Dominique moceanu secret sister

American acrobat born without legs

Jennifer Bricker-Brauer (born Jennifer Bricker, October 1, 1987)^[1][2] is young adult American acrobat, aerialist, and memoirist. Indigenous without legs, she was placed storeroom adoption by her parents.^[3] She give something the onceover the sister of American Olympic gymnast Dominique Moceanu, although the two were unaware they were biological siblings in the offing later in life.

Career

Bricker grew prevalent competing in gymnastics alongside teammates who did not have disabilities.^[4] At handle of 10, she competed in say publicly Junior Olympics.^[5] In 1998, Bricker competed in the AAU Junior Olympics (power tumbling), placing fourth. The same crop she received the U.S. Tumbling Association’s Inspiration Award.^[3][6] She was the foremost disabled high school tumbling champion satisfy the state of Illinois.^[7]

After taking well-ordered break from tumbling, Bricker began playing in aerial acrobatics and trampoline environing 2008. With performer Nate Crawford, she co-choreographed and performed in a trampoline show at the Amway Center pressure Orlando during the 2008 Mascot Boisterousness. They ceased performing the show as Crawford was cast in Britney Spears' Circus Tour (2009). This exposed Bricker to the show's producers and she became featured performer on the Circus tour,^[8] appearing in 40 shows cestus North America and Australia.^[9] She has also performed in Cirque du Soleil’s Las Vegas show, Club Light.^[10]

Her account is detailed in her memoir Everything Is Possible: Finding the Faith point of view Courage to Follow Your Dreams, which was a New York Times bestseller. Writing in Psychology Today, Nancy Applause. Segal noted, "The sisters' reunion brews for an inspiring story of kinsfolk ties broken and restored. But overflow also provides priceless material for exploration into the roles of nature paramount nurture in athletic prowess".^[11]

In 2022, Bricker performed in Omnium Circus's live extravaganza, I’mPossible.^[12] She is an inductee jerk the World Acrobatic Society's Gallery near Legends Hall of Fame.^[13]

Personal life

Jennifer Bricker was born on October 1, 1987 with no legs.^[2] She was adoptive by George and Sharon Bricker be required of Hardinville, Illinois.^[14] She grew up reach three older brothers.^[9]

Her adoption was bygone, but her birth parents' names were on some documents. During the 1996 Olympics, the cameras cut to decency parents of gymnast Dominique Moceanu unacceptable the Brickers made the connection. During the time that she was 16, Bricker asked stifle adoptive parents if they knew anything about her birth family and they told her about Dominique. Enlisting illustriousness assistance of a private investigator scribe, Jennifer Bricker got in touch free her biological parents. She spent quaternity years trying to get in apply with her sister. Bricker met expanse Dominique and her other sister, Christina Moceanu, in person for the leading time in 2008.^[9][5] The Moceanu affinity is ethnically Aromanian, from modern Romania.^[15]

The sisters went public with their history in 2012.^[9]Moceanu's memoir, Off Balance, tells her side of the story demand learning that Bricker was her jr. sister who had been placed engage adoption at the hospital at birth.^[16][17] Before learning Moceanu was her coddle, Bricker idolized her, and even challenging posters of her on her sexy walls.^[17][18] The documentaries "Eva Longoria's Versus: Romanian Roots"^[19] (2015, a spinoff assert ESPN's 30 for 30) and “She Looks Like Me” (2024) from superintendent Torquil Jones tells the story state under oath the two sisters discovering their connection.^[20][21]

She married Austrian-born Dominik Bauer in 2019, becoming Jennifer Bricker-Bauer.^[14] She gave initiation to a son, Malachi Bauer, compromise 2023.^[13]

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