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{{short description|American singer and gymnast (born 1988)}}
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| image           = Carly Patterson.jpg
| caption         = Patterson in 2009
| full_name       = Carly Rae Patterson
| country         = {{USA}}
| birth_date      = {{birth date and age|1988|02|04}}
| birth_place     = [[Baton Rouge, Louisiana]], U.S.
| height          = 5 ft 0 in
| discipline      = WAG
| natlteam        = 2000–2004<ref>{{cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf |title=Carly Patterson |publisher=[[USA Gymnastics]] |access-date=August 23, 2015 |date=June 17, 2014 |archive-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120004942/http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> ([[United States women's national gymnastics team|USA]])
| club            = [[World Olympic Gymnastics Academy]]
| headcoach       = Evgeny Marchenko
| assistcoach     = Natasha Boyarskaya
| formercoach     =
| choreographer   = Tatiana Shegolkova
| module          = {{Infobox person|child=yes|awards=[[Longines Prize for Elegance]]}}
| music           = 
| eponymousskills = Patterson: Double Arabian Dismount (balance beam)
| retired         = 2006
| show-medals     = yes
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'''Carly Rae Patterson''' (born February 4, 1988)<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf |title=Fact Sheet: Carly Patterson |publisher=USA Gymnastics |access-date=July 18, 2016 |archive-date=November 20, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20111120004942/http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref> is an American singer, songwriter and former [[artistic gymnast]].<ref name=":0" /> She was the all-around champion at the [[2004 Olympics]], the first all-around champion for the United States at a non-boycotted Olympics, and is a member of the [[USA Gymnastics]] Hall of Fame. Patterson frequently joins radio segments on 1310 AM and 96.7 FM The Ticket in Dallas Fort-Worth.

==Gymnastics==
Patterson began gymnastics after attending a cousin's birthday party at a Baton Rouge gymnastics club (Elite Gymnastics) in 1994.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.big12sports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?ATCLID=210794475 |title=Gold Medalist Carly Patterson to Headline Gymnastics Championship |date=March 11, 2016 |website=Big 12 Sports |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> She was coached there by former Israeli Olympian [[Yohanan Moyal]].<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tmz.com/person/carly-patterson/ |title=Carly Patterson |publisher=tmz.com}}</ref> She started competing internationally in 2000, when she was 12 years old.

=== 2000–2003 ===

In 2000, Patterson participated in the Top Gym Tournament in [[Belgium]] and won the silver medal in the all-around and the bronze on [[balance beam]]. The next year, at the 2001 [[Goodwill Games]] in [[Brisbane, Australia]], she was ranked second in the all-around before the final rotation but missed three landings on the floor exercise and finished seventh.

Patterson became the U.S. junior national all-around champion in 2002. She then began her senior career by winning the 2003 [[American Cup (Gymnastics)|American Cup]], where she was the youngest competitor, having just turned 15. However, she was forced to sit out the 2003 [[USA Gymnastics National Championships|U.S. National Championships]], which would have been her first Nationals as a senior, because of a broken elbow.

Although she could not compete in Nationals, Patterson successfully petitioned to the 2003 World Gymnastics Championships in [[Anaheim, California]]. There, she earned the all-around silver medal, becoming the first American woman to medal in a World Championships all-around since [[Shannon Miller]] in [[1994 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|1994]]. She also helped the United States earn the team gold medal, a first for the American women.

=== 2004 ===
Patterson again won the all-around at the American Cup in 2004, a performance she dedicated to her coach Evgeny Marchenko's mother, who had died just days before the competition. Later that year, she became co-national champion with [[Courtney Kupets]]. She also won the floor exercise at the National Championships and placed second on balance beam.

At the Olympic Trials, Patterson fell off the balance beam on both days of competition, dropping her to third place. However, her performances at a subsequent national training camp were strong enough for her to make the Olympic team.

==== Olympic Games ====

At the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympic Games]] in [[Athens]], Patterson finished first overall in the preliminary round and qualified for the all-around and balance beam finals. The United States, including Patterson, struggled in the team final: She under-rotated her vault, stubbed the low bar with her foot on the uneven bars, and had several wobbles on balance beam and a lunge forward on her dismount. She later admitted to being distracted after a rushed start on vault, with her coach saying, "The beginning of the competition was stressful. It set the tone."<ref name=":1">{{Cite web |url=http://usatoday30.usatoday.com/sports/olympics/athens/gymnastics/2004-08-17-womens-team-final_x.htm |title=Romania wins gold in women's gymnastics, U.S. All-Round silver |last=Boeck |first=Greg |date=August 17, 2004 |website=USAToday.com |access-date=July 19, 2016}}</ref> The U.S. women, the reigning world champions, settled for silver.<ref name=":1" />

