Rebecca Bross
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Rebecca Bross is an American artistic gymnast. She won the all-around and three events at the junior national championships in 2007. At the 2007 Pan American Games
in Brazil, Bross won a team gold, individual all-around second, and the first place in floor exercise. She was a member of the U.S. Women's Team in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
in London. She won the silver all-around medal behind teammate Bridget Sloan
, and tied with Romanian Ana Porgras
for the bronze medal on the uneven bars. Rebecca Bross' official website launched on Friday, April 23, 2010. The website is located at http://rebecca-bross.com.
2005-2009: "National Treasure Suite" from the National Treasure Soundtrack
. During the 2007 US Championships, despite a fall Rebecca came back and won her first US National Champion. She later won the Junior Japan Invitational.
Rebecca was able to compete in some Classic's and Invitationals in early 2008. She then competed at the Pacific Rim Championships with WOGA teammate Nastia Liukin
, where she then won gold medals on the all-around, beam, bars and floor. She then had to sit out the rest of the year due to a broken foot.
On July 25, 2009, at the Covergirl Classic in Des Moines, Iowa, Bross competed on the Uneven Bars, scoring a 13.150 (.050 better than her teammate, Ivana Hong
), but was unable to compete on Floor, Beam, or Vault, due to an ankle injury suffered during practice a few days earlier. (It should be noted that she competed her bar routine without a dismount, thus lowering her overall score.)
In August 2009, Bross finished third all-around behind Bridget Sloan (1st) and Ivana Hong (2nd) at the U.S. National Championships. Bross also placed third on balance beam and second on floor to end a successful first senior Nationals.
The following October, at the World Championships
in London, England, Bross qualified in first place into the all around final. She also qualified second on uneven bars final and eighth on floor exercise. She fell on her beam dismount in preliminaries, which prevented her from qualifying on that event. In the all around final, Bross led the competition going into the final event. Needing only a 12.925 to clinch the gold, she fell on her final tumbling pass on floor to just miss the score she needed (the judges awarded her a 12.875). Her American teammate, Bridget Sloan
claimed the gold, while Bross took the silver. She went on to tie Romania's Ana Porgras
for the bronze medal in the uneven bars event final.
In March 2010, she won the all-around at the American Cup
. Bross won every event with the exception of the vault, which was won by her teammate Alexandra Raisman
. In April, she won the senior All Around title at the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, Australia. At the 2010 VISA Championships, Bross finished day 1 with a 2 point lead. On Day 2 she finished with a 3 point lead, clinching the National Title, to become the 2010 National Champion. She was selected for the women's team to the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. There, she placed 2nd with the team behind the newly dominant Russian team. In the all around, after a fall on beam, she bounced back on floor to get the bronze medal, scoring a 15.233 - the highest score handed out on floor out of any women at the entire meet. Russia's Aliya Mustafina
was the winner and China's Jiang Yuyuan was the silver medalist. In event finals, she clinched the bronze on the uneven bars and tied with China's Deng Linlin
for the silver on the balance beam behind Romania's Ana Porgras
.
At the 2011 Visa Championships, Bross during night 2 of the competition, dislocated her right kneecap during a third rotation vault. Bross's coach, Valeri Liukin reportedly said that "[he] didn't believe it is an ACL injury" rather, it seems Bross injured the knee cap. It is unclear, yet reportedly unlikely, that she will compete for the remainder of 2011.
In competition prior to her injury, Bross earned a second-place finish on floor exercise, with a two-night total of 29.50. She also placed eighth on beam (27.6).
Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games
Gymnastics at the 2007 Pan American Games consisted of three separate sets of events – artistic gymnastics, rhythmic gymnastics, and trampoline.-Men's Artistic Gymnastics:Men's Artistic Gymnastics was held from Saturday July 14 to Tuesday July 17....
in Brazil, Bross won a team gold, individual all-around second, and the first place in floor exercise. She was a member of the U.S. Women's Team in the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 arena in London, United Kingdom, on 12 October to 18 October 2009. Similar to the World Championships in 2005, there were no team competitions...
in London. She won the silver all-around medal behind teammate Bridget Sloan
Bridget Sloan
Bridget Elizabeth Sloan is an American gymnast. She is the 2009 All-Around World Champion and the 2009 All-Around U.S. National Champion. Sloan was a member of the silver medal U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Olympics....
, and tied with Romanian Ana Porgras
Ana Porgras
Ana Porgras is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She won the uneven bars bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and the balance beam gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam. Porgras is considered to be one of the most artistic gymnasts of her generation, reminiscent of the Eastern...
for the bronze medal on the uneven bars. Rebecca Bross' official website launched on Friday, April 23, 2010. The website is located at http://rebecca-bross.com.
Personal life
Bross is the daughter of Terry Bross and Donna [Brugge] Bross. She has one older brother named Benjamin. Her parents put her in a gymnastics class at the age of six. She has since then steadily become one of America's top gymnasts at the Junior International level. Presently, she is a Senior International Elite level super gymnast, and returned to competition—after her knee surgery in late 2008—to compete at the 2009 US Classic in Des Moines, Iowa. She is coached by Valeri Liukin at WOGA Gymnastics.Routines
As of 2011, Bross performs the following skills on these apparatus:| Apparatus | Skills | D Score | Top Score in World Championship/World Cup/Olympic Competition |
| Vault | