Diane Simpson-Bundy (born April 7, 1969 in Evanston, Illinois) is an American athlete and an eight-time Rhythmic gymnastics national team member, and was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame, Class of 2004.[1]
She qualified a spot for the United States into the 1988 Summer Olympics and 1992 Summer Olympic Games. She was inducted into the Evanston Township High School Athletic Hall of Fame.[2]
Simpson-Bundy won more than 20 international medals, three Olympic Festival titles, and 22 national titles – including winning all four event finals and the All-Around title at the 1988 U.S. National Championships in San Rafael, California. – during her career. (Reference?)
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1985 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships[3]
1986 Four Continents Championships competition
1987 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
1988 Four Continents Championships competition
1988 Summer Olympics Team
1989 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
1990 Four Continents Championships competition
1991 World Rhythmic Gymnastics Championships
1992 Pan American Games
2004 USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame [6][7]
Simpson-Bundy graduated from Northwestern University’s Medill School of Journalism with a double major in journalism and political science [8] and worked as a media relations and events specialist at the College of American Pathologists.
She has worked News broadcasting in Chicago and with other national television news and radio stations, including WJWJ-TV in Beaufort, South Carolina, WBBM-TV, WMAQ-TV, WFLD-TV FOX 32, WMVP-AM 1000.
Served as Illinois press coordinator for Sen. John Kerry for President in 2004.[9]
Simpson-Bundy held the role of manager of athlete relations and communications for the Chicago bid for the 2016 Summer Olympics from 2006 to 2009. She accompanied about 20 Olympians and elite athletes—including Jackie Joyner-Kersee, Michael Johnson, Edwin Moses, Nastia Liukin, Bart Conner, Nadia Comaneci, Willie Banks, Dikembe Mutombo, David Robinson, Brandi Chastain and David Diaz -- to Copenhagen, Denmark, for the 2016 Olympic Games Host City announcement that took place Oct. 2, 2009.[10]
Simpson-Bundy is the president of the Midwest Chapter of U.S. Olympians and Paralympians,[11][12] the regional chapter of the U.S. Olympians Association.[13] Her term is from 2006 to 2012. She also serves as secretary of the Female Athlete Triad Coalition, a 501(c)(3) global health advocacy collaboration.[14]
She is an American College of Sports Medicine Certified Personal Trainer.[15]
Served as a Turner Sports commentator at the 1998 Goodwill Games.[16]
Appeared in Mademoiselle in 1989. The magazine ceased publication in 2001.