Gymnast Fred Richard: ‘My goal is gold’
Written by Black Hot Fire Network on October 18, 2023
Fred Richard captures the 2023 all-around NCAA gymnastics title for the University of Michigan Wolverines. PHOTO: DARYL MARSHKE/MICHIGAN PHOTOGRAPHY
“To be young, gifted and Black,” words from Nina Simone’s legendary song, are fitting to describe Fred Richard, a gymnast on the U.S. national team. Richard, raised in Stoughton, Massachusetts, became at 19 the youngest male in American history to win a bronze medal in gymnastics Oct. 5 at the World Championships in Antwerp, Belgium.
Along with 20-year-old Khoi Young and veteran gymnast Donnell Whittenburg, Richard . . .
