Terin Marie Humphrey (born August 14, 1986, in St. Joseph, Missouri) is a retired American artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2004 Summer Olympics in Athens, where she helped the United States team place second and won an individual silver medal on the uneven bars. Humphrey was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2008 as a member of the 2003 World Championships team, and in 2015 as an individual gymnast.

Early life and training

Humphrey was raised in Bates City, Missouri, and trained under coaches Al and Armine Fong at Great American Gymnastics Express,

Elite career

1999-2001: Junior

Humphrey became a junior national team member in 1999. At the 1999 J.O. Nationals, she placed first on uneven bars, second on balance beam, and third on vault and in the all-around. She competed in four national meets and five international meets, including the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. At World Championships, she advanced to the semifinal round on floor exercise and vault, but did not make the eight-person finals on either apparatus, placing ninth and eleventh on vault and floor, respectively.

In her freshman season, she helped the team to second place in the NCAA National Championships and won the NCAA uneven bars title. As a sophomore, she won the NCAA West Regional balance beam title. but still competed in every meet that season

On March 18, 2008, Humphrey, who battled back problems during the 2008 season, announced her retirement from gymnastics.

Post-college

In May 2010, Humphrey became a police officer in Raymore, Missouri. She said that she had been interested in law enforcement since watching NYPD Blue as a child, and that she had considered law and forensics before settling on the police academy.

Humphrey remains involved with USA Gymnastics, and was a member of the selection committee that chose the U.S. women's teams for the 2012 and 2016 Olympics. As of April 2016, she was coaching gymnasts at X-treme, a facility in Lee's Summit, Missouri, and studying massage therapy.

Skills

Humphrey's elite routines consisted of:

Vault: Double-twisting Yurchenko (9.8 start value); piked Podkopayeva (9.7 SV); piked Khorkina II (9.9 SV)

Uneven bars: Glide kip, cast to handstand (KCH); Maloney; KCH 1/2 + toe-on 1/2 + Markelov; KCH + stalder 1/1 + hop 1/1 + Gienger; KCH + giant 1/1 + overshoot + toe-on 1/1 + piked sole circle to high bar; KCH; giant + giant + double layout dismount (10.00 SV)

Balance beam: Triple turn in lunge position; standing Arabian; Kochetkova; back handspring + back layout + beat jump; wolf jump; punch front, beat jump - switch leap, back dive 1/4, back hip circle - roundoff, flip flop, double tuck (9.9 SV)

Floor exercise: Round-off + back handspring + double Arabian; full-twisting switch leap; double-twisting tuck jump; round-off + back handspring + piked full-in; round-off + back handspring + 1 twist + round-off, back handspring, 2 twist; double stag leap; split leap full; triple turn; round-off + back handspring + triple twist (10.0 SV)

Eponymous skill

Humphrey has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.

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! Apparatus !! Name !! Description !! Difficulty !! Notes

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|Balance beam || Humphrey || 2½ turn (900°) in tuck stand on one leg - free leg optional || D (0.4) || Also called a 2½ wolf turn

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References

  • http://www.usagym.org/PDFs/Results/worlds_artistic_results_2002.pdf
  • Terin Humphrey at Gymn Forum
  • Terin Humphrey at USA Gymnastics
  • Terin Humphrey at Alabama Crimson Tide