In the individual all-around, Patterson narrowly defeated three-time world all-around champion [[Svetlana Khorkina]] of [[Russia]]. After scoring lower than usual on the vault (9.375), Patterson was stronger on her last three events, scoring 9.575 on the uneven bars, 9.725 on the balance beam, and 9.712 on the floor exercise. She became only the second American woman to win an Olympic all-around gold medal, and the first to do so in a non-boycotted Olympic Games. ([[Mary Lou Retton]] won the title at the [[1984 Summer Olympics]] in [[Los Angeles]]. But because those Games were [[1984 Summer Olympics boycott|boycotted by the Soviet Union]], Retton did not face the Soviet gymnasts who consistently dominated the sport during that period, accounting for five of the eight Olympic all-around champions before 1984 and nine of the ten previous world all-around champions.)<ref name="worlds">{{cite web |url=http://gymn-forum.net/Results/wch-results.html |title=Gymn Forum: World Championships Results |website=gymn-forum.net |access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref><ref name="olympics">{{cite web |url=http://gymn-forum.net/Results/oly-results.html |title=Gymn Forum: Olympic Games Results |website=gymn-forum.net |access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref>

On August 23, Patterson competed in the [[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics#Women's Balance Beam|balance beam event final]], where she received a score of 9.775 and won the silver medal behind [[Cătălina Ponor]] of [[Romania]].

===Post-Olympics===
Soon after the Olympics, Patterson was diagnosed with several [[Spinal disc herniation|bulging discs]] in her lower back that had gone unnoticed. She announced her intention to take time off from the sport to rehabilitate her back, but she officially retired in 2006 without ever participating in another major competition. She recalled the decision in a 2009 interview, saying, "I started having some back issues, and honestly, my doctor was like, 'Carly, you really need to stop if you want to be able to walk when you get older.' ... So I retired and moved on to singing."<ref name="back">[https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JcCwpnTAYsg Carly Patterson Interview — 2009 Visa Championships]. usagymnastics.org, YouTube.com, August 18, 2009.</ref>

She continues to stay occupied with event appearances, gymnastics-related and otherwise. She also has a number of high-profile corporate sponsorships; she appeared in a Mobile ESPN commercial aired during [[Super Bowl XL]] in 2006. She also finished her authorized biography, which was released in April 2006.

In December 2011, she was featured on the TV show ''Hollywood at Home''.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.tvguide.com/tvshows/hollywood-at-home/338994 |title=Hollywood at Home - TV Guide |website=TVGuide.com |access-date=October 22, 2018}}</ref>

===Eponymous skill===
Patterson has one eponymous skill listed in the Code of Points.<ref>{{cite web |title=2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=January 22, 2022 |pages=143, 210 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>
{|class="wikitable"
|-
! Apparatus  !! Name  !! Description  !! [[Code of Points (gymnastics)#Table of elements|Difficulty]]{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}}
|-
|Balance beam || Patterson || Arabian double salto forward tucked || G (0.7)
|}
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===Competitive history===
{| class="wikitable" style="text-align:center; font-size:95%;"
|-
! align=center | Year
! align=center | Event
! style="width:30px;" | Team
! style="width:30px;" | AA
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics vault|VT]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics floor|FX]]
|-
! colspan="8" | Junior
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''2000''' || align=left | American Classic || || 13 || || || 6 ||
|-
| align=left | [[U.S. Classic]] ||  || {{bronze3}} || || || {{gold1}} || 6
|-
| align=left | [[USA Gymnastics National Championships|U.S. National Championships]] ||  || 4 || || || {{silver2}} || 4
|-
| rowspan="4" | '''2001''' || align=left | Goodwill Games || || 7 || || || 5 ||
|-
| align=left | Pule Int'l Junior Cup || || {{gold1}} || || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} ||
|-
| align=left | [[U.S. Classic]] || || {{gold1}} || || 5 || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[USA Gymnastics National Championships|U.S. National Championships]] || || {{bronze3}} || || || {{silver2}} ||
|-
| rowspan="10" | '''2002''' || align=left | Gymnix Int'l || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}}
|-
| align=left | Jurassic Classic || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[Pacific Rim Championships|Pacific Alliance Championships]] || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[TJ Maxx]] Int'l Challenge || {{gold1}} || || || || ||
|-
| align=left | USA-Mexico Dual Meet || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}}
|-
| align=left | USA-UKR-BRA Friendly || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}}
|-
| align=left | American Classic || || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || 5 || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | National Elite Podium Meet || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[U.S. Classic]] || || {{gold1}} || 4 || {{bronze3}} || 7 || {{silver2}}
|-
| align=left | [[USA Gymnastics National Championships|U.S. National Championships]] || || {{gold1}} || || || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}}
|-
! colspan="8" | Senior
|-
| rowspan="3" | '''2003''' || align=left | [[American Cup (gymnastics)|American Cup]] || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}}
|-
| align=left | Pacific Challenge || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || || 5 || {{bronze3}} || 5
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
| align=left | [[2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Anaheim World Championships]] || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || || || ||
|-
| rowspan="5" | '''2004''' || align=left | [[American Cup (gymnastics)|American Cup]] || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[Pacific Rim Championships|Pacific Alliance Championships]] || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[USA Gymnastics National Championships|U.S. National Championships]] || || {{gold1}} || || 5 || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}}
|-
| align=left | [[2004 U.S. Olympic Trials (gymnastics)|Olympic Trials]] || || {{bronze3}} || || || || {{gold1}}
|- bgcolor=98FB98
| align=left | '''[[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics|Athens Olympic Games]]''' || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || || || {{silver2}} ||

