Retired American artistic gymnast Alicia Sacramone Quinn is one of the most decorated in the world for her sport, winning a total of eleven World Championship and Olympic medals. She was captain of the U.S. team—performing on vault, beam, and floor—and earned a silver medal at the 2008 Summer Olympics. She has won six U.S. vault titles, the most in U.S. women's history.
Sacramone Quinn fell in love with her sport at the age of eight but began by studying dance at age five. She started competing at the elite level in 2002 and made the National Team for the first time in 2003.
In September 2006, Sacramone Quinn enrolled at Brown University and joined the school’s gymnastics team, juggling a full National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition schedule with her elite training at Brestyan’s American Gymnastics Club. The owners/coaches, Mihai and Silvia Brestyan, would serve her for her entire career. Sacramone Quinn broke Brown’s records for the highest scores in the all-around, vault, and floor exercises, and announced in 2007 that she was turning pro.
Sacramone Quinn retired after the 2008 Olympic games, with a brief return to the World Team in 2011. A torn Achilles tendon would force her out of the competition, and, in 2012, she retired permanently from competing.
In May 2022, it was announced that Sacramone Quinn, along with Chellsie Memmel (her teammate on the 2008 U.S. Olympic team), would be part of the new leadership paradigm within the USA Gymnastics Elite Program. Sacramone Quinn will serve as the program’s strategic lead, focusing on the program as a whole and the overall strategy for the women's national team.
Sacramone Quinn has been involved with USA Gymnastics in various endeavors since retirement, including as the head coach of TAG USA Gymnastics & Trampoline from 2014 to 2018. She stepped into her new role on June 1, 2022.
"I look forward to building personal relationships with all of our National Team athletes and coaches and continuing to cultivate a culture of excellence, where we build up our athletes physically, mentally, and emotionally," Sacramone Quinn said in a statement.