Bio

With two national and nine conference individual championships to her credit, Debbie (Lindemer) Stenson is recognized as one of the finest female gymnasts in UW-Oshkosh and WIAC history.

Lindemer competed in women's gymnastics at UW-Oshkosh from 1983-86 and established a standard of excellence that also includes leading the Titans to one NAIA and four WIAC team championships. The Oshkosh North High School graduate immediately became an impact performer at UW-Oshkosh, winning the all-around, floor exercise and uneven bars titles at the WIAC Championship during her rookie campaign.

Lindemer's finest season came in 1984 when she became a Broderick Award nominee after qualifying for the NCAA Division I Championship in the all-around competition. The Broderick Award is presented annually to the top collegiate athlete in women's gymnastics, with Lindemer's 1984 resume also featuring NCAA Division II titles in the all-around and uneven bars and WIAC crowns in the all-around, balance beam and floor exercise. Lindemer compiled scores of 35.25 in the all-around and 9.15 in the uneven bars en route to the NCAA Division II titles.

Lindemer also enjoyed a banner season in 1985, gaining NCAA Division II All-America accolades in the floor exercise and winning WIAC titles in the all-around, balance beam and the floor exercise. Hampered by injuries in 1986, Lindemer provided spiritual leadership in helping the Titans to NAIA and WIAC championships.

In all, Lindemer's nine WIAC individual titles are the second-highest count in league history, bettered only by the 14 of UW-Oshkosh's Mary Levian, a teammate of Lindemer in 1986.

Following graduation from UW-Oshkosh in 1988, Lindemer moved to Park Falls, where she was an elementary school teacher and assistant girls high school gymnastics coach.

Lindemer returned to her hometown in 1990 by being named the head girls gymnastics coach at Oshkosh West High School, a position she held through the 1993 season.

Today, Lindemer lives in Oshkosh, where she has taught elementary school-aged children in the city since 1991. Lindemer, the first woman gymnast to be inducted into the UW-Oshkosh Hall of Fame, and her husband, Mark, are the parents of three children.