Norah Flatley

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Norah Flatley
Norah Flatley 2014.JPG
Flatley at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy
Personal information
Full nameNorah Irene Flatley
Country represented United States
Born (2000-03-10) 10 March 2000 (age 21)
San Diego, California, United States
HometownCumming, Iowa, United States
Height150 cm (4 ft 11 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelLevel 10 (2012, 2016–17)
Junior Elite (2013–15)
NCAA (2018–Present)
Years on national team2013–15 (US)
ClubChow's Gymnastics and Dance Institute
College teamUCLA Bruins
(Class of 2022)
Head coach(es)Chris Waller
Assistant coach(es)Randy Lane
Former coach(es)Liang Chow
Valorie Kondos Field
ChoreographerDominic Zito
RetiredJuly 21, 2017 (elite)
Medal record
Representing  United States
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Beam
Representing UCLA Bruins
UCLA Bruins script.svg
NCAA Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Fort Worth Team

Norah Irene Flatley (born March 10, 2000 in San Diego, California) is an American artistic gymnast.[2] A prodigious junior, she retired from elite gymnastics before her senior debut.

Early life[]

Norah Irene Flatley was born on March 10, 2000 in San Diego to Terrence P. Flatley and Ann McKenzie. The youngest of four children, Norah has an older brother, Jake; a United States Marine and she has two sisters, Kyla and Anna; an Elementary Education major[3] at Iowa State University.[4]

One of Norah's sisters, Anna, was a competitive gymnast,[5] and at the age of four, Norah wanted to join her. Thus, she enrolled in gymnastics classes at Salto Gymnastics in Wisconsin. Naturally gifted, Flatley made both the 2007 and 2009 National TOPs teams.[6][7] In 2010, Flatley was both Level 8 State (WI) and Regional (4) champion for her age category.[8][9] In the summer of 2010, her family relocated to Cumming, Iowa, in order for Norah to train under the tutelage of Liang Chow, the former coach of 2008 Olympic balance beam champion Shawn Johnson.[10] A year later, in 2011, she was crowned Level 9 Regional Champion.[11] At her first Level 9 Western Championships – at the age of eleven, Flatley was crowned the individual champion in the all-around, on beam and floor.[12]

Gymnastics career[]

2012: Level 10 career[]

Flatley moved up to Level 10 for the 2012 competitive season. She was State champion,[13] and was second at Regionals.[14] In May, she participated in her first ever J.O. Nationals – held in Hampton, Virginia.[15] She tied for third in the all-around with Chow's club teammate Alexis Vasquez, and Southeastern gymnast Grace Glenn.[16] However, she won the balance beam title with a score of 9.725.[17]

2013–present: Junior International Elite career[]

2013[]

Flatley qualified to Junior International Elite status with no previous Hopes or Pre-Elite experience. She qualified to the U.S. Classic in Chicago, IL taking home 4th place all-around and a beam gold, her all-around score being 56.500. Flatley accumulated the highest beam score (15.2) of the meet within both senior and junior divisions.[18] At the National Championships, Norah accumulated a two-day all-around score of 112.400, managing 5th place all-around. She won a silver on beam and posted the highest all around score of a first year junior for the meet.[19] Following her impressive performance, Flatley was named to the U.S Junior national team.

2014[]

Flatley before her beam routine at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy.

Flatley made her international debut at the City of Jesolo Trophy competition in Jesolo, Italy. She took home 2 gold and 1 bronze. She competed at the Pacific Rim Championships in April in Richmond, Canada, and she won two gold medals. At the 2014 Secret US Classic, Flatley placed third in the all-around, tied with Deanne Soza.[20] She won bars at junior national championships.

2015[]

Flatley competed her last year as a Junior International Elite in the 2015 season. At the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy, she took home 2 gold (Team and Balance Beam) and 2 silver (All Around and Uneven Bars).

