Stella Umeh

Canadian artistic gymnast, actress and performer

Stella Umeh

Full name| Stella Umeh
Born|  (1975-05-27) May 27, 1975 (age 50)
Toronto, Ontario
Gymnastics career
Discipline| Women's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented|  Canada
College team| UCLA Bruins (1994-1998)
Retired| 1998

Medal record

Representing  Canada
Artistic Gymnastics
Commonwealth Games
| 1990 Auckland | Team
| 1994 Victoria | All-Around
| 1994 Victoria | Vault
| 1994 Victoria | Team
| 1994 Victoria | Uneven Bars
Representing UCLA
NCAA Championships
| 1995 Athens | Floor
| 1997 Gainesville | Team
| 1998 LA | Floor
| 1995 Athens | Beam
| 1996 Tuscaloosa | Team
| 1996 Tuscaloosa | Beam
| 1995 Athens | All Around

Notable work| Varekai

Stella Umeh (born 27 May 1975) is a Canadian former artistic gymnast and current actress and performer. She competed at the 1992 Summer Olympics placing 16th in the all-around.[1] She is of Guyanese and Nigerian descent.[2]

## Gymnastics career

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Umeh's first big international meet was at the 1989 American Cup in Fairfax, Virginia where she finished fifth.[3] She then competed at the 1990 Commonwealth Games but was originally an alternate.[4] She won a gold medal with the Canadian team.[5] She competed at the American Cup again in 1991, but placed 8th.[6] She went to the 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana, USA. She finished 17th in the all-around.[7] In 1992, Stella started her season at the American Cup in Orlando, Florida, USA and finished 7th.[8] In April, she competed at the 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Paris, France. She qualified to Vault and Beam finals, but placed 8th and 5th.[9] Later, she qualified to the 1992 Summer Olympics in Barcelona, Spain. She finished 16th in the all-around, and 10th with the Canadian team.[10] In 1993, she went to Worlds and placed 15th AA and 8th in the FX final. In 1994, she went to the 1994 Commonwealth Games and won 2 golds and 2 silvers, as well as placing 4th and 5th in Floor and Beam finals.

### College career

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In 1994, she accepted a college scholarship to UCLA and started attending the school in 1994.[1]

Throughout her four years at college, she won three golds, three silvers and one bronze at the NCAA Championships. She was twice the Pac-12 conference all-around champion.[11]

## Acting and Entertainment

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Stella studied Theatre at the American Academy of Dramatic Arts in the hopes of becoming an actress.[12] In 2000, she joined Cirque du Soleil and performed Mystère in Las Vegas. In 2002, she performed in Fire Within and then in Varekai as a triple trapeze in 2003.[13] She played small roles in Ghostly Encounters and Delroy Kincaid. She recently had a leading role in a stage play called, 'Pinteresque' which will be in the SummerWorks Performance Festival.[14]

Currently, Stella lives in Australia.

## References

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1. ^ a b "Stella Umeh (CAN)". Archived from the original on 2012-12-12. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
2. ^ Dan Gutman (1 August 1998). Gymnastics. Penguin Young Readers Group. pp. 112–. ISBN 978-1-101-16065-7.
3. ^ "USA Gymnastics Online: Results: 1989 McDonald's American Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-21.
4. ^ "May Birthday Profile: Stella Umeh | the Couch GymnastThe Couch Gymnast". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
5. ^ 1990 Commonwealth Games#Artistic
6. ^ "USA Gymnastics Online: Results: 1991 McDonald's American Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-21.
7. ^ 1991 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
8. ^ "USA Gymnastics Online: Results: 1992 McDonald's American Cup" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-21.
9. ^ 1992 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships#Women
10. ^ "USA Gymnastics Online: Results: 1992 Olympics" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-12-21.
11. ^ List of Pac-12 Conference champions#Gymnastics
12. ^ "Stella Umeh - For Introduction Purposes" (PDF). Archived from the original (PDF) on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-16.
13. ^ "Stella Umeh". IMDb.
14. ^ "Stella Umeh - Athletes - Welcome to Motivate Canada!". Archived from the original on 2014-04-07. Retrieved 2014-03-16.