|}

==Music==
Patterson first expressed interest in becoming a professional singer in a March 2005 interview. On August 21, 2005, she gave an interview on [[Fox Sports Net]]'s Sports Sunday in which she gave more details on her future career. She sang a small segment of "Damaged" and said that she went to New York City to record the demo. On December 18, 2005, she announced that she signed a demo contract for four songs with Papa Joe's Records, owned by [[Joe Simpson (manager)|Joe Simpson]], father of [[Jessica Simpson|Jessica]] and [[Ashlee Simpson]].<ref>{{Cite news |last=Armour |first=Nancy |date=January 14, 2008 |title=Olympic gold medalist singing a new tune with music career |url=https://www.mrt.com/news/article/Olympic-gold-medalist-singing-a-new-tune-with-7515665.php |website=mrt.com |access-date=February 26, 2025}}</ref> She worked with singer and writer Chris Megert. They wrote and produced songs titled "Time to Wake Up" and "Lost in Me".

===''Celebrity Duets''===
On August 29, 2006, she started her appearance on the show ''[[Celebrity Duets]]''. The program was a [[reality show|reality]] competition show executive produced by [[Simon Cowell]]. Celebrities not known for singing were teamed up with professional singers; one of the eight celebrities was voted off each week. The show aired every Thursday on [[Fox Network|Fox]] with a results show each Friday, from September 7, 2006, to October 13, 2006.

On September 15, 2006, during the results show, Patterson was eliminated from the competition (singing with [[Jesse McCartney]]). Patterson said that she would continue to sing. She also encouraged the audience to continue voting for the remaining celebrities because each vote raised money for charity.

===Recording===
On February 4, 2008, Patterson signed a recording contract with MusicMind Records, a Chicago-based label. Her single "Temporary Life (Ordinary Girl)" was released on iTunes on March 25, 2008. Her debut album ''Back to the Beginning'' was scheduled for release August 5, 2008. However, the CD was not released until more than a year later, on August 25, 2009, and in the interim, Patterson released another single, "Time to Wake Up", on iTunes on February 19, 2009.

On September 10, 2008, a remixed version of Patterson's "Temporary Life (Ordinary Girl)" was played on the ''[[Bobby Bones Show]]''. The mixed version featured the new artist Captain Caucasian, a pseudonym for [[Bobby Bones Show#Bobby Bones .28Host.29|Bobby Bones]].

Patterson's song "Here I Am" was featured on the second season of the [[Freeform (TV channel)|ABC Family]] series ''[[Make It or Break It]]'', which focused on the lives of teen gymnasts striving to make it to the Olympic Games.

==Personal life==
On January 21, 2012, Patterson became engaged to strategy consultant Mark Caldwell.<ref>{{cite news |url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=9409&prog=h |title=Carly Patterson gets engaged |publisher=[[USA Gymnastics]] |date=January 30, 2012 |access-date=July 31, 2012 |archive-date=August 10, 2022 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220810170511/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=9409&prog=h |url-status=dead}}</ref> They married on November 3, 2012, in [[Dallas, Texas]]. They have three children.<ref>{{cite news |last1=VanHoose |first1=Benjamin |title=It's a Boy! Olympic Gymnast Carly Patterson Caldwell Welcomes Son Pearson Philip |url=https://people.com/parents/carly-patterson-husband-mark-caldwell-welcome-son-pearson-exclusive/ |access-date=June 29, 2021 |work=PEOPLE.com |date=February 16, 2021 |language=en}}</ref>

==Honors and awards==
Patterson was chosen for the [[USA Gymnastics]] [[Hall of Fame]] in 2009.<ref>[http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/02/03/patterson.hall.of.fame.ap/index.html Carly Patterson Chosen for Gymnastics Hall of Fame] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20090207143857/http://sportsillustrated.cnn.com/2009/more/02/03/patterson.hall.of.fame.ap/index.html |date=February 7, 2009 }} SI.com, February 3, 2009</ref> She was inducted to the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]] as a member of the Class of 2024.<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.intlgymnast.com/main/four-gymnastics-legends-inducted-into-the-international-gymnastics-hall-of-fame/ |title=Four gymnastics legends inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |last=Ivanov |first=Christian |date=May 19, 2024 |website=intlgymnast.com |access-date=May 20, 2024}}</ref>

==See also==

* [[Gymnastics at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]
* [[United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics]]

==References==
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==External links==
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* {{FIG|bio=24712|lic=3047}}
* [https://members.usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/p/cpatterson.pdf Carly Patterson] at [[USA Gymnastics]]
* {{Olympics.com|carly-patterson|org_archive=20160920092516}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* {{webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080828161953/http://www.carlypatterson.org/ |date=mdy |title=Official website}}

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