Birth Name: | Kimberly Ann Chace |
Birth Date: | 4 May 1956 |
Birth Place: | Manchester, Tennessee, U.S. |
Height: | 5 ft 2 in |
Weight: | 110 lb |
Sport: | Artistic gymnastics |
Club: | Chace School of Gymnastics |
Show-Medals: | yes |
Kimberly Ann Chace (later Boyle, then May, born May 4, 1956) is an American retired artistic gymnast, who competed at the 1972 and 1976 Summer Olympics[1] and placed 14th all around in 1972; her teams finished fourth in 1972 and sixth in 1976. She also won five medals at the 1971 Pan American Games, including two gold medals. In 1996, Chace was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.
Chace was trained by her father. In July 1973 she married Chuck Boyle. They had a child born in 1974, and briefly ran their own gymnastics club, before divorcing by 1976. She then made her comeback to sports and finished at 14th place in the Olympic Games which was the highest in the US women's team.[2]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX | |
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Junior | ||||||||
1966 | align=left | Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic | ||||||
1967 | align=left | Florida AAU JO Championships | 4 | |||||
align=left | Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic | |||||||
1968 | align=left | AAU Regional Championships | ||||||
align=left | Florida AAU JO Championships | |||||||
align=left | Sarasota National Gymnastics Clinic | |||||||
align=left | Southwest Florida Invitational Championships | |||||||
align=left | Valastic Invitational | |||||||
1969 | align=left | AAU JO Nationals | ||||||
align=left | AAU Regional Championships | |||||||
align=left | Gold Coast District AAU Meet | |||||||
Senior | ||||||||
1970 | align=left | AAU Championships | 6 | |||||
align=left | Manitoba World Invitational | 8 | ||||||
align=left | World Trials | 5 | 4 | |||||
align=left | 7 | 61 | ||||||
1971 | align=left | USA-USSR Dual Meet | 10 | |||||
align=left | Pan American Trials | |||||||
align=left | 4 | |||||||
align=left | USGF Championships | |||||||
align=left | World Cup | |||||||
1972 | align=left | Chunichi Cup | 6 | |||||
align=left | Fukuoka Cup | 5 | 5 | |||||
align=left | Tokyo Cup | 7 | ||||||
align=left | USA-JPN Dual Meet | |||||||
align=left | USGF Championships | |||||||
align=left | Olympic Games | 4 | 28 | |||||
1973 | align=left | AAU Championships | ||||||
align=left | Antibes International | |||||||
align=left | USA-ROM Dual Meet | 4 | ||||||
align=left | USGF Elite Championships | 6 | 5 | |||||
1975 | align=left | 1st National Elite Qualification Meet | ||||||
align=left | Region VIII Elite Qualifier | |||||||
1976 | align=left | USA-CAN-MEX Tri-Meet | 6 | |||||
align=left | U.S. Championships | 5 | 4 | |||||
align=left | U.S. Olympic Trials | |||||||
align=left | Olympic Games | 6 | 14 |