Skye Blakely

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Skye Blakely
2019-06-28 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's All-around competition Subdivision 1 Floor exercise (Martin Rulsch) 169.jpg
Blakely at the 2019 Junior World Championships
Personal information
Full nameSkye Blakely
Country represented United States
Born (2005-02-04) February 4, 2005 (age 16)
Dallas, Texas USA
HometownFrisco, Texas USA
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2018–present (US)
ClubWorld Olympic Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)Tatyana Shadenko
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Medal record
Representing the  United States
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal – third place 2019 Győr Team

Skye Blakely (born February 4, 2005) is an American artistic gymnast and a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team. She was a member of the team who won bronze at the inaugural Junior World Championships. She is the younger sister of gymnast .

Early life[]

Blakely was born to Steven and Stephanie Blakely in 2005 in Dallas, Texas and has one sibling.[1]

Gymnastics career[]

Junior Elite[]

2018[]

In early 2018 Blakely competed at the Buckeye National Qualifier and the WOGA Classic, where she placed sixth in the all-around. She later competed at International Gymnix where she placed fifteenth in the all-around and fifth on uneven bars.[2] In early July, she competed at the American Classic where she placed third in the all-around behind Kayla DiCello and Konnor McClain.[3] Later that month she competed at the 2018 U.S. Classic where she placed sixth in the all-around and third on vault.[4] In August Blakely competed at the 2018 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. She finished in fourth place in the all-around behind Leanne Wong, DiCello, and Sunisa Lee and won silver on floor exercise and bronze on vault. As a result she was added to the national team for the first time.[5]

2019[]

In February Blakely was named to the team to compete at 2019 L'International Gymnix in Montreal, alongside Olivia Greaves, Lillian Lippeatt, and .[6] While there she helped the USA win team gold and individually she bronze in the all-around behind Canadian Zoé Allaire-Bourgie and teammate Greaves. During event finals she won gold on vault and uneven bars.[7]

In June Blakely competed at the Junior World Championships Trials where she placed first in the all-around and was named to the team to compete at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Kayla DiCello and Sydney Barros.[8] While there she helped the USA win team bronze and individually she recorded the seventh highest all-around score but did not place due to DiCello and Barros both placing higher. During event finals she placed fourth on uneven bars and fifth on floor exercise.[9]

Team / All-Around Final
Uneven Bars Final
Floor Exercise Final
Blakely at the 2019 Junior World Championships

In July Blakely competed at the U.S. Classic where she placed fourth in the all-around behind Konnor McClain, Barros, and Greaves. She won gold on floor exercise and silver on vault.[10]

In August Blakely competed at the U.S. National Championships where she placed fourth in the all-around. She tied for second on balance beam with Ciena Alipio and behind McClain and won bronze on floor exercise. As a result she was added to the junior national team.[11]

2020[]

Blakely competed at the WOGA Classic in February, earning an all-around score of 57.150 to place first in the junior division and outscoring the senior division as well.[12] In March Blakely was selected to compete at International Gymnix, taking place in Montreal alongside Konnor McClain, , and Katelyn Jong.[13] While there she helped the USA win team gold and individually she won gold in the all-around, silver on vault, unevene bars, and balance beam behind McClain, and bronze on floor exercise behind McClain and of Canada.[14]

Senior elite[]

2021[]

Blakely made her senior debut at the 2021 Winter Cup, finishing first on balance beam and tied for eighth on floor exercise with Amari Drayton.[15] She next competed at the American Classic where she placed first in the all-around.[16] As a result of winning, she was re-added to the national team. Blakely next competed at the GK US Classic, placing seventh in the all-around, as well as finishing third on uneven bars behind Kayla DiCello and Jordan Chiles.[17] At the National Championships Blakely finished seventh in the all-around. As a result, she was named to the national team and selected to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials.[18] At the Olympic Trials Blakely was injured during vault warmups and withdrew from both nights of competition.[19]

Selected competitive skills[]

Apparatus Name Description Difficulty[a] Performed
Vault Baitova Yurchenko entry, laid out salto backwards with two twists 5.4 2021
Uneven Bars Chow ½ Stalder Shaposhnikova transition with ½ twist to high bar E 2021
Piked Jaeger Reverse grip swing to piked salto forwards to catch high bar E 2021
Downie Stalder to counter reversed piked hecht over high bar F 2021
Balance Beam Shishova Salto bwd tucked with full twist (1/1) F 2021
Floor Exercise Mukhina Full Twisting (1/1) double tucked salto backwards E 2021
Double Layout Double laid out salto backwards F 2021
  1. ^ Valid for the 2017-2020 Code of Points

Competitive history[]

Junior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2018 WOGA Classic 6
International Gymnix 15 5
American Classic 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 20 5
U.S. Classic 6 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 19 10 9
U.S. National Championships 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 WOGA Classic 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Gymnix 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Jr. World Championships Trials 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Junior World Championships 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 5
U.S. Classic 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 14 14 1st place, gold medalist(s)
U.S. National Championships 4 6 8 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2020 WOGA Classic 1st place, gold medalist(s)
International Gymnix 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

Senior[]

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2021 Winter Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 8
American Classic 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 4
U.S. Classic 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 18 7
U.S. National Championships 7 17 8 10
Olympic Trials WD

References[]

  1. ^ "Skye Blakely". USA Gymnastics.
  2. ^ "2018 International Gymnix Results". The Gymternet. March 11, 2018.
  3. ^ "American Classic Hopes Classic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 7, 2018.
  4. ^ "2018 GK U.S. Classic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 28, 2018.
  5. ^ "2018 U.S. Championships - Women Day 2 Meet Results - Multi" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. August 19, 2018.
  6. ^ "USA Gymnastics announces women's spring international team assignments". USA Gymnastics. February 24, 2019.
  7. ^ "USA wins four junior, senior event titles at 2019 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. March 10, 2019.
  8. ^ "2019 U.S. Junior Worlds Trials Results". The Gymternet. June 15, 2019.
  9. ^ "2019 Junior World Championships Results". The Gymternet. July 2, 2019.
  10. ^ "Biles, McClain win all-around titles at 2019 GK U.S. Classic". USA Gymnastics. July 20, 2019.
  11. ^ "Biles soars to sixth U.S. women's all-around title at 2019 U.S. Championships". USA Gymnastics. August 11, 2019.
  12. ^ "2020 WOGA Classic Results". The Gymternet. February 4, 2020.
  13. ^ "U.S. women to compete in 2020 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2020.
  14. ^ "USA wins senior and junior team titles, 10 individual titles at 2020 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. March 9, 2020.
  15. ^ "2021 Winter Cup Senior Women Results" (PDF).
  16. ^ "Blakely claims 2021 American Classic senior all-around title, eight qualify to U.S. Gymnastics Championships". USA Gymnastics. April 24, 2021.
  17. ^ "2021 GK US Classic" (PDF).
  18. ^ "Biles wins seventh national all-around championship, most in U.S. women's gymnastics history". USA Gymnastics. June 7, 2021.
  19. ^ "Texans Simone Biles, Jordan Chiles dominate first day of U.S. gymnastics Olympic trials". The Dallas Morning News. June 25, 2021.

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