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Marisa Dick

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Marisa Dick
Personal information
Full nameMarisa Dick
Country represented Trinidad and Tobago
Born (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 27)
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
ResidenceSt. Albert, Alberta, Canada
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Weight47 kg (104 lb)[1]
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior international elite
Years on national team2013
ClubCapital City Gymnastics Centre (CAN)
Head coach(es)Anita Pelletier

Marisa Roseanne Dick (born May 26, 1997) is a Canadian-born female artistic gymnast from Trinidad and Tobago, representing her nation in international competitions. She participated at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow,[2] and eventually qualified for 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, finishing fifty-fifth in the preliminary phase of the women's artistic gymnastics with an all-around score of 50.832.[1][3]

Spending most of her life in Canada, Dick acquired a dual citizenship to compete internationally for her mother's homeland Trinidad and Tobago.[4]

Eponymous skills

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Dick has two eponymous skills listed in the Code of Points.[5]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Added to the Code of Points
Balance beam Dick I Mount: Change leg leap to free cross split sit - diagonal approach to beam C 2015 World Championships
Dick II Mount: Diagonal approach to beam - leap with leg change and ½ turn (180°) to free cross split sit D 2016 Olympic Games
  1. ^ Valid for the 2022-2024 Code of Points

References

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  1. ^ a b c "Marisa Dick". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ "2015 World Gymnastics Championships Athlete Profiles – Marisa Dick". 2015worldgymnastics.com. Archived from the original on 28 January 2016. Retrieved 27 January 2016.
  3. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics: Women's Qualification Subdivision 4 Results". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  4. ^ Armstrong, Laura (24 July 2016). "Canadian-born gymnast Marisa Dick mired in Olympic controversy". Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  5. ^ "2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. pp. 109, 209. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 May 2021. Retrieved 22 January 2022.
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