22 Facts About Samantha Peszek

Samantha Nicole Peszek was born on December 14,1991 and is an American former artistic gymnast.

Samantha Peszek was a member of the US women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, which won silver.

Samantha Peszek is a 17-time All-American, the 2011 and 2015 NCAA balance beam champion, and the 2015 NCAA all-around co-champion with Kytra Hunter.

Samantha Peszek was part of the gold medal-winning 2007 World Championships team.

At the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, Samantha Peszek injured her ankle during warm-ups just minutes before the women's qualification and was able to compete only on the uneven bars.

Samantha Peszek was the second gymnast on the US team to be injured, the other being Memmel.

Samantha Peszek then competed at the National Championships, hoping to make the World Championships team as a three-event specialist; she planned to postpone surgery to fix a torn labrum in her shoulder.

Samantha Peszek placed second on beam and seventh on floor exercise at Nationals and made it to the second and final selection camp for Worlds, but pulled out in order to have the surgical repair performed.

Samantha Peszek redshirted the 2013 NCAA season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon.

Samantha Peszek then posted a career-high 39.70 all-around score during a tri-meet against Utah State and Bowling Green.

In March 2014, Samantha Peszek competed at the Pac-12 Conference Championship.

Samantha Peszek contributed scores of 9.825 on vault, 9.900 on uneven bars, 9.925 on balance beam, and 9.775 on floor exercise to the UCLA team's fourth-place finish.

Samantha Peszek won the NCAA title on the balance beam with a score of 9.95, and the all-around title with a score of 39.60.

Samantha Peszek retired from competitive gymnastics following the 2015 NCAA National Championships.

Samantha Peszek ended her career as an Olympic medalist, a World Champion and a 3-time NCAA champion.

Samantha Peszek was hired by the Pac-12 Network as a color commentator for the 2016 gymnastics season.

In 2017, Samantha Peszek started Beam Queen Bootcamp, a camp where she helps young gymnasts gain confidence and understand judging on the balance beam.

In 2018 Samantha Peszek announced that she had started a podcast called I Have Cool Friends, on which she interviews prominent figures in the sport of gymnastics, including athletes and coaches.

Samantha Peszek's father Ed was a wrestler and a hockey player; her mother Luan was a gymnast and, more recently, vice-president of the women's program at USA Gymnastics.

Samantha Peszek's younger sister Jessica is a gymnast, at Western Michigan University.

Samantha Peszek is Catholic and graduated from Cathedral High School in 2010.

Samantha Peszek transferred to Sharp's Gymnastics Academy, where she trained alongside Olympic teammate Bridget Sloan.