/page/132 132] |url=https://archive.org/details/endofperfect10ma0000meye/page/132}}</ref>

In 2000, Dantzscher won her first national all-around medal, a bronze.<ref name=":4" /><ref name=":6">{{Cite news |first=Dan |last=Loumena |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-sep-16-sp-21768-story.html |title=Gymnast Turns Potential Into Olympic Appearance |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=September 16, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref> She placed fifth at the Olympic Trials,<ref name=":6" /> securing a berth on the U.S. team for the [[2000 Summer Olympics]] in [[Sydney]].<ref name=":3" />

=== 2000 Olympics ===
Dantzscher fell on the floor exercise during the team preliminaries in Sydney but competed well in the team finals, scoring 9.429 on [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]], 9.700 on the [[uneven bars]] and 9.712 on floor. The U.S. team initially finished fourth, behind Romania, Russia, and China.<ref name=":1">{{Cite news |first=Phil |last=Sheridan |url=https://www.chicagotribune.com/2000/09/19/us-women-gymnasts-must-settle-for-4th/ |title=U.S. Women Gymnasts Must Settle For 4th |publisher=Chicago Tribune |date=August 19, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

Dantzscher was one of the most visible members of the U.S. Olympic team in the media because of her outspoken opposition to the policies of the national team coordinator, [[Béla Károlyi]], whom she called a "puppeteer".<ref>{{Cite news |first=Diana |last=Pucin |url=https://www.latimes.com/archives/la-xpm-2000-dec-05-sp-61404-story.html |title=Healing Time for Gymnast |work=[[Los Angeles Times]] |date=December 15, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |first=Larry |last=Stone |url=http://www.seattletimes.com/sports/uw-huskies/uw-gymnastics-coach-elise-ray-in-good-place-after-overcoming-olympic-disappointment/ |title=UW gymnastics coach Elise Ray in good place after overcoming Olympic disappointment |publisher=[[The Seattle Times]] |date=August 26, 2016 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref> Her opinions about Károlyi, which were echoed by some of her teammates and their coaches, were published in many major news outlets during the Olympics.<ref name=":1" /><ref>{{Cite news |first=John |last=Eisenberg |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/2000/09/20/finger-pointing-is-the-next-event-after-us-gymnasts-fail-to-medal/ |title=Finger-pointing is the next event after U.S. gymnasts fail to medal |publisher=[[Baltimore Sun]] |date=September 20, 2000 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

On April 28, 2010, Dantzscher and the other women on the 2000 Olympic team were awarded the bronze medal in the team competition when it was discovered that the Chinese team had falsified the age of one of its gymnasts, [[Dong Fangxiao]].<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2010/02/27/sports/olympics/27gymnasts.html |title=Chinese Gymnast Dong Fangxiao Is Ruled to Have Been Under Age in 2000 Olympics |last=Macur |first=Juliet |date=2010-02-26 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2017-05-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref> Dong's results were nullified, and the [[International Olympic Committee]] stripped the Chinese team of its medal.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.cnn.com/2010/SPORT/04/28/olympics.china.stripped.bronze/index.html?hpt=T2 |title=China stripped of 2000 Olympic bronze |date=2010-04-28 |work=CNN |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}}</ref>

==NCAA career==
After the Olympics, Dantzscher joined the [[UCLA Bruins gymnastics team]]. During her [[National Collegiate Athletic Association|NCAA]] career, she achieved a UCLA record 28 [[Perfect 10 (gymnastics)|perfect ten]] scores. In her first meet as a Bruin, she scored perfect tens on both of the events she competed, floor and bars, making her the first UCLA gymnast to score a perfect ten on her debut collegiate routine.<ref name=":0" /> In her four years of NCAA competition, Dantzscher achieved All-American honors 15 times, earned three [[Pac-12 Conference|Pac-10]] individual titles, and was a part of three [[NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships|NCAA Championship]]-winning Bruins teams.<ref name=":0" /> She received the 2004 [[AAI Award]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.americanathletic.com/aai-award-1.aspx |title=AAI Award |website=americanathletic.com |access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref>

