Laurie Hernandez
Lauren Zoe Hernandez (born June 9, 2000) is an American retired artistic gymnast. During her debut year as a senior gymnast, she competed as a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics that won the team gold medal. Individually, Hernandez earned the silver medal on the balance beam. She returned to training in late 2018 and expressed interest in making a comeback to earn a spot on the U.S. women's gymnastic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, but she did not qualify for the Olympic Gymnastics Trials.
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Hernandez in Phoenix, Arizona in July 2017 | |||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Lauren Zoe Hernandez | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Laurie, Lo | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 9, 2000 New Brunswick, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Old Bridge Township, New Jersey | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Manhattan, New York | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 1 in (155 cm) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2012–16 (USA) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Gym-Max Gymnastics (2018-2021), MG Elite (former) | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Jenny Liang | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Maggie Haney | ||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | 2021 | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Outside of gymnastics, Hernandez has appeared on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars in 2016, where she won the competition along with partner Val Chmerkovskiy. Hernandez hosted the first season of American Ninja Warrior Junior as the on-course reporter and starred as Valeria in the Nickelodeon animated miniseries Middle School Moguls. She is the author of two books, I Got This: To Gold and Beyond, a New York Times Bestseller and She's Got This, a children's book.