Karin Lichey Usry is an American gymnast (born September 19, 1977 in Cincinnati, Ohio) She attended the University of Georgia from 1996 to 1999, and was part of both NCAA Championship teams in 1998 and 1999. She earned first-team All-America certificates in all five categories both of those years and earned a total of 11 All-America awards in her career. The Southeastern Conference recognized her as its Freshman of the Year in 1996 and Gymnast of the Year in 1999. She won the Honda Sports Award as the nations's top gymnast in 1999.
On February 23, 1996, during her freshman year, she became the first collegiate gymnast ever to score an extremely rare perfect 40.0 in the all-around. As of 2026, she remains the only collegiate gymnast ever to accomplish this feat.
Career Perfect 10.0 +SeasonDateEvent1996February 11, 1996VaultFebruary 23, 1996VaultUneven BarsBalance BeamFloor Exercise1997January 19, 1997VaultUneven Bars1998January 17, 1998Uneven BarsJanuary 25, 1998February 6, 1998February 14, 1998VaultMarch 21, 1998April 4, 1998Uneven BarsFloor Exercise1999January 16, 1999Uneven BarsJanuary 22, 1999VaultFloor ExerciseFebruary 26, 1999VaultMarch 5, 1999Uneven BarsMarch 20, 1999 After graduating from college with a Bachelor of Science in Education in 2000, she married Mike Usry and had two children. She has been a volunteer coach for the University of Georgia women's gymnastics team. She is the former Director of Board Relations at the University of Georgia Foundation and Director of the Emeriti Trustees and the Board of Visitors in the Division of Development & Alumni Relations at the University of Georgia. She now works full-time at Southland Organics, a company that she co-founded in 2009.
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