Jennifer Sey, Date of Birth

    

Jennifer Sey

American artistic gymnast

Date of Birth: 23-Feb-1969

Profession: writer, film producer, artistic gymnast

Nationality: United States

Zodiac Sign: Pisces


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About Jennifer Sey

  • Jennifer Sey (born February 23, 1969) is an American writer, business executive and former artistic gymnast.
  • She began competing in gymnastics at the age of six and went on to become a seven-time member of the United States national team.
  • At the 1985 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, she suffered a broken leg after missing a release move on the uneven bars.
  • As a result, rules were changed to allow coaches to spot their gymnasts during release moves.
  • After recovering, she became the 1986 national champion.
  • However, after a string of ankle injuries and struggles with bulimia, she retired from the sport without trying for the 1988 Olympics.
  • Sey graduated from Stanford University and joined Levi Strauss & Co.
  • as a marketer in 1999.
  • She was named one of the "Top 40 Marketers Under 40" by Advertising Age in 2006 for her work at Levi Strauss.
  • In 2013, she became the company's global chief marketing officer.In 2008, she published Chalked Up: Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams.
  • The book details her career as an elite gymnast, including her experience at the Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
  • She has also written and produced two short films. She lives in San Francisco with her two sons from a previous marriage, and gave birth to a baby with her boyfriend in 2014.

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