Alyssa Erin Beckerman (born January 23, 1981) is an American former gymnast and balance beam national champion. She was an alternate for the 2000 Sydney Olympic Games.
Gymnastics career
Pre-elite
Beckerman began training in gymnastics in 1986, when she was five years old. Tracy trained Beckerman for up to ten hours per day, and kept Beckerman on a restrictive diet of under 1100 calories per day.
Beckerman was a silver medalist on bars at the 1998 US National Championships and placed second in the all-around at the 1998 Ecoair Gymnastics Cup. In 2001, Beckerman was limited to three competitions due to a wrist injury. Kondos Field claimed that the dismissal was due to Beckerman's performance in training and unenthusiastic attitude, although Beckerman disputed those allegations. In 2020, following widespread public discussion on social media under the hashtag "#gymnastalliance" of allegations by gymnasts of an abusive gymnastics culture that rewarded coaches who damaged and belittled gymnasts, Beckerman posted an open letter to Ms Kondos Field on social media where she related her experiences of competing at UCLA.
Post-gymnastics career
As of 2018, Beckerman owns a music school and works as an emergency medical technician in New Jersey. In 2014, she married Matthew King.