Nancy (Nanci) Goldsmith (; born August 4, 1966) is an American citizen who competed for Israel as an Olympic gymnast.

Early life and gymnastics career

Goldsmith is Jewish by birth."Goldsmith, Nancy"
/ref> Much of her training (1978 - 1987) was at the National Academy of Artistic Gymnastics in

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and was coached by Dick Mulvihill. She attended

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starting in January 1984 on a full gymnastics scholarship, and competed on the gymnastics team while a member of the Israel national team. In 1984, Goldsmith was named All-

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. In 1987, she was named Stanford's Most Outstanding Gymnast. Goldsmith competed for

Israel at the 1984 Summer Olympics Israel competed at the 1984 Summer Olympics in Los Angeles, United States. The nation returned to the Summer Games after participating in the American-led boycott of the 1980 Summer Olympics. 32 competitors, 24 men and 8 women, took part in 46 ev ...

in Los Angeles, California, at the age of 17 in gymnastics. In the Women's Individual All-Around she came in 31st out of 65 competitors. When she competed in the Olympics she was tall and weighed .

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* Living people Gymnasts at the 1984 Summer Olympics 1966 births Israeli female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Israel Stanford University alumni Sportspeople from Eugene, Oregon {{Israel-artistic-gymnastics-bio-stub