Dantzscher was inducted into the [[UCLA Bruins#UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame|UCLA Athletics Hall of Fame]] in 2016.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2016/6/27/bruin-athletics-eight-inducted-into-ucla-athletics-hall-of-fame.aspx |title=Eight Inducted into UCLA Athletic Hall of Fame |date=2016-06-27 |work=UCLABruins.com |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}}</ref><ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.latimes.com/sports/ucla/la-sp-davis-tyler-ucla-athletics-hall-of-fame-20160627-snap-story.html |title=Baron Davis and Wendell Tyler among eight to be inducted into UCLA Athletics' Hall of Fame |last=Bolch |first=Ben |date=2016-06-27 |work=Los Angeles Times |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en-US |issn=0458-3035}}</ref>

=== Career Perfect 10.0 ===
{| class="wikitable"
|+
!Season
!Date
!Event
!Meet
|-
| rowspan="7" |2001
| rowspan="2" |January 5, 2001
|Uneven Bars
| rowspan="2" |Maui Invitational
|-
|Floor Exercise
|-
|January 19, 2001
|Floor Exercise
|UCLA @ Stanford
|-
|February 11, 2001
|Uneven Bars
|UCLA vs. Arizona, 
Washington, and CSUF
|-
|February 16, 2001
| rowspan="3" |Floor Exercise
|UCLA @ Oregon State
|-
|March 4, 2001
|UCLA vs. Cal, 
Utah State, and UCSB
|-
|March 24, 2001
|Pac-10 Championship
|-
| rowspan="10" |2002
|January 13, 2002
|Vault
|UCLA @ Georgia
|-
|January 18, 2002
| rowspan="6" |Floor Exercise
|UCLA vs. 
Boise State @ CSUF
|-
|January 20, 2002
|UCLA vs. Arizona State
|-
|January 25, 2002
|UCLA @ Arizona
|-
|February 10, 2002
|UCLA vs. Stanford
|-
|February 17, 2002
|UCLA vs. UCSB 
and UC Davis @ California
|-
|February 23, 2002
|UCLA vs. Oregon State
|-
| rowspan="3" |March 3, 2002
|Vault
| rowspan="3" |UCLA vs. Michigan, 
Minnesota, and CSUF
|-
|Uneven Bars
|-
|Floor Exercise
|-
| rowspan="10" |2003
|January 2, 2003
|Floor Exercise
|UCLA vs. Oregon State
|-
| rowspan="2" |January 19, 2003
|Uneven Bars
| rowspan="2" |UCLA vs Cal, 
UC Davis, and CSUF
|-
|Floor Exercise
|-
|February 7, 2003
|Uneven Bars
|UCLA @ Stanford
|-
| rowspan="2" |February 9, 2003
|Vault
| rowspan="2" |UCLA vs. Washington
|-
|Floor Exercise
|-
| rowspan="2" |February 16, 2003
|Vault
| rowspan="2" |UCLA @ Arizona State
|-
|Uneven Bars
|-
|February 23, 2003
| rowspan="2" |Floor Exercise
|UCLA vs. Arizona
|-
|April 12, 2003
|Missouri Regional
|-
|2004
|February 22, 2004
|Uneven Bars
|UCLA vs. Oregon State
|}

== Post-gymnastics career ==
During the 2008–09 season, Dantzscher was an assistant coach for [[Arizona State Sun Devils gymnastics team|Arizona State]].<ref name=":2">{{Cite news |url=http://www.eastvalleytribune.com/sports/women-s-gymnastics-announces-the-hiring-of-two-former-olympians/article_73ad8f6f-867b-571b-a3d4-622685edfa88.html |title=Women's gymnastics announces the hiring of two former Olympians |date=2008-08-18 |work=East Valley Tribune |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}}</ref> Before that, she coached at three gyms in California: Diamond Elite Gymnastics in [[Chino, California|Chino]], Club Champion in [[Pasadena, California|Pasadena]], and East Bay Sports Academy in [[Concord, California|Concord]].<ref name=":2" />

