Mary Lou Retton, US gymnastics icon who survived health scare, arrested on suspicion of DUI
Mary Lou Retton, left, seen in 2017 with Oklahoma Hall of Fame inductee Shannon Miller in Oklahoma City.
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Her attorney listed in court records, Edmund J. Rollo of Morgantown, did not immediately respond to phone and email requests from The Associated Press seeking comment.
Retton was 16 when she became the first American female gymnast to win the all-around at the 1984 Los Angeles Olympics. She also won two silver and two bronze medals to help bring gymnastics into the mainstream in the United States.
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In 2023, Retton's family disclosed she was recuperating from a rare form of pneumonia that
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