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Madison Ward
| About Madison |
Name: Madison Ward
Date of Birth: September 27, 1989
Coaches: Elvira Saadi and Vladimir Kondratenko
Club: Cambridge Kips
Category: Senior High Performance
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Madison's Competitive Results
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2000 Ontario Provincials, Novice 3: 2nd AA
2000 Elite Canada, Novice: 4th AA
2000 Tour Selection, Novice: 16th AA
2001 Canadian Championships, Novice: 3rd AA; 3rd V; 4th BB; 2nd FX
2001 Spring Cup, Novice: 19th AA
2001 Tour Selection, Junior: 7th AA
2001 Elite Canada, Junior: 1st AA; 1st V; 1st BB; 1st FX
2002 Retro Boogie, Open: 1st AA
2002 Elite Ontario, Junior: 1st AA
2002 Canadian Championships, Junior: 5th AA
2003 Int'l Japan Juniors: 9th AA, 6th V, 8th FX
2003 Canadian Championships: 7th AA
2003 Massilia Cup: 15th Team, 40th AA
2003 Elite Canada, Senior: 18th AA, 8th FX
2004 Jurassic Classic: 2nd T, 13th AA, 8th BB, 2nd FX
2004 Elite Canada: 15th AA, 4th FX (T) |
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2000 Highlights: After finishing 2nd all-around (novice 3) at the Ontario provincial championships, Ward qualified to the novice high performance programme with a 4th place finish at Elite Canada, announcing her arrival on the national scene.
2001 Highlights: With a 3rd place all-around at the Canadian Championships in the Novice High Performance category, Ward was named as a member of the national youth team. She ended the year in grand style, taking 1st place in the all-around, vault, beam, and floor exercise at Elite Canada in the junior high performance category.
2002 Highlights: Ward sat out the Canadian Friendship Tour meets, but displayed strong work elsewhere, winning the Scarborough Retro Boogie invitational meet as well as the Elite Ontario junior high performance title. A few mistakes at the Canadian Championships dropped her to 5th all-around in a very strong junior field.
| Ward offers a refreshing
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Ward's gymnastics: Ward is an engaging and elegant gymnast, whose style sets her apart from many of her competitors. Much of her style can be credited to coach Saadi, whose previous international contenders include the USSR's Tatiana Groshkova and Canadian Olympians Yvonne Tousek and Crystal Gilmore, all of whom made an impact with their innovative repertoire of skills and choreography. Her top class difficulty on most events rivals many of the Canadian seniors and wows audiences whenever she competes. Her strongest events are the balance beam (where she tumbles a back handspring to full twisting back tuck, a layout-layout series, and an impressive two power back handsprings to triple twist dismount), and floor exercise (tucked full-in, 2 ½ twist to front layout, and whip immediate triple twist). Not age eligible for the 2004 Olympic Games, Ward has already mastered many of the skills she will need to be competitive when she becomes a senior in 2005.
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