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{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
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{{Infobox gymnast
| name = Terin Humphrey
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| full_name = Terin Marie Humphrey
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| country = {{USA}}
| formercountry =
| birth_date = {{Birth date and age|1986|8|14}}
| birth_place = [[Saint Joseph, Missouri]], U.S.
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| height = 5 ft 0 in
| discipline = WAG
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| natlteam = 1999–2005 ([[United States women's national artistic gymnastics team|USA]])
| club = Great American Gym. Express
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| collegeteam = [[Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics|Alabama Crimson Tide]]
| headcoach = Al Fong
| assistcoach = Armine Barutyan
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| eponymousskills = Humphrey (balance beam)
| retired = March 18, 2008
| show-medals = yes
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{{Medal|Sport|Women's [[artistic gymnastics]]}}
{{Medal|Country|the {{USA}}}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[Gymnastics at the Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|[[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Athens]]|[[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's artistic team all-around|Team]]}}
{{Medal|Silver|2004 Athens|[[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics – Women's uneven bars|Uneven bars]]}}
{{Medal|Competition|[[World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]]}}
{{Medal|Gold|[[2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2003 Anaheim]]|Team}}
}}

'''Terin Marie Humphrey''' (born August 14, 1986, in [[St. Joseph, Missouri]])<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/h/thumphrey.pdf |title=Terin Humphrey |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=July 25, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806210213/https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/h/thumphrey.pdf |archive-date=August 6, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref> is a retired American [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]. She competed at the [[2004 Summer Olympics]] in [[Athens]], where she helped the United States team place second<ref name=":6">{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/olympics_medalists_artistic.html |title=USA Gymnastics &#124; U.S. Medalists at Olympic Games- Men & Women Artistic Gymnastics |website=usagym.org |access-date=May 23, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190523164740/https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/olympics_medalists_artistic.html |archive-date=May 23, 2019 |url-status=dead}}</ref> and won an individual silver medal on the [[uneven bars]].<ref name=":4">{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/terin-humphrey |title=Terin HUMPHREY - Olympic Gymnastics Artistic &#124; United States of America |website=International Olympic Committee |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref><ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7">{{Cite web |url=https://www.olympic.org/news/le-pennec-emerges-from-the-shadows |title=Le Pennec emerges from the shadows |website=Olympic |date=22 August 2004}}</ref> Humphrey was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2008 as a member of the 2003 World Championships team, and in 2015 as an individual gymnast.<ref name=":8">{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=15255 |title=USA Gymnastics announces 2015 Hall of Fame Class |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=June 13, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20181221053229/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=15255 |archive-date=December 21, 2018 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Early life and training ==
Humphrey was raised in [[Bates City, Missouri]], and trained under coaches Al and Armine Fong at [[Great American Gymnastics Express]],<ref name=":0" /> alongside Olympic teammate [[Courtney McCool]].<ref>{{Cite web |last=Garcia |first=Marlen |date=June 3, 2004 |url=http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-06-03/sports/0406030279_1_aspiring-olympic-gymnast-american-cup-all-arounders |title=She's true to her roots |website=Chicago Tribune |access-date=July 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160817104442/http://articles.chicagotribune.com/2004-06-03/sports/0406030279_1_aspiring-olympic-gymnast-american-cup-all-arounders |archive-date=August 17, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

== Elite career ==

=== 1999-2001: Junior ===
Humphrey became a junior national team member in 1999.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/women/history/past_nat_teams_jr.html#1999 |title=USA Gymnastics {{!}} Women's Past Junior National Teams|website=usagym.org|access-date=2019-05-23|archive-date=2011-09-01|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110901010136/http://usa-gymnastics.org/pages/women/history/past_nat_teams_jr.html#1999|url-status=dead}}</ref> At the 1999 J.O. Nationals, she placed first on uneven bars, second on balance beam, and third on vault and in the all-around.<ref name=":0" /> At the 1999 US Gymnastics Championships, she was thirteenth in the all-around and fourth on uneven bars in the junior division.<ref name=":0" />

At her first international meet, the 2000 US vs. France, she won gold in the all-around, and at the 2000 Pontiac International Team Championships her team placed first.<ref name=":0" /> Nationally, she competed at the US Classic and placed fourth on uneven bars and fifth in the all-around.<ref name=":0" /> She also competed at the US Gymnastics Championships, finishing second in the all-around and third on floor exercise.<ref name=":0" />

In 2001, Humphrey competed at the US Classic and the US Gymnastics Championships. Her highest finish was fourth on balance beam at the US Classic.<ref name=":0" /> Internationally, she competed at the Pontiac American Team Cup where her team finished first.<ref name=":0" />

