Chellsie Memmel

USA Gymnastics

INDIANAPOLIS –  2008 Olympic team silver-medalist Chellsie Memmel of West Allis, Wis., is among the 16 women on the U.S. Senior National Team invited to participate in the first of two selection camps for the 2009 World Championships, Oct. 13-18, in London, England.

Four gymnasts will be named to the U.S. Women’s Team for the 2009 World Championships, which features competition in the all-around and individual events, along with two or three non-traveling alternates. (read more)

Passing the torch- Olympic star instills gymnastic passion in next generation

Longmont Times-Call

LONGMONT, CO- Chellsie Memmel doesn’t have a lot of coaching experience.  Area gymnasts are flocking this week to learn from her, however.

Memmel, 21, who was part of the United States’ silver medal-winning gymnastics team at the 2008 Olympics, is coaching local gymnasts at Airborne Gymnastics and Dance.

“I enjoy it a lot,” said Memmel, who has had a busy summer of coaching around the country. “It’s fun for me to come in see the little girls excited to see me and talk to me. It’s very cool.”

Of course, one of the reasons the girls are so excited is that Memmel has been in the spotlight in recent years.

At the 2003 world championships, she won the gold medal on the bars and helped the United States to the team gold medal. She was also the Pan-American Games all-around champion in 2003.

She won a pair of silver medals at the 2005 world championships (bars and beam) and then helped the United States take silver at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

“It’s so exciting, what I’ve been able to accomplish,” the Wisconsin native said. “Becoming a world champion — with the team and as an individual — that’s an amazing thing that only a handful of gymnasts can say. Making an Olympic team, of course, is awesome, and being able to medal, as well. (read more)

The Dallas Morning News

Olympic gymnast Chellsie Memmel stopped by her parents’ Milwaukee gym recently with her new puppy, Lexi. Andy Memmel, Chellsie’s father and coach, folded up a piece of paper into an airplane and shot it at his daughter.

As Memmel unfurled it, she realized she was looking at a proposal for a new uneven bars routine.

“I could probably do that,” she responded, her plans becoming clearer.

The fact that Memmel, in town this week to promote the Aug.12-15 Visa U.S. Championships at American Airlines Center, still wants to compete inspires a “huh?” from many observers.

This is the same gymnast who already won the world all-around title in 2005 and an Olympic silver with the U.S. team in August in Beijing – earned partially by Memmel’s gutsy willingness to compete on the bars despite a broken ankle. (read more)