Faith Torrez
Country represented United States
Born (2003-12-09) December 9, 2003
Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2020–21 (USA)
ClubLegacy Elite Gymnastics LLC
College teamOklahoma Sooners (2023–26)
Head coach(es)Jiani Wu
Assistant coach(es)Yuejiu Li, Anna Li
Medal record
Representing Oklahoma Sooners
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place2023 Fort WorthTeam

Faith Torrez (born December 9, 2003) is an American artistic gymnast.[1] She became a member of the United States national team in 2020[2] and made her international debut at 2020 Gymnix International, winning two golds and a bronze.[3] She is currently a member of the University of Oklahoma women's gymnastics team.[4]

Career

Junior

Torrez began gymnastics in 2008.[1] As a junior, she competed at the Women's Junior Olympic National Championships in 2016,[5] 2017,[6] and 2018.[7] She won gold on floor exercise in 2017. In 2018, she won all-around and balance beam gold, as well as floor exercise silver.[1] In 2018, she competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup for the first time and won all-around bronze.[8] She was the top scorer on floor with 9.600; her highest score of the competition was a 9.675 on vault.[8]

Senior

2019

Torrez became a senior in 2019. She competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup in March, finishing seventh all-around.[9] At the American Classic in June, Torrez won all-around gold, finishing first on vault, second on uneven bars and floor exercise, and third on balance beam.[1][10] In July at the GK US Classic, she finished sixth on balance beam and eighth all-around.[1][11] At the US Gymnastics Championships in August, Torrez finished 14th all-around.[12]

2020

Torrez was added to the senior national team on March 3, 2020.[2] She made her international debut on March 6–8 at Gymnix International. With teammates Lilly Lippeatt, MyKayla Skinner and Emily Lee, she won team gold. Individually, she captured balance beam gold with a score of 13.966 and uneven bars bronze with a score of 12.966.[3]

NCAA

2022–2023 season

Torrez made her collegiate debut for the Oklahoma Sooners on January 7, 2023 at the Super 16 Invitational. She competed on three events, the uneven bars (9.875), balance beam (9.900), and floor exercise (9.950). Her scores helped contribute towards Oklahoma's first place finish. Additionally she co-won the title on floor exercise. As a result she was named Big-12 newcomer of the week.[13]

Competitive History

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Level 10
2016J.O. National Championships4103745
2017J.O. National Championships5615211st place, gold medalist(s)
2018Nastia Liukin Cup3rd place, bronze medalist(s)4152nd place, silver medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
J.O. National Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)51st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019Nastia Liukin Cup71293rd place, bronze medalist(s)5
J.O. National Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)15111st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Senior elite
2019American Classic1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)2nd place, silver medalist(s)
U.S. Classic81368
U.S. National Championships1416711
Worlds Team Selection Camp746137
2020International Gymnix1st place, gold medalist(s)3rd place, bronze medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021American Classic761566
Level 10
2022Nastia Liukin Cup7
L10 National Championships1st place, gold medalist(s)1st place, gold medalist(s)

References

  1. 1 2 3 4 5 "USA Gymnastics | Faith Torrez". usagym.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  2. 1 2 "USA Gymnastics | Women's Past Senior National Teams". usagym.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  3. 1 2 "USA wins senior and junior team titles, 10 individual titles at 2020 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  4. ↑ "Ragan Smith - 2024 - Women's Gymnastics". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
  5. ↑ 2016 JO Nationals Levels 10 Meet Results (PDF), 2016, archived from the original (PDF) on 13 Apr 2023
  6. ↑ 2017 Women's JO Nationals Meet Results (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 13 Dec 2021
  7. ↑ 2018 Women's JO Nationals - Meet Results (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 13 Jun 2021
  8. 1 2 "Bryant, Vetter win 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  9. ↑ USA Gymnastics (1 March 2019). "2019 Nastia Liukin Cup Meet Results - Seniors" (PDF). usagym.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 Mar 2023.
  10. ↑ "Torrez, Alipio win all-around titles at 2019 American Classic". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
  11. ↑ USA Gymnastics (20 July 2019). "2019 GK US Classic Meet Results" (PDF). usagym.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 Apr 2023.
  12. ↑ USA Gymnastics (11 August 2019). "2019 US Championships - Women Day 2 Meet Results - Multi" (PDF). usagym.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 Apr 2023.
  13. ↑ "Sooners Sweep Big 12 Weekly Honors". Oklahoma Sooners. January 10, 2023.
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