Due to a foot injury, Flatley missed the U.S. Classic and the U.S. National Championships.[21]

On October 7, 2015, she announced her verbal commitment to the UCLA Bruins gymnastics program, through her Instagram account.[22] She had previously visited the school.[23]

2016–2017: Retirement from elite and Level 10[]

Flatley was set for her Senior International debut in 2016 but withdrew from all competitions for reason of injury. On July 21, 2017, she announced her retirement from elite gymnastics and announced plans to move down to Level 10 for the 2018 season.[24]

College[]

In the fall of 2018, Flatley began attending the University of California, Los Angeles, joining the gymnastics programme. She helped her team to a third place finish in the 2019 NCAA Championships, contributing scores on beam and bars of 9.8875,[25] and 9.9 respectively.[26]

Regular season ranking[27][]

Season All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise
2019 N/A N/A 14th 32nd N/A

Competitive history[]

Junior[28][]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2013 US Classic 4 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
P&G Gymnastics Championships 5 6 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Pacific Rim Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 1st place, gold medalist(s)
US Classic 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
P&G Gymnastics Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
2015 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)

NCAA[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2019 PAC-12 Championships[29] 1st place, gold medalist(s) 23 10
NCAA Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 PAC-12 Championships Canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the USA [30][31]
NCAA Championships
2021 PAC-12 Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References[]

  1. ^ https://www.instagram.com/p/BW0XfMBFKQk/
  2. ^ "USA Gymnastics | Norah Flatley". usagym.org. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  3. ^ http://iastate.meritpages.com/achievements/College-of-Human-Sciences-incoming-student-scholarship-recipients-announced-/42235
  4. ^ http://meritpages.com/Anna-Flatley/2907288
  5. ^ http://www.mymeetscores.com/gymnast.pl?gymnastid=175848
  6. ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Women/TOPs/History/2007_TOPS-National_Team.pdf
  7. ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Women/TOPs/History/2009_TOPS-National_Team.pdf
  8. ^ http://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=16063816&pb=N&session=All%20Sessions%20Combined&level=8&division=10%26under&gymnastid=241861
  9. ^ http://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=16063848&pb=N&session=Multiple%20Sessions%20Combined&level=8&division=Super8Jr&gymnastid=241861
  10. ^ http://www.gymnastike.org/coverage/251400-2014-City-of-Jesolo-Cup/blog/47131-2016-Olympic-Hopeful-Norah-Flatley-Set-for-International-Debut
  11. ^ http://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=16065106&session=Multiple%20Sessions%20Combined&level=9&division=9JRA&gymnastid=241861
  12. ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11western_jrind.htm
  13. ^ http://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=16066218&session=4&level=10&division=11-12&gymnastid=241861
  14. ^ http://www.mymeetscores.com/meet.pl?meetid=16066251&session=1&level=10&division=JuniorA&gymnastid=241861
  15. ^ https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10052&prog=h
  16. ^ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_12jo_jra.pdf
  17. ^ https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=10078&prog=h
  18. ^ "2013 Secret U.S. Classic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics. 27 July 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  19. ^ "2013 P&G Championships - Women Day 2" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics. 17 August 2013. Retrieved 18 July 2014.
  20. ^ "2014 Secret U.S. Classic" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. USA Gymnastics. 2 August 2014. Retrieved 4 August 2014.
  21. ^ Logue, Andrew. "Sore foot keeps Norah Flatley out of P&G Championships." Des Moines Register, August 10, 2015 (accessed September 21, 2015) http://www.desmoinesregister.com/story/sports/2015/08/10/norah-flatley-pg-championships-usa-gymnastics-liang-chow/31421931/
  22. ^ https://instagram.com/p/8mTzympSEi/
  23. ^ @TripleTwistGym (2 October 2015). "Norah Flatley, Jordan Chiles, and Margzetta Frazier are all visiting UCLA this weekend!" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
  24. ^ https://thegymter.net/2017/07/21/flatley-ends-elite-career/
  25. ^ @uclagymnastics (2019-04-20). "Looking to drop a 9.665, and freshman @norah_flatley comes through with a stuck landing and a 9.8875!#NCAAGym" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-10-04 – via Twitter.
  26. ^ @uclagymnastics (2019-04-20). "Big day for @norah_flatley, and she is FIRED UP! Another stuck dismount and a 9.9!" (Tweet). Retrieved 2019-10-04 – via Twitter.
  27. ^ "Road to Nationals - NCAA Gymnastics Rankings". roadtonationals.com. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  28. ^ "USA Gymnastics | Norah Flatley". usagym.org. Retrieved 2019-04-27.
  29. ^ "2019 PAC-12 Championship score sheet" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  30. ^ "Pac-12 statement on men's basketball tournament, Pac-12 sport competitions and Pac-12 championship events". Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2020.
  31. ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA. March 13, 2020.
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