Now the DMC Level 9 Regional Champion on balance beam, floor exercise, and in the all-around – Emry Munholand. Celebrating, she posted pictures from the regionals and wrote, “I had an amazing time at regionals! This is a big accomplishment for me because it’s my first year in level 9 and I made it to nationals! @dominiquemoceanu @moceanugym” while attaching pictures from the regionals as well. “But the cherry on top is the prize she got from this gymnastics legend. Who?

The very first picture she shared is with the Olympic gold medalist, Dominique Moceanu. The gymnast agreed with the young athlete, she commented, “Indeed it is! Fan-flipping-tastic!💜👑.” Dominique runs a gymnastics gym by the name of Moceanu Gym, and Emry is a student from there. The appraisals just did not stop there.

Taking the post to her story, the Olympian wrote, “Pure happiness and pride when your athlete fulfills her potential at the meet!” Bars- 9.475. Beam- 9.52. Floor-9.600. All-round – 37.700. This is how her scoresheet read. Donning the leotard, the gymnast had another photo posted with one of their friends, Lena Wiesner Soto. She is also a gymnast from the same place.

Talking about that to the story as well, Moceanu wrote, “There’s nothing like an awesome teammate (@lena_ws09) to be there for you during processing for L-9 Easterns!” The Easterns is another set of competitions that is set to take place on May 3rd.

The olympian herself started as a gymnast when she was young so she knows all about being praised as a kid. What about her career? How was Dominique Moceanu, the gymnast?

Gymnastics legend -Dominique Moceanu

Starting at a very young age, at just 10, she was the youngest competitor at the Junior Pan American Games in Sao Paulo, Brazil, in 1992. But only young, potential? Of 1000s. She won four gold medals at the competition. The very year she was put under the intense coaching of Bela and Marta Karolyi. She quickly rose through the ranks, winning the 1995 U.S. National Championship at age 13 — the youngest ever to do so at the time.

She also won a silver medal in the balance beam at the World Championships in Sabae, Japan, –  the youngest member of the United States team that earned a bronze medal. Age and record-breaking didn’t stop there. At just the age of 14, she was a member of Magnificent Seven – the United States women’s gymnastics team that won the gold medal in the team competition at the 1996 Summer Olympics in Atlanta.

She was the youngest member of the team. And even more interestingly, the then 14-year-old competed with a stress fracture in her right tibia. But injuries did take a toll on her career. With 1 Olympic gold, I silver in world championships, she retired in 2000.