Kimberly Chace

Class of 1996
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Birthdate: May 04, 1956

Kimberly Chace-May competed on the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team, where the USA finished fourth in the team competition.  It is not unusual for Olympic-level athletes come back from brief retirement. However, for Chace-May, the scrutiny and pressure of media and the U.S. Olympic Committee regarding her amateur status added a whole new level of pressure as she gunned for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec.  Mental toughness learned in a career that earned six medals between the Pan American Games and US National Championships alone proved to be enough to make Chace-May an Olympian once more. She made the team and the USA finished sixth in the team competition, with Chace-May finishing 14th in the individual all-around.

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Kimberly Chace-May competed on the 1972 U.S. Olympic Team, where the USA finished fourth in the team competition.  It is not unusual for Olympic-level athletes come back from brief retirement. However, for Chace-May, the scrutiny and pressure of media and the U.S. Olympic Committee regarding her amateur status added a whole new level of pressure as she gunned for the 1976 Olympic Games in Montreal, Quebec.  Mental toughness learned in a career that earned six medals between the Pan American Games and US National Championships alone proved to be enough to make Chace-May an Olympian once more. She made the team and the USA finished sixth in the team competition, with Chace-May finishing 14th in the individual all-around.