Jordyn Marie Wieber
Jordyn Marie Wieber
Personal information
Full name	Jordyn Marie Wieber
Nickname(s)	Jo
Country represented	United States
Born	(1995-07-12) July 12, 1995 (age 16) DeWitt, Michigan
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2006 - present
Gym	Twistars Gymnastics
Head coach(es)	John and Kathryn Geddert
Choreographer	Kathryn Geddert
Medal record Competitor for  United States World Championships Gold 2011 Tokyo Team Gold 2011 Tokyo All-Around Bronze 2011 Tokyo Balance Beam Pacific Rim Championships Gold 2010 Melbourne Team Gold 2012 Everett Team Gold 2012 Everett All-Around Gold 2012 Everett Floor Visa Championships Gold 2008 Boston (Jr. Div.) All-Around Gold 2008 Boston (Jr. Div.) Vault Gold 2008 Boston (Jr. Div.) Floor Gold 2011 Saint Paul All-Around Gold 2011 Saint Paul Uneven Bars Gold 2011 Saint Paul Floor Silver 2007 San Jose (Jr. Div.) Vault(T) Silver 2007 San Jose (Jr. Div.) Balance Beam Silver 2008 Boston (Jr. Div.) Balance Beam Bronze 2007 San Jose (Jr. Div.) All-Around Bronze 2007 San Jose (Jr. Div.) Uneven Bars Bronze 2008 Boston (Jr. Div.) Uneven Bars Bronze 2011 Saint Paul Balance Beam U.S. Classic Gold 2008 Houston (Jr. Div.) All-Around Gold 2008 Houston (Jr. Div.) Vault Gold 2008 Houston (Jr. Div.) Uneven Bars Gold 2008 Houston (Jr. Div.) Balance Beam Gold 2008 Houston(Jr. Div.) Floor Silver 2007 Battle Creek (Jr. Div.) Vault(T) Silver 2007 Battle Creek (Jr. Div.) Balance Beam CoverGirl Classic Gold 2010 Chicago (Jr. Div.) All-Around Gold 2010 Chicago (Jr. Div.) Vault Gold 2010 Chicago (Jr. Div.) Uneven Bars Gold 2011 Chicago Uneven Bars Gold 2011 Chicago Balance Beam(T) Silver 2010 Chicago (Jr. Div.) Floor Secret U.S. Classic Gold 2012 Chicago Balance Beam(T)

Jordyn Marie Wieber (born July 12, 1995)^[1] is an artistic gymnast from USA. She is the 2011 All-Around World Champion, the 2011 U.S. Senior National Champion and the 2011 American Cup Champion. In 2012 she won the AT&T American Cup. She was also the 2008 U.S. Junior National Champion and the 2009 American Cup Champion.

Personal life[link]

Wieber was born in DeWitt, Michigan to Rita and David Wieber.^[2] She attends Dewitt High School and completes some classes online.

Gymnastics[link]

As well as being a USA National Team member from 2006–2011, Wieber was also a member of the 2002, 2004 and 2005 National TOPs teams.^{[citation needed]}

In 2006 she placed second at the JO Nationals. She then became elite and placed 9th in the AA at her first national championships.

In 2007 she placed 3rd all around at the US Championships in San Jose. In November she was named to the 2007 Jr. Pan American team and she traveled to Guatemala where team USA took first. She also earned a silver in the all around, gold on bars, gold on beam, and bronze on floor.

In February 2008 she earned a spot to compete at the Grand Prix Competition in Italy where helped earn Team USA a gold and also earned an AA gold. In March she was named to the Pacific Rim Competition, but scratched due to a mild ankle sprain. In May, she swept the 2008 US Classic winning all events. In June, Jordyn traveled to Boston, MA for the 2008 US Championships where she became the US Jr. National Champion. In November, she traveled to Belgium and competed in the Top Gym Competition where she earned gold medals in the AA, Bars, and Beam.

In 2009, she made what was probably her biggest accomplishment at the time, winning the Tyson American beating Olympian and soon-to-be World Champion Bridget Sloan. She sustained a hamstring injury, but was named to the 2009-2010 Junior National Team.

