Kolleen Shields

Kolleen Casey Shields (born 1959 in St. Paul, Minnesota) was a gymnast who competed for the United States in the 1976 Montreal Olympics. She finished 23rd in the vault, an event won by Nadia Comăneci. She was the 1975 U.S. national champion in vault. Shields competed for Southwest Missouri State University from 1977 to 1979, where she won the Honda Sports Award as the nation's top female gymnast in 1979. She transferred to the University of Minnesota, graduating with a degree in Physical Therapy. Shields became a physical therapist at the University of Iowa.

References

External links

"Injuries in women's gymnastics", The American Journal of Sports Medicine 15:558-565 (1987) (coauthor)

1959 births

Living people

University of Minnesota Medical School alumni

American female artistic gymnasts

Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics

Olympic gymnasts for the United States

Pan American Games medalists in gymnastics

Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States

Pan American Games silver medalists for the United States

Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States

Gymnasts at the 1975 Pan American Games

21st-century American women

20th-century American women