{{Short description|American former gymnast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2024}} {{Infobox gymnast |name= Chelle Stack |image= |image_size= |caption= |fullname= Carol Michelle Stack |altname= Chelle |nickname= |country= {{USA}} |regions= |formercountry= |birth_date= {{birth date and age|1973|7|23}} |birth_place= Endicott, New York, U.S. |hometown= |residence= |death_date= |death_place= |height= |discipline= WAG |level= |natlteam= |club= |gym= |collegeteam= |headcoach= |assistcoach= |formercoach= |choreographer= |music= |eponymousskills= |retired= |worldranking= |updated= |show-medals = no |medaltemplates= <!-- see Template:MedalRelatedTemplates --> }} '''Carol Michelle "Chelle" Stack''' (born July 23, 1973) is a former gymnast. She competed for the United States national team at the 1988 Seoul Summer Olympics.<ref name=":0">[https://web.archive.org/web/20200418115442/https://www.sports-reference.com/olympics/athletes/st/chelle-stack-1.html "Chelle Stack Biography and Olympic Results"]. sports-reference.com. Retrieved August 20, 2012.</ref><ref name=":1">{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/s/stack_chelle.pdf|title=Chelle Stack|last=|first=|date=|website=USA Gymnastics|access-date=}}</ref> She is currently active as a brevet rated judge at US national gymnastics competitions.
== Career ==
=== Junior elite gymnastics === At the 1987 US Gymnastics Championships, Stack won silver in the junior all-around.<ref name=":1" /> Also in 1987, when Stack was fourteen, she competed at the Chunichi Cup in Japan.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" /> While practicing on the balance beam an hour<ref name=":1" /> before the competition, she fell and broke two<ref name=":1" /> of her toes.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":6" /> Coach Bela Karolyi yelled at Stack for this, telling her, "I have to single you out in the whole gymnastics world as the craziest person I've ever seen and the most uneducated."<ref name=":6" /> Karolyi still wanted Stack to compete, so she was treated with two shots of Novocain to dull the pain in her foot.<ref name=":6" /> She finished 16th in the Chunichi Cup all-around.<ref name=":1" />
=== Senior elite gymnastics === Stack joined the senior national team in 1988.<ref name=":1" /> She competed at the 1988 American Cup, winning the floor exercise and finishing third in the vault, balance beam and all-around.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2">{{Cite web|url=http://chellestacksgymnastics.com/about-us.html|title=About Us|website=carrol marcella|language=en|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> She was fourth in the all-around, first on uneven bars<ref name=":3">{{Cite web|url=https://depaulbluedemons.com/news/2011/5/5/DePaul_s_Jill_Hollembeak_to_be_inducted_into_USA_Gymnastics_Hall_of_Fame.aspx|title=DePaul's Jill Hollembeak to be inducted into USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame|website=DePaul University Athletics|language=en|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> and third in floor exercise at the 1988 US Gymnastics Championships.<ref name=":1" /> At the US Olympic Trials, she was fifth in the all-around.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> She placed fourth with the United States team at the 1988 Summer Olympics.<ref name=":0" /><ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> At the 1988 Summer Olympics, Stack fell during her compulsory uneven bars routine so she did not compete in the finals. Seven out of eight of her routines counted for the team final score.<ref name=":6" />
In 1989, Stack competed at the American Cup and was third in the all-around preliminaries.<ref name=":1" /> She was seventh in the all-around, first on uneven bars,<ref name=":3" /> and second in floor exercise at the 1989 US Gymnastics Championships.<ref name=":1" /> At the 1989 World Championships Team Trials, she was fourth in the all-around.<ref name=":1" /> That same year, she competed at the Gymnastics World Championships, placing fourth with the United States team and 28th individually in the all-around.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" />
In 1990, Stack was 11th in the all-around and fourth on the balance beam at the US Gymnastics Championships.<ref name=":1" /> Internationally, she competed at Golden Sands in Bulgaria, winning silver medals in the all-around and balance beam.<ref name=":1" />
