31 Facts About Bridget Sloan

Bridget Elizabeth Sloan was born on June 23,1992 and is an American artistic gymnast.

Bridget Sloan is the 2009 world champion in the all-around, the 2009 United States national champion, and a silver medalist with the American team at the 2008 Summer Olympics in Beijing.

From 2012 to 2016, Sloan was a member of the University of Florida women's gymnastics team, which has won three consecutive NCAA National Championships titles.

Bridget Sloan is the 2013 NCAA national champion in the all-around and on the balance beam, and the 2014 NCAA champion on the uneven bars.

Bridget Elizabeth Sloan was born on June 23,1992, in Cincinnati, Ohio, grew up in Pittsboro, Indiana, and graduated from Tri-West Hendricks High School.

Bridget Sloan began gymnastics at the age of 4 and trained at Sharp's Gymnastics Academy in Indianapolis.

In March 2008, Bridget Sloan suffered a torn meniscus while warming up at a meet in Italy.

Bridget Sloan was named to the Olympic team after the final selection camp in July 2008.

At the Olympics, Bridget Sloan competed in both the qualifying and team final rounds.

Bridget Sloan's performances became critical in the qualifications, where the Americans were forced to put up only four athletes on three events, and count all four scores, after Chellsie Memmel and Samantha Peszek were injured.

Bridget Sloan made small errors on floor and uneven bars but performed well overall.

In February 2009, Bridget Sloan competed in the American Cup and placed second to 13-year-old Jordyn Wieber.

However, Bridget Sloan impressed National Team Coordinator Marta Karolyi with her improvement at the selection camp, and was brought to the World Championships to perform on bars and floor, placing fourth in the bars final.

Bridget Sloan sat out the majority of the competitive season while recovering from surgery on her bicep.

Bridget Sloan stated that it was unlikely she would take part in the 2011 National or World Championships in an effort to stay healthy for the 2012 season, her ultimate goal being the 2012 Olympics.

Bridget Sloan was named to the team for the 2011 Pan American Games.

Bridget Sloan competed only on the uneven bars and floor exercise, and scored in the thirteens on both apparatus.

Bridget Sloan failed to qualify for either of the event finals, but on uneven bars it was due to the "two [athletes] per country" rule.

Bridget Sloan had intended to compete at the US Classic, but decided not to out of respect for her coach, who would have been unable to attend because he was at his father's funeral.

Bridget Sloan was chosen to compete at the Olympic Trials, but on the first night of the Trials, she injured her elbow during bars warmup and was forced to withdraw, ending her chances at the London Olympic Games and her national team career.

Bridget Sloan accepted an athletic scholarship to attend the University of Florida in Gainesville, where she was a member of the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team, then under the leadership of Rhonda Faehn.

Bridget Sloan deferred enrollment until the 2012 fall semester, which allowed her to seek a second consecutive spot on the US Olympic team for the 2012 Summer Olympics.

In 2013, at her first NCAA Championship with the Gators, Bridget Sloan captured the all-around title with a score of 39.600.

Bridget Sloan then led her team to their first NCAA Championship title, scoring 39.75 all-around.

Bridget Sloan was only the fourth freshman to win in the award's 37-year history, and the second consecutive Florida freshman to win the award.

Individually, Bridget Sloan was the NCAA National Champion on the uneven bars, was a first-team All-American on vault and bars and second team All-American on floor.

Bridget Sloan was named NACGC Southeast Region Gymnast of the Year and earned NACGC first team All-American status on all four events.

Bridget Sloan returned to competition toward the end of the regular season.

Bridget Sloan was a member of the Gators team as they won their third consecutive NCAA National Championships title, and individually placed second on vault and uneven bars, earning first team All-American honors.

Bridget Sloan has become the first gymnast from Florida to achieve perfect 10.0 scores on all four events, and is only the seventh NCAA gymnast ever to achieve the feat.

Bridget Sloan earned her second NCAA All-Around title in her final year at Florida in 2016, winning the beam and uneven bars.