▁ 9 th - AA , ▁ 6 th - V ▁ 1 9 8 9 ▁U . S . ▁G ymn ast ics ▁Championships , ▁Min ne apolis , ▁Minn .; ▁ 1 0 th - AA ▁ 1 9 8 8 ▁Winter ▁National s , ▁Colorado ▁Spr ings , ▁Col o .; ▁ 1 8 th - AA ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁U . S . ▁Olympic ▁Sports ▁Festival , ▁Chap el ▁Hill , ▁N . C .; ▁ 1 6 th - AA , ▁ 6 th - H B ▁ 1 9 8 7 ▁Mc Donald ' s ▁U . S . ▁G ymn ast ics ▁Championships , ▁Kansas ▁City , ▁Mo .; ▁ 6 0 th - AA ▁ ▁References ▁ ▁Category : 1 9 6 9 ▁birth s ▁Category : L iving ▁people ▁Category : S ports people ▁from ▁La f ay ette , ▁Louisiana ▁Category : Ok lahoma ▁So on ers ▁men ' s ▁g ymn asts ▁Category : American ▁male ▁art istic ▁g ymn asts <0x0A> </s> ▁Abd ▁al - R ah man ▁al - R af ai ▁( F ebru ary ▁ 8 , ▁ 1 8 8 9 ▁– ▁December ▁ 3 , ▁ 1 9 6 6 ) ▁() ▁was ▁an ▁Egypt ian ▁historian . ▁He ▁dedicated ▁his ▁life ▁to ▁the ▁study ▁of ▁the ▁roles ▁of ▁the ▁national ▁movement ▁in ▁the ▁history ▁of ▁modern ▁Egypt . ▁His ▁most ▁prominent ▁work ▁was ▁ 1 5 ▁volumes ▁in ▁which ▁he ▁documented ▁the ▁state