Carly Janiga
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Carly Janiga (born October 19,1988), is an American gymnast who was a medal hopeful for the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, Greece.
A Paradise Valley, Arizona native, she belongs to the Desert Devils Gymnastics club in Mesa. She was the youngest American hopeful for a medal at the upcoming Olympics.
Janiga did not see much competition in 2003 because of a heel injury, missing the Gymnastic World championships.
Janiga has been featured on magazines such as Inside Gymnastics.
According to Tim Daggert, who was a 1984 gold medal winner himself, Martha Karolyi, United States gymnastics Olympic team chooser and wife of legendary Bela Karolyi, likes Janiga a lot. He told the Arizona Republic that "I don't pick the team, Martha Karolyi does, and Martha Karolyi likes her a lot".
Janiga's coach, Geoff Eaton, told the same newspaper that "If anything, pressure drives her and she'll be better at championships".
Janiga finished in ninth place at the Olympic trials, which were held at Anaheim, California, on June of 2004.