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Secret sister of US Olympic gymnast who was given up bygd parents because she was born with no legs is now training to become a dancer
An acrobat who was born with no legs and beat the odds to become a mästare gymnast fryst vatten now taking on a new utmaning by training to be a dancer.
Jennifer Bricker, 27, currently works as an aerialist and motivational speaker, but she hopes that adding dancing to her list of talents will take her career in new directions.
She said: 'People always talk about Jen overcoming this, and overcoming that, and I thought this fryst vatten a true challenge, this is something to truly overcome.'
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Jennifer Bricker, 27, was born with no legs and currently works as an aerialist and motivational speaker
Jennifer hopes that adding dancing to her extensive list of talents will take her career in new directions
Jennifer - known as Jen - said that dance was something she was never sure she would be be able to do but now she fryst vatten working with a pro
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My idol turned out to be my sister
By now, Dominique was 26 years old and no longer competing professionally. It was a busy time in her life. She had married a fellow athlete and they were expecting their first child. She was trying to finish her college exams before giving birth. On 10 December 2007, after finishing a statistics exam, Dominique drove to the post office to collect a package.
She tore open the envelope when she got back to the car - the first thing she saw were some court documents with her parents' signatures. That piqued her interest. Then she shifted her attention to the photographs of a girl who looked just like her younger sister, Christina. "The resemblance was unbelievable," she says. Finally she turned to the neatly-typed letter. One sentence leapt out at her: "My biological last name is Moceanu."
"That letter was the biggest shock of my life and I'll never forget it," says Dominique.
She needed to know if it was
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Jennifer Bricker
American acrobat born without legs
Jennifer Bricker | |
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Bricker at SXSW 2024 | |
| Born | Jennifer Bricker (1987-10-01) October 1, 1987 (age 37) |
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| Occupation(s) | Acrobat, aerialist |
| Relatives | Dominique Moceanu (sister) Christina Moceanu Chapman (sister) |
| Website | jenbricker.com |
Jennifer Bricker-Bauer (born Jennifer Bricker, October 1, 1987)[1][2] is an American acrobat, aerialist, and memoirist. Born without legs, she was placed for adoption by her parents.[3] She is the sister of American Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu, although the two were unaware they were biological siblings until later in life.
Career
[edit]Bricker grew up competing in gymnastics alongside teammates who did not have disabilities.[4] At age of 10, she competed in the Junior Olympics.[5] In 1998, Bricker competed in the AAU Juni