Jackie Klein

Jackie Klein started gymnastics at age four with the Lincoln Turners. In addition to more standard local gymnastics titles, she was National Turner Champion on balance beam in 1959. Klein was educated at Northwestern, graduating magna cum laude in 1959. She won several medals at AAU meets, but never won a national AAU title. She was inducted into the US Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 1979.

Klein later taught phys ed and gymnastics in high school in Evanston, Illinois. She became a well-known gymnastics judge, judging at 20 World Championships and 10 Olympic Games. She also served in gymnastics administration with the US Gymnastics Federation, and was on the Executive Committee or Board of Directors for 40 years, 1964-2004. In 2004 Klein-Fie was selected as President of the FIG (Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique) Women’s Technical Committee and upon retirement was named Honorary Vice-President for life.