Brenda Magaña
Mexican artistic gymnast
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Brenda Vianey Magaña Almaral (born July 27, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) is a Mexican artistic gymnast. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersault dismount from the uneven bars at a World Championships or Olympics, which she did at the 2002 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Debrecen, Hungary.
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| Born | July 27, 1977 (age 48) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Club | World Olympic Gymnastics Academy | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Coached by | Bogomil Ivanov | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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She began practicing gymnastics at the age of three at the Club Deportivo Atlas Paradero in Guadalajara but then started training at WOGA Gymnastics in Texas, United States.[1] She was five years old when she participated in her first international competition in Czechoslovakia.[1]
Eponymous skill
Magaña has the triple back somersault dismount off the uneven bars named after her in the Code of Points.[2][3]
| Apparatus | Name | Description | Difficulty[a] | Added to the Code of Points |
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| Uneven bars | Magaña | Swing forward to triple back salto tucked | G (0.7) | 2002 World Championships |
- Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points