1. Individually, Laurie Hernandez earned the silver medal on the balance beam.
61 Facts About Laurie Hernandez
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Laurie Hernandez took a break from gymnastics and returned to training in late 2018 to earn a spot on the 2020 Summer Olympics team, but she did not qualify for the Olympic Trials.
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Laurie Hernandez was first added to the US gymnastics national team in 2013 and began competing in international competitions that same year.
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Outside of gymnastics, Laurie Hernandez has appeared on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars in 2016, where she won the competition along with partner Valentin Chmerkovskiy.
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Laurie 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.
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Laurie Hernandez 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.
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Laurie Hernandez was born on June 9,2000, in New Brunswick, New Jersey, and is the daughter of Wanda and Anthony Laurie Hernandez.
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Laurie Hernandez has a sister, Jelysa, and a brother, Marcus.
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Laurie Hernandez took ballet lessons when she was four, but she asked her parents to switch to gymnastics when she was five.
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Laurie Hernandez was homeschooled through the Abeka Academy distance-learning program.
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At the 2012 National Qualifier held at the Karolyi Ranch, Laurie Hernandez won the bronze medal in the all-around behind Veronica Hults and Maggie Nichols, and her scores qualified her for domestic elite competitions.
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Laurie Hernandez then competed at the US Classic, where she placed 11th in the junior division.
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Laurie Hernandez won the silver medal in the all-around at the 2013 WOGA Classic.
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Laurie Hernandez then went to Chicago for the US Classic, where she placed sixth all-around and won the floor exercise title.
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Laurie Hernandez placed second on uneven bars and floor exercise, and tied for third on beam with Alexis Vasquez.
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Laurie Hernandez was selected to represent the US at the Junior Japan International in Yokohama in September 2013.
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Laurie Hernandez scored 56.750 to win the bronze medal in the all-around.
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Laurie Hernandez took third on vault, fourth on floor exercise, and sixth on balance beam.
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Individually, Laurie Hernandez won the silver medal in the all-around behind Key.
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Laurie Hernandez was named to the US team for the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy, where she was crowned junior all-around champion with a score of 57.650, ahead of teammates Norah Flatley and Jazmyn Foberg.
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Laurie Hernandez placed third on the balance beam and floor exercise.
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Laurie Hernandez won the title on the uneven bars, a silver medal on the floor exercise, and bronze medals on the balance beam and vault.
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Laurie Hernandez was then selected to compete at the 2015 International Junior Japan Meet in Yokohama, where she won the all-around, floor exercise, and vault and won silver medals on balance beam and uneven bars.
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Laurie Hernandez made her senior debut in 2016 at the City of Jesolo Trophy, where the US team won the gold medal.
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Laurie Hernandez won the bronze medal in the all-around with a score of 58.550, behind two US teammates, fellow first-year senior Ragan Smith and Gabby Douglas, the 2012 Olympic all-around champion.
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Laurie Hernandez earned a silver medal on the vault behind MyKayla Skinner and a gold medal on the balance beam, ahead of Smith and 2012 Olympian Aly Raisman.
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Laurie Hernandez contributed an all-around score of 59.800 toward the American team's first-place finish and placed third individually behind Biles and Raisman, but did not earn the all-around bronze medal because of a rule limiting medals to two gymnasts per country.
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Laurie Hernandez finished the two-day competition in third all-around, behind Biles and Raisman.
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Laurie Hernandez placed third on uneven bars and balance beam and tied for third on floor exercise with MyKayla Skinner.
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Laurie Hernandez was named to the Olympic team alongside Biles, Douglas, Raisman, and Madison Kocian.
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Laurie Hernandez had previously committed to the University of Florida to compete on the Florida Gators gymnastics team in the NCAA.
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Laurie Hernandez scored 15.200 on the vault, 15.366 on the balance beam, and 14.800 on the floor exercise, qualifying for the balance beam event final in second place.
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Laurie Hernandez posted the fourth highest score on floor, but she did not advance to the final due to the two-per-country rule, with teammates Biles and Raisman getting higher scores.
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Laurie Hernandez was the first competitor on vault and floor exercise for the United States team.
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Laurie Hernandez contributed to the overall score with 15.100 on vault, 15.233 on beam, and 14.833 on floor exercise.
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Laurie Hernandez won a silver medal in the balance beam event final with a score of 15.333.
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Laurie Hernandez placed ahead of teammate Simone Biles, who placed third with a score of 14.733, and behind Sanne Wevers of the Netherlands, who won gold with a score of 15.466.
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Laurie Hernandez appeared on the television show Dancing with the Stars and won the competition.
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Laurie Hernandez continued appearing on television and in the media throughout the next four years, as a show host and voice actor as well as a celebrity guest.
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Laurie Hernandez returned to gymnastics training in October 2018, after two years off.
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In January 2020, Laurie Hernandez said that she was focusing on meets beginning in late May 2020: the US Classic, US Championships, and US Olympic Trials.
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Laurie Hernandez testified against Haney at the USA Gymnastics hearing, and posted a message about her experiences on her social media without naming the coach.
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Laurie Hernandez forced Hernandez to train and compete while injured.
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In 2020, Laurie Hernandez said that she still struggled with depression and disordered eating that began due to Haney's abuse.
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In February, Laurie Hernandez returned to elite gymnastics competition at the 2021 Winter Cup, competing on two events.
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In June, Laurie Hernandez was scheduled to compete at the 2021 US Championships.
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Laurie Hernandez was not added to the national team, and she did not qualify to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials.
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Laurie Hernandez later shared that she had a torn meniscus, a bone bruise, and a cyst.
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Laurie Hernandez participated in Simone Biles' Gold Over America Tour in the fall of 2021.
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Laurie Hernandez was revealed as one of the celebrities competing on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars on August 30,2016.
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In November 2017, Laurie Hernandez returned to the 25th season in week eight, to participate in a trio jive with Victoria Arlen and Chmerkovskiy.
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Laurie Hernandez was the on-course reporter for the first season of American Ninja Warrior Junior.
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Laurie Hernandez was one of five gymnasts featured on the Peacock docuseries Golden: The Journey of USA's Elite Gymnasts.
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Laurie Hernandez guest starred as herself alongside Dominique Dawes and Gabby Douglas in an episode airing in 2023 of the second season of the Disney+ animated series The Proud Family: Louder and Prouder.
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Laurie Hernandez provided color commentary for NBC's live daytime coverage of the women's artistic gymnastics events at the 2024 Summer Olympics.
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Laurie Hernandez discussed having imposter syndrome before the 2024 Summer Olympics and was praised for "her enthusiastic, insightful and down-to-earth" commentary.
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Laurie Hernandez was a Grand Marshal of the 2020 Rose Parade.
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Laurie Hernandez released her book I Got This: To Gold and Beyond on January 24,2017.
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In 2018, Laurie Hernandez published a similar children's book titled She's Got This, with illustrations by Nina Mata.
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Laurie Hernandez has been dating fellow gymnast Charlotte Drury since December 2020.
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Laurie Hernandez started attending New York University Tisch School of the Arts in 2023.