## External links

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* Stella Umeh at Olympics at Sports-Reference.com (archived)

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Commonwealth champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team All-Around

* 1978:  Canada
* 1990:  Canada
* 1994:  England
* 1998:  Australia
* 2002:  Australia
* 2006:  Australia
* 2010:  Australia
* 2014:  England
* 2018:  Canada
* 2022:  England

1990:  Janet Morin, Larissa Lowing, Lori Strong, Stella Umeh (CAN)

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Commonwealth champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Individual All-Around

* 1978:  Elfi Schlegel (CAN)
* 1990:  Lori Strong (CAN)
* 1994:  Stella Umeh (CAN)
* 1998:  Zeena McLaughlin (AUS)
* 2002:  Kate Richardson (CAN)
* 2006:  Chloe Sims (AUS)
* 2010:  Lauren Mitchell (AUS)
* 2014:  Claudia Fragapane (ENG)
* 2018:  Ellie Black (CAN)
* 2022:  Georgia Godwin (AUS)

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Commonwealth champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Vault

* 1990:  Nikki Jenkins (NZL)
* 1994:  Stella Umeh (CAN)
* 1998:  Lisa Mason (ENG)
* 2002:  Allana Slater (AUS)
* 2006:  Imogen Cairns (ENG)
* 2010:  Imogen Cairns (ENG)
* 2014:  Claudia Fragapane (ENG)
* 2018:  Shallon Olsen (CAN)
* 2022:  Georgia Godwin (AUS)

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NCAA Gymnastics Championships – Women's Floor Exercise

* 1982: Mary Ayotte-Law (Oregon St.)
* 1983: Kim Neal (Arizona St.)
* 1984: Maria Anz (Florida)
* 1985: Lisa Mitzel (Utah)
* 1986: Lisa Zeis (Arizona St.)
1986  Penney Hauschild (Alabama)
* 1987: Kim Hamilton (UCLA)
* 1988: Kim Hamilton (UCLA)
* 1989: Kim Hamilton (UCLA)
1989  Corrinne Wright (Georgia)
* 1990: Joy Selig (Oregon St.)
* 1991: Hope Spivey (Georgia)
* 1992: Missy Marlowe (Utah)
* 1993: Amy Durham (Oregon St.)
1993  Tammy Marshall (Mass)
1993  Heather Stepp (Georgia)
* 1994: Hope Spivey (Georgia)
* 1995: Jenny Hansen (Kentucky)
1995  Leslie Angeles (Georgia)
1995  Stella Umeh (UCLA)
* 1996: Heidi Hornbeek (Arizona)
1996  Kim Kelly (Alabama)
* 1997: Leah Brown (Georgia)
* 1998: Karin Lichey (Georgia)
1998  Stella Umeh (UCLA)
* 1999: Marny Oestreng (Bowling Green)
* 2000: Suzanne Sears (Georgia)
* 2001: Mohini Bhardwaj (UCLA)
* 2002: Jamie Dantzscher (UCLA)
2002  Nicole Arnstad (LSU)
* 2003: Richelle Simpson (Nebraska)
* 2004: Ashley Miles (Alabama)
2004  Courtney Bumpers (North Carolina)
* 2005: Courtney Bumpers (North Carolina)
* 2006: Kate Richardson (UCLA)
* 2007: Morgan Dennis (Alabama)
* 2008: Courtney McCool (Georgia)
* 2009: Courtney Kupets (Georgia)
2009  Ashleigh Clare-Kearney (LSU)
* 2010: Brittani McCullough (UCLA)
* 2011: Geralen Stack-Eaton (Alabama)
* 2012: Kat Ding (Georgia)
* 2013: Joanna Sampson (Michigan)
* 2014: Katherine Grable (Arkansas)
* 2015: Kytra Hunter (Florida)
* 2016: Nina McGee (Denver)
* 2017: Ashleigh Gnat (LSU)
2017  MyKayla Skinner (Utah)
* 2018: Katelyn Ohashi (UCLA)
2018  Maggie Nichols (Oklahoma)
* 2019: Kyla Ross (UCLA)
2019  Alicia Boren (Florida)
2019  Lynnzee Brown (Denver)
2019  Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma)
* 2021: Maile O'Keefe (Utah)
2021  Lexi Graber (Alabama)
2021  Anastasia Webb (Oklahoma)
* 2022: Trinity Thomas (Florida)
* 2023: Jordan Chiles (UCLA)
* 2024: Aleah Finnegan (LSU)
* 2025: Brooklyn Moors (UCLA)

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