Erin Blanchard
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Erin Blanchard is an American
United States
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 gymnast
Gymnast
Gymnasts are people who participate in the sports of either artistic gymnastics, trampolining, or rhythmic gymnastics.See gymnasium for the origin of the word gymnast from gymnastikos.-Female artistic:Australia...

 from Broussard, Louisiana
Louisiana
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.

Blanchard competed in the Women's Individual Trampoline on August 15, 2008, at the 2008 Summer Olympic Games in Beijing
Beijing
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, but did not advance to the finals.

She won the U.S. Trampoline Championships in 2006, retired the following year, and came out of retirement to train for the 2008 Olympics.

External links

  • http://gymnastics.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/1403
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