Brenda Magaña

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is Magaña and the second or maternal family name is Almaral.

Brenda Vianey Magaña Almaral (born July 27, 1977 in Guadalajara, Jalisco) 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.

Brenda Magaña

Personal information
Born	July 27, 1977 (1977-07-27) (age 48) Guadalajara, Mexico
Sport
Club	World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
Coached by	Bogomil Ivanov
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing  Mexico Pacific Rim Championships 1998 Winnipeg Vault Pan American Games 2003 Santo Domingo Floor 2003 Santo Domingo Vault Pan American Championships 1997 Medellín Vault

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.^[1] She was five years old when she participated in her first international competition in Czechoslovakia.^[1]

Eponymous skill

Magaña has the triple back somersault dismount off the uneven bars named after her in the Code of Points.^[2][3]

Apparatus	Name	Description	Difficulty[a]	Added to the Code of Points
Uneven bars	Magaña	Swing forward to triple back salto tucked	G (0.7)	2002 World Championships

1. Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points