59 Facts About Evita Griskenas

Evita Griskenas is an American individual rhythmic gymnast.

Evita Griskenas represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics.

Evita Griskenas previously represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics, finishing 12th in the qualification round for the individual all-around.

Evita Griskenas is the 2022 USA national all-around champion, a four-time national all-around silver medalist, and the 2015 junior national all-around champion.

Evita Griskenas swept the gold medals at the 2017 Pan American Championships and is the 2022 Pan American all-around champion.

Evita Griskenas is the 2024 Grand Prix Brno Final ribbon bronze medalist.

Evita Griskenas was born in Chicago and raised in Orland Park, Illinois.

Evita Griskenas began rhythmic gymnastics at the age of four after watching Alina Kabaeva competing on television.

Evita Griskenas enrolled in Columbia University in 2020; due to a lack of training facilities, she typically traveled each week between New York to attend classes and Chicago to train at her gym.

Evita Griskenas graduated with a degree in psychology in 2024.

Evita Griskenas competed at the 2013 US Rhythmic Championships and placed 10th in hoop, 15th in ball, 12th in clubs, and eighth in ribbon.

In February 2015, Evita Griskenas made her international debut and finished third in the all-around at the Moscow Grand Prix Junior International Tournament.

Evita Griskenas competed at the Lisbon International Tournament and won the bronze medals in the hoop and clubs finals.

Evita Griskenas finished fourth in ball and seventh in rope.

Evita Griskenas then won the all-around gold medal at the International Rhythmic Gymnastics Tournament held in Corbeil-Essonnes.

Evita Griskenas then won the junior all-around title at the USA Gymnastics Championships.

Evita Griskenas won the gold medal in hoop, the silver medals in ball and clubs, and the bronze medal in rope.

Evita Griskenas made her senior debut at the Espoo World Cup and finished 21st in the all-around.

Evita Griskenas then finished 28th in the all-around at the Pesaro World Cup.

Evita Griskenas won the gold medal in the all-around at the National Qualifier and qualified for the USA Gymnastics Championships where she finished fourth.

At the Rhythmic Challenge, Evita Griskenas won the all-around silver medal.

Evita Griskenas then placed sixth in the all-around and ribbon and seventh in the hoop at the Baku World Cup.

Evita Griskenas won the silver medal in the all-around at the USA Gymnastics Championships, and won the event titles in hoop and ribbon.

Evita Griskenas then competed at her first World Championships in Pesaro, Italy.

Evita Griskenas made her season debut at the Sofia World Cup and placed ninth in the all-around and sixth in the hoop and ball event finals.

Evita Griskenas then competed at the Guadalajara World Challenge Cup and finished sixth in ribbon, seventh in hoop, eighth in clubs, and 10th in the all-around.

Evita Griskenas won the silver medal in the all-around at the USA Gymnastics Championships, and she won the gold medal in the ball final.

Evita Griskenas began her 2019 season at the Corbeil International Tournament in Corbeil-Essonnes, France and helped the American team win the bronze medal.

Evita Griskenas won the hoop gold medal and the ball silver medal behind Agiurgiuculese.

Evita Griskenas then competed at the Holon Grand Prix where she placed fifth all-around, sixth in ball, and seventh in hoop and ribbon.

Evita Griskenas won her third consecutive national all-around silver medal at the USA Gymnastics Championships.

Evita Griskenas was selected to represent the United States at the 2019 Pan American Games and won five medals- gold in the all-around, ball, hoop, and ribbon, and bronze in clubs.

Evita Griskenas was the most decorated athlete in any sport at the 2019 Pan American Games.

Evita Griskenas secured one of two Olympic spots for Team USA for the 2020 Olympic Games, along with Laura Zeng, marking the first time since 1992 that the United States qualified two individual rhythmic gymnasts for the Olympics.

Evita Griskenas won the all-around silver medal at the 2020 Rhythmic Challenge in Lake Placid, New York.

Evita Griskenas trained in her basement while her training center was closed.

Evita Griskenas returned to competition in February 2021 at the Rhythmic Challenge and won the all-around gold medal by more than four points ahead of Laura Zeng.

Evita Griskenas competed at several events on the 2021 World Cup series.

Evita Griskenas finished second in the all-around at the 2021 USA Gymnastics Championships and was selected to represent the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics.

At the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo, Evita Griskenas was the highest-placing rhythmic gymnast from Team USA, finishing 12th in the qualification round for the individual all-around, and was the second reserve for the all-around final.

Evita Griskenas competed in two events at the USA Rhythmic Challenge and won the gold medal in ball and the silver medal in clubs.

Evita Griskenas won her first World Cup medal at the Portimao World Challenge Cup with a bronze in the ribbon final.

Evita Griskenas won her first senior national all-around title at the USA Gymnastics Championships by nearly twelve points, and she won gold in hoop and clubs and silver in ball and ribbon.

Evita Griskenas competed at the 2022 World Championships in Sofia, Bulgaria and placed 10th in the all-around final while leading the American team to a fifth-place finish.

At the USA Rhythmic Challenge, Evita Griskenas won the all-around gold medal, as well as gold in hoop and ball, silver in clubs, and bronze in ribbon.

At her first World Cup of the season, the Faliro World Cup in Athens, Greece, Evita Griskenas placed ninth all-around.

Evita Griskenas earned her first World Cup bronze medal in ball and placed sixth in ribbon.

Evita Griskenas made Team USA history at the Portimao World Challenge Cup in Portimao, Portugal, by earning a silver all-around medal, the highest all-around finish ever on the Rhythmic Gymnastics World Cup series by an American rhythmic gymnast.

Evita Griskenas placed third all-around at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, Mexico, leading the team to a second-place finish.

Evita Griskenas did not compete at the USA Gymnastics Championships due to the injury, but she was named to the USA Rhythmic Gymnastics National Team and World Championships Team, via petition.

Evita Griskenas began the Olympic season at the Portimao World Challenge Cup, finishing 17th in the all-around.

Evita Griskenas placed fifth in the ball final and ninth in the hoop final.

Evita Griskenas finished in 18th place in the qualification round and did not advance to the final.

In December 2019, Evita Griskenas was honored as the NextGen Female at the inaugural Panam Sports Awards.

Evita Griskenas was named one of ten finalists for the 90th Annual AAU James E Sullivan Award in March 2020.

In 2022, Evita Griskenas was elected to the Athletes' Council of USA Gymnastics, serving as an advocate for elite athletes in USA Gymnastics.

Evita Griskenas graduated from Carl Sandburg High School and Stanford Online High School in 2019.

Evita Griskenas's goal is to earn a PhD and become a sports psychologist.

Evita Griskenas's hobbies include practicing calligraphy, writing, reading and dancing.