Editing Mary Lou Retton (section)

===Honors===
Retton's hometown, Fairmont, West Virginia, named a road and a park in the town after her. In 1985, she received the Golden Plate Award of the [[Academy of Achievement|American Academy of Achievement]] presented by Awards Council member General [[Chuck Yeager]].<ref>{{cite web|title= Golden Plate Awardees of the American Academy of Achievement |website= achievement.org|publisher= [[American Academy of Achievement]] |url= https://achievement.org/our-history/golden-plate-awards/#sports}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |date=1985|title= General Chuck Yeager Biography Photo |url= https://achievement.org/achiever/general-chuck-yeager/ |website= achievement.org |publisher= American Academy of Achievement | quote= Awards Council member General Chuck Yeager presents the American Academy of Achievement's Golden Plate Award to Olympic gold medal gymnast Mary Lou Retton at the 1985 Banquet of the Golden Plate in Denver, CO.| access-date= }}</ref>

Retton was elected to the [[National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame]] in 1992.<ref>{{cite web| url= http://www.niashf.org/index.cfm?ContentID=58&InducteeID=158| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20090330180541/http://www.niashf.org/index.cfm?ContentID=58&InducteeID=158| title= Mary Lou Retton| publisher= National Italian American Sports Hall of Fame| website= niashf.org| date= | archivedate= March 30, 2009 | access-date= }}</ref> In 1993, the [[Associated Press]] released results of a sports study in which Retton was statistically tied for first place with fellow Olympian [[Dorothy Hamill]] as the most popular athlete in America.<ref>{{cite news| last= Wilstein| first= Steve | date= May 17, 1993| page= C6| url= https://news.google.com/newspapers?nid=1957&dat=19930517&id=XZYxAAAAIBAJ&sjid=RuEFAAAAIBAJ&pg=1249,4781703 |title= Retton, Hammill most popular American athletes| agency= Associated Press| work= The Daily Gazette| via= Google News| access-date= }}</ref><ref>{{cite web| url= http://womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Athletes/R/Retton-Mary-Lou.aspx| archiveurl= https://web.archive.org/web/20100620043315/http://womenssportsfoundation.org/Content/Athletes/R/Retton-Mary-Lou.aspx| title= Athletes| website= womenssportsfoundation.org| publisher= Women's Sports Foundation| archivedate= June 20, 2010| access-date= }}</ref> In 1997, Retton was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]].<ref name="hof">{{cite web |title= Mary Lou Retton |work= ighof.com| publisher= International Gymnastics Hall of Fame |url= http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_marylou.html |url-status=dead |archive-url= https://web.archive.org/web/20110928145112/http://www.ighof.com/honorees/honorees_marylou.html |archive-date= September 28, 2011 }}</ref> In January 2020, Retton was the first woman inducted into the [[Houston Sports Hall of Fame]].<ref name="houstonsports">{{cite web| url= https://www.houstonsports.org/houston-sports-hall-of-fame-class-of-2020/|title=Houston Sports Hall of Fame Class of 2020 | publisher= Harris County Houston Sports Authority |website= houstonsports.org| date=February 14, 2020 |access-date=January 14, 2022}}</ref>