On March 29, 2017, Dantzscher was [[USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal|one of several former gymnasts]] who testified before Congress about the sexual abuse committed by [[USA Gymnastics]]' national team doctor, Larry Nassar.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.nytimes.com/2017/03/29/sports/facing-congress-some-sports-officials-not-all-begin-to-confront-sex-abuse.html |title=Facing Congress, Some Sports Officials (Not All) Begin to Confront Sexual Abuse |last=Macur |first=Juliet |date=2017-03-29 |work=The New York Times |access-date=2017-05-08 |issn=0362-4331}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2017/03/28/jamie-dantzscher-larry-nassar-sexual-abuse-video/ |title=U.S. gymnasts give emotional testimony about sexual abuse |last=Associated Press |date=2017-03-28 |website=NBC Sports |access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref> She indicated she had been abused "all over the world", and that she thought she was the only one.<ref>{{Cite news |url=https://www.reuters.com/video/2017/03/28/former-gymnast-doctor-abused-me-all-over?videoId=371379837 |title=Former gymnast: Doctor abused me 'all over the world' |date=2017-03-28 |work=Reuters |access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref>

==Personal life==

Dantzscher's parents and her six siblings all have first names beginning with the letter J.<ref name=":0" /> Two of her younger sisters, twins Janelle<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2013/4/17/208190978.aspx |title=Player Bio: Janelle Dantzscher |work=UCLABruins.com |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}}</ref> and Jalynne,<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.uclabruins.com/news/2013/4/17/208191028.aspx |title=Player Bio: Jalynne Dantzscher |work=UCLABruins.com |access-date=2017-05-08 |language=en}}</ref> also competed on the UCLA gymnastics team. Jalynne competed with the Bruins for one season before retiring from gymnastics because of a recurring injury.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://pac-12.com/article/2006/10/26/jalynne-dantzscher-retires-gymnastics |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160628234152/http://pac-12.com/article/2006/10/26/jalynne-dantzscher-retires-gymnastics |url-status=dead |archive-date=June 28, 2016 |title=Jalynne Dantzscher Retires From Gymnastics |date=2006-10-26 |website=Pac-12 News |language=en |access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref> Dantzscher's oldest sister, Jennifer Pippin, died in April 2017 of [[asthma]]-related causes.<ref>{{Cite news |url=http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Giants-Crawford-out-of-lineup-as-Bumgarner-11072281.php |title=Giants' Crawford out of lineup after sister-in-law's death |last=Schulman |first=Henry |date=2017-04-13 |work=SFGate |access-date=2017-05-09}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.mercurynews.com/2017/04/13/giants-lineup-brandon-crawford-grieves-a-loss-in-his-wifes-family/ |title=Giants lineup: Brandon Crawford grieving a loss |last=Baggarly |first=Andrew |date=2017-04-25 |website=Mercury News |access-date=2017-05-08}}</ref>

Dantzscher is a [[The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints|Latter-day Saint]].<ref>{{Cite news |first=Travis |last=Toone |url=http://www.deseretnews.com/top/875/25/Jamie-Dantzscher-Mormons-in-Olympic-history.html |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140225180057/http://www.deseretnews.com/top/875/25/Jamie-Dantzscher-Mormons-in-Olympic-history.html |url-status=dead |archive-date=February 25, 2014 |title=Mormons in Olympic history |publisher=[[Deseret News]] |date=July 27, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref> She is the sister-in-law of [[Brandon Crawford]], the [[San Francisco Giants]] shortstop, who is married to Jalynne Dantzscher.<ref>{{Cite news |first=Ann |last=Killion |url=http://www.sfgate.com/giants/article/Brandon-Crawford-living-the-dream-3930508.php |title=Brandon Crawford: living the dream |publisher=[[SFGate.com]] |date=October 8, 2012 |access-date=May 8, 2017}}</ref>

In February 2017, three former gymnasts, Dantzscher, [[Jeanette Antolin]] and [[Jessica Howard]], gave an interview with ''[[60 Minutes]]'' in which they accused [[Larry Nassar]] of sexually abusing them. The gymnasts also alleged that the "emotionally abusive environment" at the national team training camps run by [[Béla Károlyi|Béla]] and [[Márta Károlyi]] at the [[Karolyi Ranch]] gave Nassar an opportunity to take advantage of the gymnasts and made them afraid to speak up about the abuse.<ref name=60mins>{{cite web |first=Brit |last=McCandless |url=https://www.cbsnews.com/news/on-60-minutes-former-gymnasts-allege-sexual-abuse/ |title=On 60 Minutes, former gymnasts allege sexual abuse |publisher=[[CBS News]] |date=February 19, 2017 |access-date=January 25, 2018}}</ref>

==References==
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==External links==
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* [https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/d/jdantzscher.html Jamie Dantzscher] at [[USA Gymnastics]]

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