Kim Zmeskal

Kim Zmeskal
Zmeskal in Jesolo in March 2014
Personal information
Full name	Kimberly Lynn Zmeskal Burdette
Nickname(s)	Kimbo; President of the Pumpkin Federation
Country represented	United States
Born	(1976-02-06) February 6, 1976 (age 48) Houston, Texas, U.S.[1][2]
Hometown	Coppell, Texas, U.S.
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior international elite
Years on national team	1988–1993; 1998–2000 (USA)
Club	Karolyi's Gymnastics, CGA Texas Dreams (coach)
Former coach(es)	Béla Károlyi, Mary Lee Tracy[2]
Choreographer	Geza Poszar
Eponymous skills	Planche on beam; Round off, 4 whip backs, back handspring, double tuck
Retired	January 28, 2000
Medal record Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 3 1 1 Goodwill Games 0 1 2 American Cup 2 1 0 Total 5 3 4 Event 1st 2nd 3rd All-Around (OG/WC) 1 1 1 Uneven Bars (OG/WC) 0 0 0 Balance Beam (OG/WC) 1 0 0 Vault (OG/WC) 0 0 0 Floor Exercise (OG/WC) 1 0 1 Total 3 1 2 Women's artistic gymnastics Representing  United States Olympic Games 1992 Barcelona Team World Championships 1991 Indianapolis All around 1992 Paris Balance beam 1992 Paris Floor exercise 1991 Indianapolis Team 1991 Indianapolis Floor exercise Goodwill Games 1990 Seattle Team 1990 Seattle Uneven Bars 1990 Seattle Floor Exercise American Cup 1990 Fairfax All around 1992 Orlando All around 1991 Orlando All around

Kimberly Lynn Zmeskal Burdette (née Zmeskal on February 6, 1976) is an American retired artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach and the 1991 World All-Around champion. A member of the silver medal-winning U.S. team from the 1991 World Championships (the first team medal won by the U.S. women at a world championships), she was the first American woman to win the all-around title at the World Championships, as well as the first to win a world championship medal of any color in the all-around. A three-time United States national all-around champion (1990–92), Zmeskal was also the 1992 world champion on both balance beam and floor exercise, and was a member of the bronze medal-winning U.S. team at the 1992 Summer Olympic Games in Barcelona, Spain, the first U.S. team medal won at a fully attended Olympic Games. She also posted the highest optional all-around score in the qualification round in Barcelona.

Known for her explosive power and tumbling on vault and floor, Zmeskal is regarded as one of the greatest female gymnasts and arguably the best in the world during the early 1990s. Her all-around win sparked the beginning of a dynasty of American dominance in women's gymnastics (since 1992, seven American women have won world all-around titles, and 12 of the last 21 all-around world championship titles (including 10 of the last 14) were won by an American) and the reemergence of power and athleticism in the sport.

As of 2001^[update] she coaches gymnastics and owns Texas Dreams Gymnastics in Coppell, Texas and annually hosts the Kim Zmeskal's Texas Prime Meet.