Sabrina Vega was born on May 24,1995 and is a retired American gymnast from Carmel, New York.
23 Facts About Sabrina Vega
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Sabrina Vega was a five-time national team member and a member of the United States team that won gold at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.
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Sabrina Vega later competed for the University of Georgia from 2017 to 2020.
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Sabrina Vega began gymnastics in 2000 and trained at Dynamic Gymnastics in Mohegan Lake, New York, until 2013, when she switched gyms to train at Great American Gymnastics Express.
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In 2018, Sabrina Vega filed a lawsuit against Bela and Marta Karolyi, USA Gymnastics, and the United States Olympic Committee for the abuse she suffered at the hands of Larry Nassar, the former national team doctor.
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Sabrina Vega was one of more than 300 women and girls who were victims of Nassar's abuse.
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In 2009, Sabrina Vega competed at the United States Junior National Championships in Dallas, Texas.
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Sabrina Vega won gold on the floor exercise and bronze on balance beam, and finished fourth in the all-around.
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Sabrina Vega then competed at the 2009 Junior Pan American Championships in Aracaju, Brazil, where she helped the United States team win the gold medal.
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Sabrina Vega earned fourth place on floor exercise and fifth place on beam, and was named to the Worlds team along with Alicia Sacramone, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Jordyn Wieber.
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The United States went on to win gold in the team final, where Sabrina Vega competed on bars and beam.
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At the 2012 Olympic Trials, Sabrina Vega finished 10th in the all-around and was not named to the Olympic team.
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Sabrina Vega did not train in 2013, but resumed training in mid-2014 and attended a US training camp in November 2014.
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At the 2015 US Classic, Sabrina Vega returned to elite competition for the first time since 2012 after transferring to GAGE, where she trained under Al Fong and Armine Barutyan-Fong alongside new teammates Brenna Dowell and Madison Desch.
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Sabrina Vega scored a 0 on bars, performing only an exhibition routine.
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Sabrina Vega had a subpar beam routine with a 5.6 start value and scored 12.500 to finish 14th on the event.
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On October 3,2015, Sabrina Vega announced that she had retired from elite gymnastics and accepted a scholarship to the University of Georgia to compete in NCAA gymnastics for the Georgia Gym Dogs.
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Sabrina Vega competed beam and floor consistently throughout the season, with season highs of 9.9 and 9.95, respectively.
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Sabrina Vega competed beam and floor at every meet and vault at all but one, earned first-team All-American honors on floor, earned SEC Specialist of the Week, and repeatedly led the team on floor.
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However, the higher-ranked Michigan team struggled and Sabrina Vega hit the final routine of the day for Georgia, scoring 9.875 on beam.
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Sabrina Vega competed on vault, beam, and floor in every meet.
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Sabrina Vega earned regular season All-American honors and two SEC Specialist of the Week awards, while landing among the ESPN Top 10 "Should Go Viral" floor routines.
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Sabrina Vega was a strong student at Georgia, majoring in biology and minoring in public health, with the goal of attending medical school.