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There's so much denial in gymnastics. It's a beautiful sport but the other part is numbing. You become machinelike. They'll refute this, but I've been around it. I know.
Cathy Rigby
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Cathy Rigby
Age: 71
Born: 1952
Born: December 12
Actor
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Artistic Gymnast
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Los Alamitos
California
Cathleen Roxanne Rigby
Cathy Rigby Mason
Cathy Rigby-McCoy
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