Ada Lunardoni

Biographical information

RolesCompeted in Olympic Games
SexFemale
Full nameAda•Lunardoni (-Cumiskey, -Hutcheon)
Used nameAda•Lunardoni
Born8 March 1911 in West Hoboken, New Jersey (USA)
Died11 January 2003 in Hackettstown, New Jersey (USA)
NOC United States

Biography

Ada Lunardoni was from Hackensack, New Jersey and competed for the Swiss Turners of Union City, New Jersey when she made the first US women’s gymnastics team at the Olympics. Lunardoni was married to American gymnast Frank Cumiskey with whom she had three kids, although they later divorced. She eventually re-married and lived all her life in New Jersey.

Results

Games Discipline (Sport) / Event NOC / Team Pos Medal As
1936 Summer Olympics Artistic Gymnastics (Gymnastics) USA Ada Lunardoni
Team All-Around, Women (Olympic) United States 5

Olympic family relations