Shenea Booth (born August 21, 1986) is an American
acrobatic gymnast
Acrobatic gymnastics is a competitive gymnastic discipline where partnerships of gymnasts work together and perform figures consisting of acrobatic moves, dance and tumbling, set to music. There are three types of routines; a 'balance' routine ...
who represented the
United States of America
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at the
2001 World Games
The 2001 World Games ( ja, 2001年ワールドゲームズ, 2001-Nen wārudogēmuzu), the sixth World Games, were an international multi-sport event held in Akita, Japan.
Titles
140 titles (invitational sports not included) were awarded in the ...
, the 2002 World Championships and the
2004 World Championships in the Mixed Pair event, along with her partner,
Arthur Davis.
At the conclusion of their competitive careers, Booth and Davis formed the acrobatic gymnastics act Realis, which made it to the final round of competition in the 2006 season of the U.S. reality TV show, ''America's Got Talent''.
During their career as Duo Realis they received offers to appear in Cirque Du Soleil's : Amma Luna, La Nouba, Banana Shpeel, Mystere, and Kooza.
Duo Realis was chosen by Cirque Du Soleil to represent Guy Laliberte at the famed World Entrepreneurship Awards in Monaco.
Booth and Davis were both chosen for induction into the
USA Gymnastics
United States of America Gymnastics (USA Gymnastics or USAG) is the national governing body for gymnastics in the United States. Established in 1963 as the U.S. Gymnastics Federation (USGF), USA Gymnastics is responsible for selecting and train ...
Hall of Fame in 2009. They were also inducted into the World Acrobatic Society Hall of Fame which honored their combined competitive and performance careers spanning over 20 years to the present.
The pair won the all-around at the U.S. National Sports Acrobatic Championships in 2002, 2003 and 2004. During their career, Booth and Davis also won national awards for performance, skill difficulty and choreography.)
Prior to her partnership with Davis, Booth was the top in a mixed pair with acrobatic gymnast Julian Amaro (now retired). Booth and Amaro won the all-around title at the 2001 U.S. Sports Acrobatic National Championships in Dayton, OH.
Booth and Amaro were also the first American acrobats to win a medal at the World Games in 2001 in Akita, Japan. This being the Olympics for all non Olympic sports. An American team had never achieved this standing winning the silver medal .
In 1999, the women's trio of Shenea Booth, Maria Navarro and Nicole Booth won the national women's trio title at the 1998, and 1999 Sport