Brenda Magaña


Brenda Vianey Magaña Almaral is a Mexican artistic gymnast. Magana is best known for being the first woman to successfully complete a triple back somersault dismount from the uneven bars at a World Championships or Olympics, which she did at the 2002 [World Artistic Gymnastics Championships] in Debrecen, Hungary.
She began practicing gymnastics at the age of three at the Club Deportivo Atlas Paradero in Guadalajara but then started training at WOGA Gymnastics in Texas, United States. She was five years old when she participated in her first international competition in Czechoslovakia.

Eponymous skill

Magaña has the triple back somersault dismount off the uneven bars named after her in the Code of Points.
ApparatusNameDescriptionDifficultyAdded to the Code of Points
Uneven barsMagañaSwing forward to triple back salto tuckedG 2002 World Championships