Background
Maloney, Kristen was born on March 10, 1981 in Hacketstown, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Richard and Linda.
Maloney, Kristen was born on March 10, 1981 in Hacketstown, New Jersey, United States. Daughter of Richard and Linda.
Maloney finished fourteenth at the Trials and received little media attention in the shadow of the "Magnificent Seven," but she became one of the most prominent American gymnasts from 1997 to 2000.
She competed in a variety of minor international events as a junior elite and, as a senior, qualified for the 1996 Olympic Trials. She also finished nineteenth in the individual all-around. After the Olympics, Maloney attended University of California, Los Angeles on a full athletic scholarship and competed in National Collegiate Athletic Association gymnastics with the Bruins.
She earned All-American honors and scored perfect tens at several meets.
Maloney was plagued by persistent injuries throughout her elite and collegiate careers. A nagging stress fracture led to the placement of a titanium rod in her leg (whence her name "K-Rod" among some fans).
After one wave of serious injury and illness, Maloney missed two full years of competition with the Bruins. Her subsequent return to full form earned her University of California, Los Angeles"s C.H.A.M.P.S. Inspirational Award.
Maloney graduated from University of California, Los Angeles in 2005 and worked as a gymnastics coach in California.
Foreign a time, she lived in Europe and worked with Cirque du Soleil. She also taught preschool in Queens, New New York Maloney began working as an assistant coach for the University of New Hampshire gymnastics team in the 2010-2011 season.
She has been an assistant gymnastics coach at Iowa State University since July 2011.
Maloney has a skill named after her in the Code of Points: a toe-on Shaposhnikova transition on the uneven bars. In the 2013-2016 Code of Points, it is a Doctorate skill.
Her routines included the following skills: Vault: Double-twisting Yurchenko Uneven bars: Maloney. Gienger; full-twisting double layout dismount Balance beam: Front tuck mount.
Wolf jump half, wolf jump, Rulfova.
Back handspring, layout, layout. Punch front; back handspring, two-foot back handspring, two-foot layout. Back handspring, back handspring, double back dismount Floor exercise: Full-twisting double layout.
Double layout.
Punch front through to triple twist. Double back; whip to immediate double layout 1999:.
Maloney trained at Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center in Allentown, Pennsylvania, and was a consistent member of the United States. national gymnastics team from 1993 to 2000. One of her gymnasts was Shavahn Church, a member of the British national team