Schlegel graduated from Florida with a bachelor's degree in telecommunications production in 1986, and was inducted into the University of Florida Athletic Hall of Fame as a "Gator Great" in 1997. The Gators qualified for the NCAA national championship tournament all four of Schlegel's years on the team, and finished third at the 1983 NCAA tournament. As a Gator gymnast, she was a four-time individual Southeastern Conference (SEC) champion–all-around (1983), twice in the balance beam (1983, 1986), and vault (1984). She sought and received an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, Florida, where she was a member of coach Ernestine Weaver's Florida Gators women's gymnastics team in National Collegiate Athletic Association (NCAA) competition from 1982 to 1986. She attempted to make the Canadian Olympic teams in 19, but replaced by younger and more talented gymnasts with the increasing depth of Canadian gymnastics was unable to make it either time.Īfter graduation from high school, Schlegel wanted to continue to compete, but Canadian universities did not offer intercollegiate gymnastics competition or athletic scholarships. She was selected as a member of the Canadian national team for the 1980 Summer Olympics in Moscow, Russia, but was unable to participate when Canada joined the United States–led boycott of the Moscow Games in protest of the invasion of Afghanistan by the Soviet Union. She also won a bronze medal in the vault at the 1980 World Cup in Toronto, the first-ever World Cup medal for a Canadian. At the 1979 Pan American Games in San Juan, Puerto Rico, she won a bronze medal as the third-best gymnast in the games, two silver medals for the uneven bars and vault, and a gold medal as a member of the first-place Canadian team. Schlegel established herself as one of the best gymnasts in Canadian history (at that point) when she won a gold medal in the all-around and team competitions in gymnastics at the 1978 Commonwealth Games in Edmonton, Alberta. She attended Silverthorn Collegiate Institute in Toronto, and graduated with her diploma after her grade twelve year-a year early in the (then) thirteen-year Ontario education system. Growing up in the Toronto suburb of Etobicoke, she started gymnastics at the age of 7. She mentioned that she loves "being able to help tell the athletes' stories and share things with our audience and the viewers that hopefully help them understand the sport a little bit better.Schlegel was born in Toronto, Ontario, to parents Peter and Vlasta Schlegel, immigrants from Switzerland.
"There's nothing like an Olympic Game," Nastia told People. She also takes pride in making gymnastics more relatable to viewers at home. What I have realized was that you have to stay loyal to your world and your fanbase-your first fanbase." "There are times where athletes turn their backs on their sport. "I think it’s really important to stay within the industry that you love," Nastia said. Whether you've already watched Simone Biles and the rest of Team USA at Tokyo or you're just catching up, you may have already noticed her up in the booth. Here's everything to know about Nastia, from her record-breaking gymnastics career to the meaning behind some of her best Tokyo fits so far: Now, Nastia is an NBC Olympics analyst.Ĭurrently, Nastia is giving fans all the inside gymnastics scoop as an NBC Olympics commentator in Tokyo.
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Turns out, Nastia has been commentating at the Games for years, as well as appearing on TV shows, running a gymnastics competition, and working on a handful of other side projects, too. But just what is a decorated gymnast doing at the Olympics, anyway? She has been going viral for her bright, bold outfits this summer. The gold medalist and Tokyo announcer isn't competing with Team USA, though. All eyes are on former Olympian Nastia Liukin at the 2020 Tokyo Games.
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