Leanne Ashley Wong was born on September 20,2003 and is an American artistic gymnast.
58 Facts About Leanne Wong
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Leanne Wong was a member of the gold medal winning teams at the 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Championships, and the 2019 Pan American Games.
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Leanne Wong is the 2021 World all-around silver medalist, floor exercise bronze medalist, and was an alternate for the 2020 Olympic team and 2024 Olympic team.
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Leanne Wong later competed at the American Classic in Texas, winning gold medals in the all-around and on vault.
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Leanne Wong continued to impress on vault with a two-night score of 29.45, winning the national title on the apparatus ahead of Maile O'Keefe and Emma Malabuyo.
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Leanne Wong placed third on floor exercise as well as fifth in the all-around behind O'Keefe, Malabuyo, Eaker, and Adeline Kenlin with a combined total of 108.250 points.
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Two days later, Leanne Wong competed in the event finals on vault, uneven bars, and balance beam, placing second on each apparatus behind Tatum, Bowers, and Allaire-Bourgie, respectively.
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Leanne Wong won the all-around by over a point ahead of American Classic champion Kayla DiCello and Junior Pan American champion Bowers with a score of 55.350.
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Leanne Wong placed first on vault and floor exercise and third on balance beam.
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Three weeks later, Leanne Wong competed at the 2018 National Championships.
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Leanne Wong's two-day combined total of 112.250 would have placed her 4th in the senior division.
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Leanne Wong's performance secured her spot on the junior national team for the second consecutive year.
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Leanne Wong debuted numerous upgrades, most notably a piked double Arabian to immediate stag jump as her first tumbling pass on floor exercise.
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Leanne Wong posted the highest scores of the competition on vault and balance beam.
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In June, after the conclusion of the American Classic, Leanne Wong was named as one of the eight athletes being considered for the team to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games along with Sloane Blakely, Kara Eaker, Aleah Finnegan, Morgan Hurd, Shilese Jones, Sunisa Lee, and Riley McCusker.
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At the 2019 GK US Classic Leanne Wong finished fifth in the all-around behind Simone Biles, Riley McCusker, Grace McCallum, and Kara Eaker.
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Leanne Wong finished tied for eighth on bars with Jordan Chiles, fourth on beam behind Eaker, McCusker, and Biles, and tied for fifth on floor with McCusker.
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At the Pan American Games Leanne Wong only competed on uneven bars and balance beam.
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Leanne Wong contributed scores on both events to the team's gold medal winning performance.
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At the 2019 US National Championships, Leanne Wong competed all four events on the first day of competition but ended the night in fifth place after she received a low score on floor exercise.
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Leanne Wong's attempted second skill, a laid-out 3.5 twist, was downgraded to a laid-out triple twisting due to under-rotation, thus invalidating the intended triple twist she then performed for her final skill.
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Leanne Wong posted the second best score on bars behind Sunisa Lee.
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Leanne Wong won the vault title, scoring 14.400 on her double-twisting yurchenko.
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Leanne Wong placed eleventh on beam after grabbing the beam on a turn and tied for sixth on the floor after going out of bounds and falling.
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At the National Championships Leanne Wong finished fifth in the all-around.
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At the Olympic Trials, Leanne Wong finished eighth in the all-around and second on floor exercise.
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Leanne Wong was named as an alternate for the Olympic team.
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In October Leanne Wong was selected to compete at the 2021 World Championships alongside Kayla DiCello, Konnor McClain, and eMjae Frazier.
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In July 2022, Leanne Wong returned to elite competition at the 2022 US Classic.
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Leanne Wong competed in the all-around and scored a 54.400, winning the title.
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Leanne Wong placed first balance beam and third on the floor exercise.
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Leanne Wong only competed on the uneven bars and balance beam.
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In October Leanne Wong was selected to compete at the 2022 World Championships alongside Skye Blakely, Jade Carey, Jordan Chiles, and Shilese Jones.
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Leanne Wong then placed third at the national championships, behind Biles and 2022 World Championship teammate Shilese Jones.
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Leanne Wong's placement gave her an automatic invitation to the World and Pan American Game selection camp, where she finished fifth in the all-around on the first day and fourth on the second day, where only two events were contested.
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At the World Championships, Leanne Wong competed on all four events in qualification and helped the USA qualify in first place to the team final.
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Leanne Wong placed 11th in the all-around, behind teammates Simone Biles and Shilese Jones, and 10th on vault, behind teammates Biles and Joscelyn Roberson.
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Leanne Wong was excluded from the all-around final and the second reserve position for the vault final by the two-per-country rule.
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Leanne Wong began the elite season competing at the Core Hydration Classic where she placed seventh in the all-around and won bronze on vault.
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At the National Championships Leanne Wong placed eighth in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise.
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Leanne Wong ended the year competing at the Swiss Cup where she was partnered with men's national team member Fuzzy Benas.
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Leanne Wong competed on uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise to help Florida win the meet.
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Leanne Wong won her first NCAA title on the Uneven Bars with a score of 9.9625.
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At season's end, Leanne Wong was named Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association Scholastic All-America for keeping a GPA of 3.5 or higher.
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Leanne Wong was named among four finalists for the Honda Sports Award - Gymnastics, the award for the top collegiate female athlete in 12 sports.
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Leanne Wong won her 15th all-around title with the nation's highest score of that week: 39.725.
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Leanne Wong tied Selena Harris-Miranda for first place all-around with a score of 39.75, her fourth all-around title of the season.
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Leanne Wong holds the second-highest number of career 10s at Florida, behind her former teammate Trinity Thomas.
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Leanne Wong is the runner-up in the all-around with a score of 39.725, among the nation's leading all-around totals.
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Leanne Wong helped Florida score a national-best team total of 198.625.
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At the SEC Championship, Leanne Wong hit her first perfect 10 on uneven bars for the season, her fifth of her career.
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Leanne Wong shared the uneven bars title with her teammate Riley McCusker and Mizzou's Mara Titarsolej.
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Leanne Wong earned first team Women's Collegiate Gymnastics Association regular season All-American honors in the all-around and uneven bars, second team honors in vault, balance beam, and floor exercise.
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Leanne Wong is one of only four gymnasts to receive All-American honors in all disciplines.
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At the second round of NCAA regionals in Tuscaloosa, Leanne Wong turned in a team-high of 9.950 on uneven bars, matching the Gators second-highest bars total for the season.
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Leanne Wong helped Florida claim its 22nd NCAA regional team title and move on to the NCAA Championship sharing the vault title with teammate Anya Pilgrim and sharing the floor title with Mya Lauzon of California.
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Leanne Wong created a bow, then made more to match her practice and competition leotards.
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Leanne Wong enjoys sightseeing, cooking and playing piano in her free time.