Aly Raisman, team captain of the gold medal-winning Gymnastics teams in 2012 and 2016, will be speaking at the University Auditorium on Tuesday, November 6, 2018 at an event hosted by the ACCENT Speakers Bureau. Doors will open at 6:30 p.m. and the speaking engagement will begin at 7:30 p.m. Students with a valid Gator-1 ID may pick up one ticket per Gator 1, with a maximum of two Gator-1 ID’s per student free of charge from the Student Government suite in the J. Wayne Reitz Union on Monday November 5th between 10:00 a.m. and 5:00 p.m., and Tuesday November 6th between 10 a.m. and 3 p.m. If any tickets remain, they will be made available to the general public at the University Auditorium box office at 5:30 p.m. on Tuesday, November 6th.
The speaking engagement will consist of a moderated Q&A, followed by a student Q&A.
Aly Raisman captured audiences across the globe when she became the first American gymnast to win the gold medal in the floor exercise and is one of only two American gymnasts to make back-to-back Olympic teams in more than 15 years. In the 2016 Games, she guided her team to gold and landed a silver medal performance in the All-Around competition.
Raisman exuberates leadership on and off the gymnastics floor by using her platform to promote body positivity, encouraging everyone to be confident and comfortable in their own skin. In “Fierce”, Raisman’s New York Times best-selling memoir, she reveals her Olympic journey as well as her survival of sexual abuse. Raisman advocates for systematic changes within the sport of gymnastics. As a leading activist in the #MeToo movement, Raisman hopes to eliminate sexual abuse in youth sports.
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