Luci Romberg facts for kids
Luci Romberg is an American stuntwoman. She is also a co-owner of Tempest Freerunning, a company that focuses on the parkour lifestyle. Tempest Freerunning also has training places in Los Angeles.
Luci Romberg is known for her amazing athletic skills. She performs stunts in movies and TV shows.
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About Luci Romberg
Luci Romberg lives in Hollywood, California. She is a champion gymnast and was a top soccer player in college. She also practices freerunning, which is a type of movement similar to parkour.
She graduated from Texas Women's University in 2005. There, she earned a gymnastics scholarship. She studied kinesiology, which is the study of how the body moves.
Stunt Work in Movies and TV
Ms. Romberg is a professional stuntwoman. She is part of the Stunt Women's Association of Motion Pictures. She often works as a stunt double for actress Melissa McCarthy.
Luci Romberg has performed stunts in many movies, including:
- Walk Hard: The Dewey Cox Story
- Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull
- Changeling
- Identity Thief
- Spy
- The Boss
She has also appeared in several television shows. These include:
In 2010, Romberg was a guest on the TV show Last Call with Carson Daly. She also created a short film called Tru Beauty: A Luci Romberg Story. This film was released in 2016.
Parkour and Freerunning Career
In 2008, Luci Romberg was invited to join Team Tempest Freerunning. This group is based in Los Angeles. For many years, she was the only female member of the team.
Competing on Sasuke
Romberg has competed twice on the Japanese TV show Sasuke. This show is a tough athletic competition. The first time, she was chosen to represent the U.S. in Japan for Sasuke 21. She was the first woman to complete the "Jumping Spider" obstacle. However, she failed on the "Half-Pipe attack" soon after.
She was invited back for the next tournament. In that competition, she was eliminated on the "Jumping Spider" obstacle. She also appeared in the first American Ninja Warrior show. She has not competed in Sasuke since then.
Red Bull Art of Motion
In 2009, Romberg was the only woman to compete in the Red Bull Art of Motion freerunning competition. Since then, Luci Romberg has become a world champion in this competition eleven times. She is a top athlete in the sport of freerunning.
Awards and Recognitions
Luci Romberg received three nominations at the Taurus World Stunt Awards in 2014. She won one of these awards.
She was nominated for "Best Overall Stunt for a Stunt Woman". This was for her fall down basement stairs in The Conjuring. She was also nominated for being hit by a car in Identity Thief. She won the award for this stunt. She was also nominated for "The Hardest Hit" for her stunt in Identity Thief.
