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Dawes was a
member of the 1996 Gold Medal
Olympic Team where she also became
the first African-American to win an
individual event medal with her
bronze on floor. She and her
teammates appeared on the
Wheaties cereal box
and have also appeared on numerous
television shows since their gold
medal win. Dawes won all four events
at the
1996
Coca-Cola National Championships
making her third national vault,
bars, beam and fourth floor exercise
title in her career...>>>
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Dawes is a
1992 Olympic Bronze Medalist and a
four-time World Championships
medalist. She swept the 1994
Coca-Cola National Championships,
winning the all-around and all four
event titles. She was the first
gymnast to accomplish this feat
since Joyce Tanac Schroeder won the
all-around and all four events at
the 1969 AAU National Championships.
Dawes was the 1995 recipient of the
Arch McDonald Award presented by the
Touchdown Club of Washington, D.C.
She also won the 1995 Henry P. Iba
Citizen Athlete Award, presented
annually to two outstanding athletes
who have demonstrated good
citizenship. She was named 1994
Sportsperson of the Year by USA
Gymnastics and was a finalist for
the 1994 Sullivan Awards, an honor
given to the top amateur athlete in
the country. Her coach and teammates
call her "Awesome Dawesome."
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