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Marisa Dick

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Marisa Dick
Dick competing at the 2016 Olympic Test Event
Personal information
Full nameMarisa Roseanne Dick
Born (1997-05-26) 26 May 1997 (age 28)
Kamloops, British Columbia, Canada
Height1.53 m (5 ft 0 in)[1]
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		Trinidad and Tobago Trinidad and Tobago
(2013–2016)
ClubCapital City Gymnastics Centre (CAN)
Head coach(es)Anita Pelletier

Marisa Roseanne Dick (born 26 May 1997) is a Canadian-born former artistic gymnast who represented Trinidad and Tobago in international competitions. She became Trinidad and Tobago's first Olympian in gymnastics when she competed at the 2016 Summer Olympics. Additionally, she competed at the 2013 and 2015 World Championships. She is the originator of two balance beam mounts that are named after her in the Code of Points.

Early life

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Dick was born on 26 May 1997 in Kamloops, British Columbia, to a Trinidadian mother.[2] She graduated from Paul Kane High School in St. Albert, Alberta.[3] She trained in gymnastics at the Capital City Gymnastics Centre in Edmonton.[4]

Gymnastics career

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2013–2015

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Dick began competing internationally for Trinidad and Tobago, her mother's native country, in 2013.[2][5] She competed at the 2013 Pan American Championships but did not advance into any of the event finals.[6] She then competed at the 2013 World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium, and finished 50th in the all-around qualifications. She did not advance into any individual finals.[7]

At the 2014 Commonwealth Gymnastics Invitational, she won the uneven bars gold medal, the balance beam silver medal, and the vault and all-around bronze medals.[8] She tore her Achilles tendon while competing on the floor exercise at the 2014 Pan American Championships.[9] She had to withdraw from the rest of the season, including the 2014 Central American and Caribbean Games and the 2014 World Championships. She returned to training six months later and competed as a guest at the 2015 Canadian Championships.[10]

Dick returned to international competition at the 2015 Pan American Games and advanced to the all-around final in 20th place. She improved her result to finish 14th in the final.[9] She then competed at the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow despite dislocating a rib the day before the event.[2] She finished 77th in the all-around qualifications with a score of 51.499. At that competition, she performed the switch leap balance beam mount for the first time, and as the first gymnast to compete the mount in international competition, it was named after her in the Code of Points.[4]

2016

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Dick began the 2016 season at the WOGA Classic in Frisco, Texas, and finished fifth in the all-around.[11] She then placed tenth in the all-around at the International Gymnix in Montreal. She advanced into the vault and uneven bars event finals and finished fifth in both.[12][13] She competed as a guest at the Canadian Championships and finished 19th in the all-around.[14]

Because teammate Thema Williams placed higher than her in the all-around at the 2015 World Championships, the Trinidad and Tobago Gymnastics Federation (TTGF) awarded Williams the berth to the 2016 Olympic Test Event– the final qualifier for the 2016 Summer Olympics– based on their inital selection criteria. However, in the months leading up to the event, Dick outscored Williams at multiple competitions. The TTGF pulled Williams from the Olympic Test Event two days before the competition due to poor podium training, and Dick flew into Rio to compete. Williams's appeal to the Trinidad and Tobago Olympic Committee was then denied. Dick finished 55th in the all-around and earned a berth the Olympic Games.[5][15][16]

Dick represented Trinidad and Tobago at the 2016 Summer Olympics and became the country's first-ever Olympian in gymnastics.[17] She fell off the uneven bars and finished 55th in the qualifications with an all-around score of 50.832.[3][18] While there, she debuted a new balance beam mount, a switch leap with a half turn, that was named after her in the Code of Points.[19][20] The Olympics were the final competition of Dick's career.[21]

Eponymous skills

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Dick has two balance beam mounts named after her in the Code of Points.[22][23]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Added to the Code of Points
Balance beam Dick Change leg leap to free cross split sit C (0.3) 2015 World Championships[24]
Dick II Leap with leg change and ½ turn (180°) to free cross split sit D (0.4) 2016 Olympic Games[25]
  1. ^ Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points

References

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  1. ^ "Marisa Dick". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  2. ^ a b c "Dick Marisa - FIG Athlete Profile". International Gymnastics Federation. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  3. ^ a b Hansen, Jeff (13 August 2016). "Olympic history for gymnast". St. Albert Gazette. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  4. ^ a b "St. Albert gymnast creates new move, lands spot in the history books". CBC News. 13 January 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  5. ^ a b Hopkins, Lauren (2 May 2016). "The Trinidad Situation Explained". The Gymternet. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  6. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (11 August 2013). "2013 Pan American Championships". The Gymternet. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  7. ^ "44thArtistic Gymnastics World Championships in Antwerp (BEL) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. International Gymnastics Federation. 1 October 2013. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  8. ^ "Commonwealth Gymnastics medals for Albert, Dick". Trinidad Express Newspapers. 27 April 2014. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  9. ^ a b Hansen, Jeff (25 July 2015). "Gymnast shines at Pan Am Games". St. Albert Gazette. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  10. ^ Hansen, Jeff (27 June 2015). "Gymnast returns to form". St. Albert Gazette. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  11. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (17 February 2016). "2016 WOGA Classic Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  12. ^ "L'International Gymnix 2016 - Finales Challenge - Saut" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  13. ^ "L'International Gymnix 2016 - Finales Challenge - Barres" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 6 March 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  14. ^ Hopkins, Lauren (2 June 2016). "2016 Canadian Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  15. ^ Barnes, Dan (18 April 2016). "Her weekend in Rio: St. Albert gymnast Marisa Dick qualifies for the Olympics". Edmonton Journal. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  16. ^ Armstrong, Laura (24 July 2016). "Canadian-born gymnast Marisa Dick mired in Olympic controversy". Toronto Star. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  17. ^ Etchells, Daniel (3 May 2016). "Dick confirmed as Trinidad and Tobago's Rio 2016 gymnast after bitter dispute". Inside the Games. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  18. ^ "Artistic Gymnastics: Women's Qualification Subdivision 4 Results". Rio 2016. Archived from the original on 26 August 2016. Retrieved 11 August 2018.
  19. ^ "Gymnast Marisa Dick has created a tricky move with a trickier name". Yahoo! Sports. 6 August 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  20. ^ Cohen, Ben (6 August 2016). "The Gymnastics Move That Must Not Be Named". The Wall Street Journal. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  21. ^ "Marisa Dick". The Gymternet. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  22. ^ "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.
  23. ^ "Women's Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points" (PDF). International Gymnastics Federation. 22 April 2024. Retrieved 2 February 2025.
  24. ^ "New elements added to Women's Artistic code of points for 2015". International Gymnastics Federation. 18 November 2015. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
  25. ^ "Four original Gymnastics elements named for their inventors at Rio Olympic Games". International Gymnastics Federation. 30 April 2016. Retrieved 29 June 2025.
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