Editing Dominique Dawes (section)

==Early life==
Dawes was born in [[Silver Spring, Maryland]], on November 20, 1976, to Don and Loretta Dawes of [[Takoma Park, Maryland]]. She enrolled in gymnastics at age 6 with coach [[Kelli Hill]] and won her first competition at age 9. In high school, she moved to [[Gaithersburg, Maryland]], to be closer to her coach's gym.<ref>{{cite web |title=Official Biography: Dominique Dawes |url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/d/ddawes.html |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=23 January 2020 |archive-date=22 February 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210222150041/https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/archivedbios/d/ddawes.html |url-status=dead}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Baer |first1=Susan |title=Dominique Dawes: A Gem of a Gymnast |url=https://www.baltimoresun.com/news/bs-xpm-1991-07-14-1991195165-story.html |work=Baltimore Sun |date=July 14, 1991}}</ref><ref>{{cite news |last1=Montgomery |first1=David |title=Dominique is Gym Dandy with Takoma |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/archive/local/1996/08/21/dominique-is-gym-dandy-with-takoma/78efc304-d9c8-402f-a615-5a4c4ff2cbfc/ |newspaper=The Washington Post |date=August 21, 1996}}</ref><ref name=espn>[https://www.espn.com/espn/blackhistory2008/columns/story?columnist=buckheit_mary&page=dawes/080226 "Catching up with Dominique Dawes"]  Mary Buckheit, ESPN, February 13, 2008</ref>