Roles | Competed in Olympic Games |
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Sex | Female |
Full name | Colleen Yvonne•Mulvihill |
Used name | Colleen•Mulvihill |
Born | 9 June 1952 in Merrill, Wisconsin (USA) |
Died | 2 March 2019 in Longmont, Colorado (USA) |
Measurements | 160 cm / 46 kg |
Affiliations | McKinley YMCA (Young Men's Christian Association) |
NOC | United States |
Colleen Mulvihill was coached by her father, Dick Mulvihill, one of the best known gymnastic coaches in the US in the 1960s. She attended Centennial High School in Illinois, graduating in 1970, and also competed for the McKinley YMCA. She made the 1968 Olympic team by placing third at the Olympic Trials. After the Olympics she attended the University of Illinois.
Mulvihill later worked as a dancer and choreographer from 1975-2002. She then started Riverwalk Movement Arts, a training and coaching method that helps train the body’s core, using her background in gymnastics, dancing, and choreography. She studied Chi Gung and Yoga and became a certified Pilates and Gyrotonic instructor.
Games | Discipline (Sport) / Event | NOC / Team | Pos | Medal | As | |
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1968 Summer Olympics | Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) | USA | Colleen Mulvihill | |||
Individual All-Around, Women (Olympic) | 34 | |||||
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) | United States | 6 | ||||
Floor Exercise, Women (Olympic) | =43 r1/2 | |||||
Horse Vault, Women (Olympic) | =53 r1/2 | |||||
Uneven Bars, Women (Olympic) | =24 r1/2 | |||||
Balance Beam, Women (Olympic) | =18 r1/2 |