1. Riley Shannon McCusker was born on July 9,2001 and is an American artistic gymnast and a six-time member of the United States women's national gymnastics team.
40 Facts About Riley McCusker
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Riley McCusker is the 2019 Pan American Games and 2017 United States national uneven bars champion.
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Riley McCusker has won six medals at the USA Gymnastics National Championships in her senior career.
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Riley McCusker was a member of the gold medal-winning American team at the 2018 World Championships and the 2019 Pan American Games.
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Riley McCusker lived in Brielle, New Jersey, and moved to Phoenix, Arizona as of February 2020.
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At Nationals, held in Jackson, Mississippi, Riley McCusker placed 30th in the all-around.
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Riley McCusker was absent from competition throughout the entire 2015 season.
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In January 2016, Riley McCusker competed as a junior elite at the 2016 Parkettes Invitational in Allentown, Pennsylvania.
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Riley McCusker won the all-around title in addition to all four event titles.
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In May, Riley McCusker competed as a junior at the 2016 American Classic at the Karolyi Ranch in Huntsville, Texas and finished in a tie for fifth.
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At the 2016 US National Championships in St Louis, Missouri, Riley McCusker was in second place in the junior all-around after day one of competition with a 56.450.
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Riley McCusker maintained her placement on Day 2, winning the silver medal in the all-around with a combined total score of 112.000.
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Riley McCusker won the silver medal on bars, beam, and floor.
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Riley McCusker represented the United States alongside 2016 Olympic alternate Ragan Smith.
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Riley McCusker helped the US win the team gold medal, and she won the gold medal on beam and the silver medal on bars behind Elena Eremina of Russia.
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Riley McCusker became the uneven bars national champion and won the silver medal on beam behind Smith.
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Riley McCusker won the silver medal on beam behind Kara Eaker with a score of 14.000, and she placed seventh on bars after scoring 13.500 with a fall.
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Riley McCusker won the gold medal on bars, one tenth of a point ahead of Alyona Shchennikova, and she placed fourth on floor behind Biles, Jade Carey, and Morgan Hurd.
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Riley McCusker won the silver medal on bars behind Biles, the bronze medal on beam behind Biles and Kara Eaker, and she placed seventh on floor.
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Riley McCusker placed first on bars, second in the all-around behind Biles, second on beam behind Eaker, third on floor behind Biles and Grace McCallum, and seventh on vault.
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Riley McCusker did not qualify to the All-Around Final due to teammates Biles and Hurd placing higher than her.
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Riley McCusker rebounded from her troubles in the qualification round to contribute scores of 14.500 on bars and 13.733 on beam towards the US team's total.
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Riley McCusker recorded the highest scores on bars and floor.
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In June, after the conclusion of the American Classic, Riley McCusker was named as one of the eight athletes being considered for the team that would compete at the 2019 Pan American Games, along with Sloane Blakely, Kara Eaker, Aleah Finnegan, Morgan Hurd, Shilese Jones, Sunisa Lee, and Leanne Wong.
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In July at the 2019 US Classic, Riley McCusker won the silver medal in the all-around behind Simone Biles with a score of 57.900.
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Riley McCusker contributed scores on bars, beam, and floor to the US team's gold medal-winning performance.
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At the 2019 US National Championships, Riley McCusker competed on all four events on the first day of competition and was in second place on balance beam behind Biles and in fourth place in the all-around behind Biles, Sunisa Lee, and Jade Carey after falling off the uneven bars.
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Riley McCusker ended up placing seventh on uneven bars, tied with Jordan Chiles.
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Riley McCusker was added to the national team for the fourth time.
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Riley McCusker was one of fifteen gymnasts invited to worlds selection camp and was a frontrunner to make the team.
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Riley McCusker cited how Haney forced her to train with an injured wrist in April 2017, an injured hamstring and a fractured ischium in the months leading up to the 2017 World Championships, foot fractures in early 2018, a torn supraspinous ligament in early 2019, and forced Riley McCusker to train and compete at the 2019 US Classic and 2019 Pan American Games while being diagnosed with exercise-induced rhabdomyolysis.
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Riley McCusker returned to gymnastics at the 2021 Winter Cup, marking her first competition since switching gyms to Arizona Sunrays.
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Riley McCusker competed every event but floor exercise, finishing second on bars behind reigning national champion on the event, Sunisa Lee.
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Riley McCusker got injured during the first rotation after a bad landing on vault and withdrew from the rest of the competition.
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At the National Championships Riley McCusker only competed on uneven bars.
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Riley McCusker finished second behind Sunisa Lee, achieving the top score on the apparatus on day 2 of the competition.
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At the Olympic Trials Riley McCusker finished fourth on uneven bars after falling off the apparatus on day two of the competition; she was not added to the Olympic team.
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Riley McCusker made her NCAA debut on January 7,2022 in a quad meet against Rutgers, Northern Illinois, and Texas Women's.
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Riley McCusker only competed on the uneven bars where she scored a 9.825 to help Florida win the meet.
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Riley McCusker earned her first collegiate perfect ten on the uneven bars at the 2025 SEC Championships.