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Q&A with former Olympic phenom Shannon Miller

 
By John Rohde    Comment on this article Leave a comment
Published: August 20, 2008

At the 1989 U.S. Olympic Festival in Oklahoma City, Shannon Miller was a 12-year-old Edmond girl who entered our lives with a gold medal on the uneven bars and a bronze in the all-around.

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Former Olympic gymnast and Edmond native Shannon Miller with her gold medal in 1996. THE OKLAHOMAN ARCHIVE


Shannon Miller now resides in Florida. ASSOCIATED PRESS

Miller on tap
What's next for Shannon Miller? She certainly has been active since retiring from gymnastics in 2000.

In the spring of 2003, she graduated from the University of Houston with a bachelor's degree in marketing and entrepreneurship. Last year, she graduated from Boston College Law School.

Now living in Florida, she started the Shannon Miller Foundation to fight obesity and is co-chair of the Florida governor's fitness council.

She is a sought-after speaker, plus co-host and color commentator of her own show, Gymnastics 360 with Shannon Miller, on The Comcast Network.

Two years ago, she competed in the New York Marathon (4:17:33).

On June 9, she was inducted into the International Women's Sports Hall of Fame.

Now Miller is on the verge of un-retiring. She will perform with several members of this year's U.S. Olympic team on the 2008 Tour of Gymnastics Superstars, which commences the second week in September.

The tour is scheduled for Oct. 9 in Tulsa's new BOK Center and will stop two days later for a 5 p.m. show in the American Airlines Center in Dallas, or roughly three hours after completion of the Oklahoma-Texas football game at the Cotton Bowl.

"I've been trying to get back into shape,” Miller said, "At 31, it's a little tough. But it's fun.”

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