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UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis opens up about being a young Black athlete: ‘I was always told that I didn’t have the look’ - Yahoo Lifestyle

UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis opens up about being a young Black athlete: ‘I was always told that I didn’t have the look’ - Yahoo Lifestyle

UCLA gymnast Nia Dennis opens up about being a young Black athlete: ‘I was always told that I didn’t have the look’ - Yahoo Lifestyle
Feb 24, 2021 1 min, 0 secs

"I did not want to do gymnastics ever again," she recalls.

"I honestly struggled to figure out who I was outside of gymnastics and I just felt like gymnastics defined me.

— UCLA Gymnastics (@uclagymnastics) February 28, 2020.

As a junior performing a floor routine to the sounds of Beyoncé's Homecoming documentary, about her historic 2018 Coachella performance, Dennis quickly rose to internet fame, garnering recognition from celebrities like Ellen DeGeneres and Gabrielle Union.

"I just felt like this was everything kind of falling into place.".

— UCLA Gymnastics (@uclagymnastics) January 24, 2021.

"It's not that we just bring great things to the community.

Even more so, it's become a celebration for Dennis and all that she's overcome to be a successful Black gymnast!

"The gymnastics community as a whole needs to nurture young Black gymnasts because growing up, I was always told that I didn't have the look.

"It literally just fills me up with so much love and joy to know that I am making that impact for younger girls and younger gymnasts and younger Black gymnasts," she says

"I definitely want to have an impact outside of gymnastics, as well."

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