--- title: Rio 2016 Olympics: Aly Raisman's Parents Might Get a Spa Day description: A fan of the U.S. gymnastics star launched a GoFundMe campaign to raise enough to send Raisman's stressed-out parents on a relaxing spa day. canonical: https://time.com/4458171/rio-2016-olympics-aly-raisman-spa/ author: Raisa Bruner article:opinion: false article:content_tier: free article:published_time: 2016-08-18T20:50:47.000Z article:modified_time: 2026-04-13T07:35:40.528Z og:title: This Aly Raisman Fan Wants to Treat Her Parents to a Spa Day og:description: A concerned (and thoughtful) fan launched a GoFundMe for the Olympian's parents. og:url: https://time.com/4458171/rio-2016-olympics-aly-raisman-spa/ og:site_name: TIME og:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59a7c23bc7fa2193/6988a2e0524fc0961ddf9344/aly-raisman-medal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 og:image:width: 5568 og:image:height: 3132 og:image:alt: GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO og:type: article twitter:card: summary_large_image twitter:title: This Aly Raisman Fan Wants to Treat Her Parents to a Spa Day twitter:description: A concerned (and thoughtful) fan launched a GoFundMe for the Olympian's parents. twitter:image: https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59a7c23bc7fa2193/6988a2e0524fc0961ddf9344/aly-raisman-medal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=16:9 ---  # This Thoughtful Aly Raisman Fan Wants to Treat Aly's Parents to the Relaxing Spa Day They've Earned > Sponsored content. 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Every edition is assembled by TIME editors rather than generated automatically.  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 18, 2016 8:50 PM UTC  US gymnast Alexandra Raisman celebrates on the podium of the women's floor event final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 16, 2016\. / AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) US gymnast Alexandra Raisman celebrates on the podium of the women's floor event final of the Artistic Gymnastics at the Olympic Arena during the Rio 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro on August 16, 2016\. / AFP / Toshifumi KITAMURA (Photo credit should read TOSHIFUMI KITAMURA/AFP/Getty Images) Toshifumi Kitamura—Getty Images  by [Raisa Bruner](https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/)  ## Raisa Bruner Aug 18, 2016 8:50 PM UTC [Olympic gold](http://time.com/4448190/rio-2016-olympics-aly-raisman-summer-camp/?iid=sr-link6) and silver medal [gymnast Aly Raisman](http://time.com/4450999/rio-2016-olympics-simone-biles-aly-raisman/?iid=sr-link3) had a rockstar week in Rio, and never seemed anything less than calm, cool, and collected on the floor, beam, and bars. But her parents? That’s a whole other story. And people have noticed. [Footage of Raisman’s family](http://time.com/4442935/aly-raisman-nervous-parents-rio-2016-olympics/?iid=sr-link5) watching her from the audience went viral last week, as their intense nerves cause them to squirm uncontrollably and clutch at each other in their seats in the stands. (Meanwhile, veteran Olympian Raisman executed one flawless routine after another.) One concerned supporter of [team captain Raisman](http://time.com/4445637/aly-raisman-gymnastics-team/?iid=sr-link1) — and her parents Ricky and Lynn — has decided it’s time to give the gymnast’s devoted parents a bit of well-earned downtime. “We’ve seen their enthusiasm, stress, and commitment — now they deserve some time to relax and unwind,” writes Berkley Rothmeier in a [new GoFundMe campaign](https://www.gofundme.com/2k8pmmus) launched to get Raisman’s parents a spa day. The fundraising goal is $500; the page has already hit $100 in donations. Rothmeier, [who told TODAY](http://www.today.com/parents/fan-starts-gofundme-give-aly-raisman-s-parents-much-deserved-t101948) that she was previously involved in sports herself, just wants to give the family a chance to come down from the visibly nerve-wracking experience of Rio. “So often athletes, coaches, and the rest of their support systems are so stoic we forget just how hard they work and how special they are,” Rothmeier said. ```json [{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"NewsArticle","@id":"https://time.com/4458171/rio-2016-olympics-aly-raisman-spa/","mainEntityOfPage":{"@type":"WebPage","@id":"https://time.com/4458171/rio-2016-olympics-aly-raisman-spa/"},"headline":"This Thoughtful Aly Raisman Fan Wants to Treat Aly's Parents to the Relaxing Spa Day They've Earned","datePublished":"2016-08-18T20:50:47.000Z","dateModified":"2026-04-13T07:35:40.528Z","description":"Raisman's nervous parents were a popular meme during her routines","url":"https://time.com/4458171/rio-2016-olympics-aly-raisman-spa/","keywords":["Newsfeed","olympics","viral","Summer Olympics","Rio 2016","2016 Rio de Janeiro Olympics"],"thumbnailUrl":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59a7c23bc7fa2193/6988a2e0524fc0961ddf9344/aly-raisman-medal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","author":[{"@type":"Person","name":"Raisa Bruner","jobTitle":null,"url":"https://time.com/author/raisa-bruner/"}],"articleSection":"","image":[{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://static.time.com/v3/assets/bltea6093859af6183b/blt59a7c23bc7fa2193/6988a2e0524fc0961ddf9344/aly-raisman-medal.jpg?branch=production&width=1200&quality=75&auto=webp&crop=1200:675&height=675","width":1200,"height":675,"headline":"GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO","caption":"GYMNASTICS-OLY-2016-RIO","creditText":"Toshifumi Kitamura—Getty Images","representativeOfPage":true}],"publisher":{"@type":"Organization","name":"Time","url":"https://time.com/","logo":{"@type":"ImageObject","url":"https://time.com/images/logo.png","width":528,"height":156},"foundingDate":"March 3, 1923","sameAs":["https://www.facebook.com/time","https://www.instagram.com/time/?hl=en","https://twitter.com/time","https://www.pinterest.com/timemagazine"]}},{"@context":"https://schema.org","@type":"BreadcrumbList","itemListElement":[{"@type":"ListItem","position":1,"item":{"@id":"/tag/time-section-newsfeed/","name":"Newsfeed"}},{"@type":"ListItem","position":2,"item":{"@id":"https://time.com/4458171/rio-2016-olympics-aly-raisman-spa/","name":"This Thoughtful Aly Raisman Fan Wants to Treat Aly's Parents to the Relaxing Spa Day They've Earned"}}]}] ```