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I stand by that. There are some truly amazing things about the sport, and about my own personal experience in it- things I'm grateful for to this day. The book was never meant to reflect everyone's experience, only my own. Many of them confirmed and validated the story and thanked me for writing it. I definitely got some nasty letters and a lot of criticism, but it died down relatively quickly and I was brought closer to many of the girls I use to compete with. The allegation being I was just bitter that I was never really that good. Or more beside the point, they dismissed my story because in their minds I wasn't successful as a gymnast.

There were a lot of coaches and people involved in the sport that were angry and called me a liar. There was negative backlash but it dissipated. We had the opportunity to speak with Jennifer about writing her book, parts of her elite career, and what she's up to today!

But there's a darker side to the story that nobody knew until Jennifer published her own memoir in 2008 entitled 'Chalked Up Inside Elite Gymnastics' Merciless Coaching, Overzealous Parents, Eating Disorders, and Elusive Olympic Dreams' Jennifer tells the in-depth story of her life as an elite gymnast in the 80's which includes stories of abuse and her struggle to become sickly thin- all the things that eventually wore her down and made her dream no longer possible. Jennifer traveled the world representing the United States in international competitions and eventually found herself right where she wanted to be- atop the podium at the US National Championships in 1986. At the mere age of eleven, Jennifer entered the world of elite gymnastics it would rule her life for the next seven years. A dream to become the best gymnast in the world. Like every young gymnast, Jennifer Sey had a dream.

Chalked Up by Jennifer Sey