=== 2002-2004: Senior ===
In 2002, Humphrey became a senior national team member.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/women/history/past_nat_teams_sr.html#2002 |title=USA Gymnastics {{!}} Women's Past Senior National Teams|website=usagym.org|access-date=2019-05-23|archive-date=2011-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831032222/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/pages/women/history/past_nat_teams_sr.html#2002|url-status=dead}}</ref> She competed in four national meets and five international meets, including the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At World Championships, she advanced to the semifinal round on [[Floor (gymnastics)|floor exercise]] and [[Vault (gymnastics)|vault]], but did not make the eight-person finals on either apparatus, placing ninth and eleventh on vault and floor, respectively.<ref name=":0" />

In 2003, Humphrey competed at the Pacific Challenge, winning team silver and individual vault silver.<ref name=":0" /> She placed sixth in the all-around at US National Championships.<ref name=":0" /> She competed at the World Championships and was a member of the first U.S. women's team to win a World Championships gold medal.<ref name=":0" />

Humphrey placed third at the 2004 [[USA Gymnastics National Championships|U.S. National Championships]], improving on her sixth-place performance from the year before.<ref name=":0" /> At the 2004 Athens Olympics, Humphrey competed on bars and [[balance beam]] in the team finals, scoring 9.587 and 9.487, respectively. She helped the United States team win team silver.<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":4" /> She also competed in the event finals on the uneven bars and won the silver medal<ref name=":6" /><ref name=":7" /> with a score of 9.662.<ref name=":4" />

==NCAA career==
Humphrey competed for the [[Alabama Crimson Tide women's gymnastics|University of Alabama]] from 2005 to 2008. She was Alabama gymnastics' first Olympian.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web |url=http://rolltide.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=852 |title=Terin Humphrey - Gymnastics |website=University of Alabama Athletics |language=en |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref>

In her freshman season, she helped the team to second place in the NCAA National Championships<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://rolltide.com/news/2005/4/24/Alabama_Finishes_Second_at_the_NCAA_Gymnastics_Championships.aspx?path=wgym |title=Alabama Finishes Second at the NCAA Gymnastics Championships |date=24 March 2005 |website=Rolltide}}</ref> and won the NCAA uneven bars title.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rolltide.com/news/2005/4/24/Terin_Humphrey_Wins_NCAA_Uneven_Bars_Championship.aspx?path=wgym |title=Terin Humphrey Wins NCAA Uneven Bars Championship |website=University of Alabama Athletics |language=en |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref> As a sophomore, she won the NCAA West Regional balance beam title.<ref name=":5" /> As a junior, Humphrey underwent surgery on both elbows,<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rolltide.com/news/2006/11/1/Humphrey_Elbow_Surgery_a_Success.aspx?path=wgym |title=Humphrey Elbow Surgery a Success |website=University of Alabama Athletics |language=en |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref> but still competed in every meet that season<ref name=":5" /> and won the NCAA National Championships uneven bars title.<ref name=":5" /><ref>{{Cite web |url=http://rolltide.com/news/2007/4/29/Gymnasts_Win_Two_NCAA_Individual_Titles.aspx?path=wgym |title=Gymnasts Win Two NCAA Individual Titles |website=University of Alabama Athletics |language=en |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref>

On March 18, 2008, Humphrey, who battled back problems during the 2008 season, announced her retirement from gymnastics.<ref>Rapoport, Ian R. [http://www.al.com/sec/birminghamnews/index.ssf?/base/sports/120591452028750.xml&coll=2 "University of Alabama's Terin Humphrey Retires from Gymnastics"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110609073731/http://www.al.com/sec/birminghamnews/index.ssf?%2Fbase%2Fsports%2F120591452028750.xml&coll=2 |date=June 9, 2011 }}. ''The Birmingham News''. March 19, 2008. Accessed on May 10, 2008.</ref>

==Post-college==
In May 2010, Humphrey became a police officer in [[Raymore, Missouri]].<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://www.columbiamissourian.com/sports/former-olympic-gymnast-now-a-police-officer/article_72ad9653-7e9a-568d-b357-9aca2fa72cb4.html |title=Former Olympic gymnast now a police officer |last=Bauer |first=Laura |date=June 21, 2010 |website=Kansas City Star |publisher= |access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> She said that she had been interested in law enforcement since watching ''[[NYPD Blue]]'' as a child, and that she had considered law and forensics before settling on the police academy.<ref name=":1" /> Humphrey left the police force four and a half years later.<ref name=":2">{{Cite web |url=http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kc-olympian-on-selection-committee-for-2016-games |title=KC Olympian on selection committee for 2016 games |last=Shively |first=Lindsay |date=May 13, 2016 |website=KSHB |language=en-US |access-date=July 26, 2016 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160718090049/http://www.kshb.com/news/local-news/kc-olympian-on-selection-committee-for-2016-games |archive-date=July 18, 2016 |url-status=dead}}</ref>

