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Aly Raisman predicted future gymnast status in camp yearbook

RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11: Alexandra Raisman of the United States competes on the balance beam during the Women's Individual All Around Final on Day 6 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio Olympic Arena on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
RIO DE JANEIRO, BRAZIL - AUGUST 11: Alexandra Raisman of the United States competes on the balance beam during the Women's Individual All Around Final on Day 6 of the 2016 Rio Olympics at Rio Olympic Arena on August 11, 2016 in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. (Photo by Alex Livesey/Getty Images)
By Cox Media Group National Content Desk
Aug 12, 2016

Aly Raisman's prediction in her 2003 camp yearbook was simple: "In 20 years I will be an Olympic gymnast."

As a competitor in the Rio games this year, she's seven years ahead of her goal.

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Mashable reported that Tech Insider editor Emily Cohn snapped a picture of her camp yearbook in which the Olympic gymnast predicted her future years ago.

Cohn said she and Raisman were together one summer at Camp Wicosuta in Hebron, New Hampshire.

Now, as a gold medalist with Team USA's final five, Raisman has three Olympic golds under her belt.

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