United States women's national gymnastics team

United States women's artistic national gymnastics team
Founded 1982
Continental union PAGU
National federation USAG
Head coach Valeri Liukin
Training location Karolyi Ranch
Huntsville, Texas
Uniform supplier Under Armour
Olympic Games
Appearances 17
Medals Gold: 1996, 2012, 2016
Silver: 1984, 2004, 2008
Bronze: 1948, 1992, 2000
World Championships
Appearances 24
Medals Gold: 2003, 2007, 2011, 2014, 2015
Silver: 1991, 1994, 2006, 2010
Bronze: 1995, 2001
Pan American Games
Medals Gold: 1963, 1967, 1971, 1975, 1983, 1987, 1991, 1995, 2003, 2007, 2011, 2015
Silver: 1999

The United States women's artistic gymnastics team represents the United States in FIG international competitions. Currently, the U.S. team is the reigning World team champion and the reigning Olympic team champion, with the latter named the Final Five. The name references Coach Márta Károlyi's final team to coach and that the team structure will be changed to four members beginning with the 2020 Olympic Games. In September 2016, Valeri Liukin was announced as Karolyi's successor.

History

The USA Gymnastics women's national team rosters date back to 1982.[1]

Olympic Games

The USA Gymnastics women have won the Olympic Gold three times, in 1996, 2012, and 2016. These successes led to the nicknames Magnificent Seven and Fierce Five and Final Five. They won three silvers in 1984, 2004, 2008 and won three bronzes in 1948, 1992 and 2000.[2]

World Championships

The United States is currently 5th in the all-time medal count for the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. The first American gymnast to win a medal at the World Championships was Cathy Rigby who won silver on beam in 1970.[3] The first female American gymnast to win a world title was Marcia Frederick in 1978 on the uneven bars.[4] The most decorated American gymnast at the World Championships is Simone Biles, who won 14 medals (10 gold, 2 silver and 2 bronze) from 2013 to 2015.[5] The United States won team gold in 2003, 2007, 2011, 2014, and 2015.[5]

2016 senior roster

As of June 26, 2016:[6]

Name Birth date and age Current residence Club Head coach(es) College team
Alyssa Baumann May 17, 1998 Plano, Texas World Olympic Gymnastics Academy Laurent Landi Florida Gators
Simone Biles March 14, 1997 Spring, Texas World Champions Centre Aimee Boorman Professional
Christina Desiderio August 22, 2000 Hackettstown, New Jersey Parkettes National Gymnastics Training Center Bill Strauss,
Donna Strauss 		LSU Tigers
Gabby Douglas December 31, 1995 Tarzana, California Buckeye Gymnastics Kittia Carpenter Professional
Brenna Dowell March 4, 1996 Odessa, Missouri Great American Gymnastics Express Al Fong Oklahoma Sooners
Rachel Gowey October 3, 1997 Urbandale, Iowa Chow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute Liang Chow Florida Gators
Laurie Hernandez June 9, 2000 Old Bridge, New Jersey MG Elite Maggie Haney Professional
Amelia Hundley January 21, 1998 Hamilton, Ohio Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy Mary Lee Tracy Florida Gators
Madison Kocian June 15, 1997 Dallas, Texas World Olympic Gymnastics Academy Laurent Landi UCLA Bruins
Ashton Locklear January 13, 1998 Hamlet, North Carolina Everest Gymnastics Qi Han
Maggie Nichols September 12, 1997 Little Canada, Minnesota Twin City Twisters Sarah Jantzi,
Rich Stenger 		Oklahoma Sooners
Aly Raisman May 25, 1994 Needham, Massachusetts Brestyan's American Gymnastics Mihai Brestyan Professional
Emily Schild August 19, 1998 Huntersville, North Carolina Everest Gymnastics Qi Han Georgia Gym Dogs
MyKayla Skinner December 9, 1996 Gilbert, Arizona Desert Lights Gymnastics Lisa Spini Utah Red Rocks
Ragan Smith August 8, 2000 Lewisville, Texas Texas Dreams Gymnastics Kim Zmeskal Oklahoma Sooners

2016 schedule

Date Team Name Venue Location Time (EST) Result
March 5 No 2016 AT&T American Cup Prudential Center Newark, New Jersey 11:30 a.m.
March 18–20 Yes 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy SGA Gymnasium Treviso Jesolo, Italy *
April 8–10 Yes 2016 Pacific Rims Xfinity Arena Everett, Washington *
June 4 No 2016 U.S. Classic TBA Hartford, Connecticut TBA
June 23–26 No 2016 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships Chaifetz Arena St Louis, Missouri *
July 8–10 No 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials SAP Center San Jose, California *
August 4–16 Yes 2016 Summer Olympics Arena Olimpica do Rio Rio, Brazil *

Notes
* denotes multi-day event. Start times may vary day by day.

Staff

[7][8]

Team competition results

Olympic Games

Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Kyla Ross, Jordyn Wieber
Gabby Douglas, Simone Biles, Aly Raisman, Laurie Hernandez, Madison Kocian

World Championships

Hall of Famers

Five national team gymnasts and one national team coach have been inducted into the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame:

See also

References

  1. ↑ "Women's Past Senior National Teams". USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  2. ↑ "United States Gymnastics Women's Team All-Around Results". sports-reference. Retrieved 27 May 2015.
  3. ↑ Van Deusen, Amy. "US Medalists at Worlds (Men's and Women's)". About Gymnastics. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  4. ↑ Riley, Lori (15 August 2010). "Frederick Changed Gymnastics, But Boycott Ended Olympic Dream". Hartfort Courant. Retrieved 17 June 2015.
  5. 1 2 http://www.houstonchronicle.com/sports/article/US-women-roll-to-3rd-straight-world-gymnastics-6594004.php
  6. ↑ "Women's Artistic Gymnastics National Teams". USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics. Retrieved June 28, 2016.
  7. ↑ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Women/Rules/Rules%20and%20Policies/directory.pdf
  8. ↑ https://usagym.org/pages/aboutus/pages/staffdirectory.html
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