Alic Sacramone Athlete

Born on December 3, 1987, in Boston, Massachusetts, Alicia Sacramone is a retired American artistic gymnast. She began studying dance at the age of five and started training gymnastics three years later, at age eight, in 1996. She started competing in the elite ranks in 2002 and joined the U.S. national team in 2003. From 2004 to 2010, she won total of nine gold medals overall, joining Shannon Miller and Nastia Liukin as the U.S. athletes with the most medals at the gymnastics.