fullname death_date death_place club birth_place level discipline birth_date formercoach article_title name
julissa d'anne gomez 08 august 1991 houston , texas karolyi 's ; gage san antonio , texas senior international wag 04 november 1972 béla károlyi ; marta károlyi ; al fong julissa gomez
 julissa gomez
julissa gomez

julissa d'anne gomez -lrb- november 4 , 1972 -- august 8 , 1991 -rrb- was an american gymnast whose rapid rise through the ranks of elite gymnastics in the mid-1980s was cut short by a vaulting accident in 1988 that left her quadriplegic .
her injury sparked major changes to the vaulting discipline of women 's gymnastics with the goal of preventing such serious injuries .
