Patti Rope (born 27 December 1959) is a Canadian gymnast. She competed in six events at the

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Career

During the mid-1970s, Rope would rarely visit home as she pursued her gymnastics vocation under Dick Mubihill, the United States national coach. During the World Championships held in Bulgaria in 1974, she was one of six youngest competitors. In the 1976 Canadian Gymnastics Championship, she shared the senior women's all-round title with Nancy McDonnell and after injuring her ankle in the vault, had to withdraw from the competition. Following the 1976 Olympics, Rope turned her attention to coaching at her parents' gymnastics club.

Early life

Rope was born as the second child of three girls to her mother Benita Rope and father

Donald Rope Stephen Donald Rope (February 2, 1929 – July 28, 2009) was a Canadian ice hockey player who competed in the 1956 Winter Olympics and 1960 Winter Olympics. Rope was a member of the Kitchener-Waterloo Dutchmen who won the bronze medal fo ...

, who was an Olympic medalist in ice hockey. Her parents were "dedicated to gymnastics" and ran a club named the Cambridge Kips for over 300 children.

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{{DEFAULTSORT:Rope, Patti 1959 births Living people Canadian female artistic gymnasts Olympic gymnasts for Canada Gymnasts at the 1976 Summer Olympics Sportspeople from Cambridge, Ontario