Humphrey remains involved with [[USA Gymnastics]], and was a member of the selection committee that chose the U.S. women's teams for the [[2012 Summer Olympics|2012]] and [[2016 Summer Olympics|2016 Olympics]].<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3">{{Cite web |url=http://www.insidegymnastics.com/#!Terin-Humphrey-%25E2%2580%259CIt-is-amazing-but-also-hard%25E2%2580%259D/cd9n/5702899f0cf27cb8ad18feaa |title=Terin Humphrey: 'It is amazing but also hard' |last=Johnson |first=Anna Rose |date=April 4, 2016 |website=Inside Gymnastics |publisher= |access-date=July 26, 2016}}</ref> As of April 2016, she was coaching gymnasts at X-treme, a facility in [[Lee's Summit, Missouri]], and studying massage therapy.<ref name=":3" />

Humphrey became an athlete representative on USA Gymnastics' Athletes' Council in 2009.<ref name=":8" /> She was removed from this position in May 2019, after posting a meme on Facebook that stated, "What champions consider coaching is what the entitled consider abuse," in the wake of the [[USA Gymnastics sex abuse scandal|USA Gymnastics abuse scandal]].<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://eng.gymnovosti.com/terin-humphrey-removed-from-her-position-at-usag/ |title=Terin Humphrey removed from her position at USAG |last=LiubovB |date=May 22, 2019 |website=Gymnovosti |language=en-US |access-date=May 23, 2019}}</ref><ref>{{Cite web |url=https://wgno.com/2019/06/12/controversial-meme-costs-olympian-her-role-with-usa-gymnastics/ |title=Controversial meme costs Olympian her role with USA Gymnastics |date=June 12, 2019 |website=WGNO |language=en |access-date=June 13, 2019}}</ref>

==Skills==
Humphrey's elite routines consisted of:

'''Vault:''' Double-twisting [[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko]] (9.8 start value); piked Podkopayeva (9.7 SV); piked Khorkina II (9.9 SV)

'''Uneven bars:''' Glide kip, cast to handstand (KCH); Maloney; KCH 1/2 + toe-on 1/2 + Markelov; KCH + stalder 1/1 + hop 1/1 + [[Gienger]]; KCH + giant 1/1 + overshoot + toe-on 1/1 + piked sole circle to high bar; KCH; giant + giant + double layout dismount (10.00 SV)

'''Balance beam:''' Triple turn in lunge position; standing Arabian; Kochetkova; back handspring + back layout + beat jump; wolf jump; punch front, beat jump - switch leap, back dive 1/4, back hip circle - roundoff, flip flop, double tuck (9.9 SV)

'''Floor exercise:''' Round-off + back handspring + double Arabian; full-twisting switch leap; double-twisting tuck jump; round-off + back handspring + piked full-in; round-off + back handspring + 1{{frac|1|2}} twist + round-off, back handspring, 2{{frac|1|2}} twist; double stag leap; split leap full; triple turn; round-off + back handspring + triple twist (10.0 SV)

===Eponymous skill===
Humphrey has one eponymous skill listed in the [[Code of Points (gymnastics)|Code of Points]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2022-2024 Code of Points Women’s Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=22 January 2022 |pages=130, 209 |archive-date=12 May 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
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! Apparatus  !! Name  !! Description  !! [[Code of Points (gymnastics)#Table of elements|Difficulty]]{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}} !! Notes
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|Balance beam || Humphrey || 2½ turn (900°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional || D (0.4) || Also called a 2½ [[wolf turn]]
|}
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==References==
{{Reflist}}
* http://www.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_2002.pdf {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160421002626/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_2002.pdf |date=April 21, 2016 }}

==External links==
* {{FIG|bio=24668|lic=2535}}
* [http://www.gymn-forum.net/bios/women/humphrey.html Terin Humphrey] at Gymn Forum
* [https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/h/thumphrey.pdf Terin Humphrey] at [[USA Gymnastics]]
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20060913213827/http://www.usolympicteam.com/26_21674.htm |date=mdy |title=Terin Humphrey at the United States Olympic Committee}}
* {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080514222155/http://gymnastics.about.com/od/famousgymnasts/ig/Terin-Humphrey-Photo-Gallery/  |date=mdy |title=Terin Humphrey photo gallery at Gymnastics.About.com}}
* [http://www.rolltide.com/ViewArticle.dbml?SPSID=38800&SPID=3002&DB_OEM_ID=8000&ATCLID=605695&Q_SEASON=2006 Terin Humphrey at Alabama Crimson Tide]{{dead link|date=March 2018 |bot=InternetArchiveBot |fix-attempted=yes }}

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