In 1991, she competed at the American Cup, placing seventh in the all-around preliminaries.<ref name=":1" /> She competed at the 1991 Pan American Games, winning team gold, all-around silver and gold in the floor exercise.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":2" /> Stack was injured at the 1991 World Championships Team Trials.<ref name=":1" />
In 1992, Stack competed at two national meets, the US Classic and the US Gymnastics Championships. She was ninth in the all-around at the US Classic and 29th in the all-around at the US Championships.<ref name=":1" /> After 1992, Stack was no longer on the US national team because she retired from elite gymnastics<ref name=":2" /> due to a broken knee.<ref name=":6" />
During her elite gymnastics career, Stack trained with coaches Martha and Bela Karolyi at their gym, at SCATS Gymnastics<ref name=":3" /> and at Cypress Academy with coach Debbie Kaitschuck.<ref name=":1" /><ref name=":3" /> While training with the Karolyis, Stack saw fellow Karolyi trainee Julissa Gomez perform the Yurchenko vault in practice.<ref name=":5">{{Cite web|url=https://www.sfgate.com/sports/article/For-Famous-Coach-Fear-Is-a-Favorite-Tool-3030960.php|title=For Famous Coach, 'Fear' Is a Favorite Tool|date=1995-06-15|website=SFGate|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> Stack said, "You could tell it was not a safe vault for her to be doing," and was quoted in Joan Ryan's book ''Little Girls in Pretty Boxes.''<ref name=":5" /> In the same book, Chelle Stack's mother Carrol was also quoted, speaking about the verbal abuse she and Stack's coaches subjected Stack to during her career as an elite gymnast.<ref name=":6">{{Cite book|url=https://archive.org/details/littlegirlsinpre00ryan|title=Little Girls in Pretty Boxes: the Making and Breaking of Elite Gymnasts and Figure Skaters|last=Ryan |first=Joan |date=1995|publisher=Doubleday|isbn=0385477902|edition=1st|location=New York|oclc=31608501|url-access=registration}}</ref> When Stack retired from elite gymnastics, she had eighteen hairline fractures in her knee and her toes were deformed due to gymnastics.<ref name=":6" />
=== Career after retirement from elite gymnastics === Stack attended the University of Oklahoma and competed on the gymnastics team there during the 1994 and 1995 seasons.<ref name=":4">{{Cite web|url=https://soonersports.com/news/2011/8/19/208394014.aspx|title=Stack Inducted to USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame|website=University of Oklahoma|language=en|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref> She graduated from the University of Oklahoma in 1996 with degrees in Communications and Spanish.<ref name=":7">{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=2217|title=1988 U.S. Women's Olympic Team to be recognized at Visa Championships in Boston|website=USA Gymnastics|access-date=2019-11-10}}</ref> From 1998 until December 2001<ref name=":7" /> or early 2002<ref name=":2" /> Stack helped produce and performed in Cirque de Soleil's show "La Nouba."<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":7" /> From 2002 until 2011, Stack owned her own gym in Winter Park, Florida and worked as a gymnastics coach.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":4" /> During this time, she became a gymnastics judge.<ref name=":2" /><ref name=":3" /> She received her brevet judge rating in 2004.<ref name=":7" /> In 2011, Stack was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame.<ref name=":3" /><ref name=":4" /> As of 2019, she is a member of the committee to Restore Integrity to the USOC, also known as Team Integrity.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://aroundtherings.com/site/A__77316/Title__Team-Integrity-Press-Release-re-USOPC-Board-giving-Blackmun-$24M-Severance/292/Articles|title=Team Integrity Press Release re; USOPC Board giving Blackmun $2.4M Severance|website=aroundtherings.com|access-date=2019-11-05}}</ref>
== Personal life == In 2011, Stack was engaged to marry Robert Marcella.<ref name=":3" /> Her married name is Stack-Marcella.<ref name=":2" />
==References== {{reflist}}
{{Footer USA Gymnastics 1988 Summer Olympics}} {{Gymnastics at the Pan American Games – Women's team competition|1991}} {{Gymnastics at the Pan American Games – Women's floor exercise}}
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