In 2010, Wieber returned at the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, Australia. Her scores on all four events in the team competition (first among juniors for 3 events, second on one) contributed to the USA's team victory and the highest AA score out of junior and seniors at the competition. In addition, her scores gave her the junior AA gold with a 59.55, despite not throwing full difficulty because of rules precluding Gs from counting for juniors. In the followup event finals, Wieber earned golds on floor and bars and a silver on vault. A fall on beam reduced her to fourth on that event.^[3]

In July 2010, Wieber won the junior all around at the Cover Girl Classic Championships. Showing an Amanar, among a field with two other juniors doing so, she finished first on vault. She was also first on bars and second on floor exercise. She was sixth on the balance beam.^[4] During Day 1 of the 2010 VISA National Championships, Jordyn performed well on vault but fell on her tkatchev release on bars. Warming up for beam, she injured her ankle but tried competing on it anyway but with poor results. She fell three times and was very shaky, scoring a 10.3. She was not able to compete floor or for the duration of the rest of the two days of competition.

On February 19, 2011, Jordyn competed at the WOGA Classic. She placed 1st on bars and 5th on beam due to a fall. On March 5, 2011, Wieber competed in the 2011 AT&T American Cup, which was held as part of the FIG World Cup events, in Jacksonville, Florida and finished in first place for the all-around title, narrowly beating reigning World All Around Champion Aliya Mustafina of Russia. This was controversial, as under FIG World Cup rules, only those ranked highest in the previous World Championships are supposed to compete at the World Cup events. She competed an Amanar, or 2 1/2 twisting Yurchenko, on vault, scoring a 15.833. Then she went to the uneven bars and fell on her Tkatchev and scored a 13.900. She next went to beam and had a near perfect beam routine with a stuck dismount and scored 15.266. On floor she opened with a double twisting double back but stepped out of bounds, but then had a clean routine throughout the rest of it and scored 14.900.

Weiber next competed at City of Jesolo (Italy) Trophy 2011 on the 19th March 2011 where she was beaten into second place by fellow American, McKayla Maroney in the all-around.^[5]

On July 26, 2011, Wieber competed the CoverGirl Classic held in Chicago, Illinois, where she only competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam, placing 1st in both events (sharing gold with Alicia Sacramone on beam).

On August 20, 2011, Wieber won the 2011 Visa Championships by slightly more than six points over her nearest competitor, silver-medalist McKayla Maroney. Her AA score was the highest ever under the new scoring system (61.450). Wieber placed first on bars with a two-night score of 29.750,^[6] she won the floor title (29.9),^[7] and she placed third on beam (29.9).^[8]

For the week of October 7–16, she competed at the World Championships and won gold medals in the team event and in the individual all-around. Her all-around score was 59.382 and finished three-tenths of a point ahead of Russia's Viktoria Komova despite making errors on the uneven bars and floor routine. Wieber later competed on the uneven bars, finishing in fourth place. She collected a bronze medal on balance beam and placed sixth on the floor exercise.

Shortly after Worlds on October 31, Wieber announced that she was turning professional.

On March 3, 2012, Wieber won her third American Cup, at the 2012 AT&T American Cup over fellow national team members Alexandra Raisman and Gabrielle Douglas in Madison Square Garden, New York. Although Gabrielle Douglas scored the highest score for women's all-around in the competition, her results are not counted as she was an alternate. This led to Wieber claiming her third American Cup, and was her first meet of the 2012 season leading up to the 2012 Summer Olympics. Wieber placed first in the women's all-around (61.032) just 0.2 ahead of Alexandra Raisman (60.832), joint first on vault with Raisman (16.100), first on the uneven bars (14.833), second on the floor exercise (15.133) and joint second with Raisman on beam (14.966).

Later in March, Jordyn led the USA team to a Gold medal at the 2012 Kellogg's Pacific Rim Championships in Everett, Washington, as well as winning the Senior All-Around title. She went on to compete in the Beam and Floor finals where she placed 6th on beam and 1st on floor. ^[9]

Notable Skills On vault she performs a 2 1/2 twisting Yurchenko; on bars she performs a double layout (D) but in the past has performed a full twisting double layout (E) and a double-twisting double layout (G); on beam she performs a standing tucked full (F); and on floor she performs a difficult double-twisting double back (G).

Stretching prior to 2010 Pac Rims, Melbourne

References[link]

McKayla Maroney
Country represented	United States
Born	(1995-12-09) December 9, 1995 (age 16)
Hometown	Laguna Niguel, CA
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Gym	All Olympic / AOGC
Head coach(es)	Arthur Akopyan
Assistant coach(es)	Galina Marinova
Medal record Competitor for  United States World Championships Gold 2011 Tokyo Team Gold 2011 Tokyo Vault

McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995^[1]) is an elite artistic gymnast from the U.S.A. who is best known for her execution of the Amanar vault (SV 6.5)^[2] – a Yurchenko-entry vault followed by two and a half twists in the air during a laid-out back salto.^[3] She is the 2011 U.S. champion on the vault, having bested 2010 World Championships vault winner Alicia Sacramone at the 2011 U.S. National Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota. She is a 2011 World Champion with the U.S. team and the 2011 World Champion on vault.^[4]

2009 Season[link]

Competing at her first Nationals, Maroney placed third on vault at the 2009 U.S. Junior National Championships in Dallas, Texas in August.^[1]

2010 Season[link]

At July’s 2010 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois, Maroney tied for second on vault with gymnast Lexie Priessman. Maroney also placed fifth on floor exercise and seventh all-around.^[5]

Maroney won the vault title at the 2010 U.S. Junior National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut during August 2010. She also placed third all-around, tied for fourth on floor exercise and placed seventh on balance beam.^[1]

At the 2010 Senior Pan American Gymnastic Championships in September, Maroney captured the gold medals on vault and floor exercise, as well as a share of the U.S. team gold.^[6]

2011 Season[link]

At the 2011 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy during March, Maroney bested U.S. gymnast Jordyn Wieber to win the all-around title,^[7] and she won a share of the team gold medal with the U.S.A. She also placed fourth on floor exercise, fifth on uneven bars and tied for fifth on balance beam.^[1]

In July 2011, Maroney placed fifth on floor exercise and sixth on balance beam at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois.^[1]

During August, she finished second (115.150) to all-around winner Jordyn Wieber at the 2011 U.S. Senior National Gymnastics Championships.^[8] where she competed the three-and-a-half twisting salto on floor exercise during both nights of competition.^[2][9] With the help of her Amanar, she also won the U.S. vault title ahead of current Vault World Champion Alicia Sacramone.^[4] Maroney placed fifth on floor exercise and seventh on balance beam.^[10]

Following two selection camps at the Karolyi Ranch in New Waverly, Texas, Maroney was named to the U.S. team for October's 2011 Gymnastics World Championships in Tokyo, Japan.^[11]

During the preliminary round of competition at 2011 Worlds, Maroney delivered an excellent performance on vault, qualifying in first place to the vault final (15.533, 14.633). She also finished 12th in the all-around (56.324)^[12] but was ineligible for the all-around final due to the "two athletes per country" rule for finals qualifiers. The skills Maroney performed included an Amanar on vault (15.533), a tucked double-back dismount on beam (13.30), and a 3 1/2-twist and a 2 1/2 twist to tuck front on floor (13.833). The U.S. team finished the preliminary round at Worlds in first place (234.253), ahead of Russia (231.062), China (230.370) and Romania (227.228).^[12]

In the women's team finals competition at Worlds, Maroney contributed to the U.S. team effort on vault and floor. She vaulted a terrific Amanar to earn a meet-high score of 16.033. On floor, she performed a 3 1/2 twist, a 2 1/2 twist to a layout front full and a 1 1/2 to double tuck (14.566). The U.S. won the team gold medal (179.411) over second-place Russia (175.329) and third-place China (172.820).^[13]

In the vault finals, Maroney captured the vault gold medal with excellent form on her Amanar (15.8) and her laid-out Podkopayeva (14.8). She bested second-place finisher Oksana Chusovitina of Germany by more than .55 (15.3 vault average versus 14.733 vault average). With her victory, Maroney earned the third world championships gold medal on vault in a row for the U.S., following Kayla Williams in 2009 and Alicia Sacramone in 2010.^[14]

2012 Season[link]

In preparation for the 2012 London Olympics, Maroney has upgraded her second vault to a a new vault (a round-off, half-on, full-twisting layout front somersault), which she has performed at two national team training camps.^[15]

In March, Maroney won the vault title at the 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy competition in Jesolo, Italy, scoring 16.00 on her Amanar.^[16] She placed fourth all-around, scoring 57.95.^[17]

References[link]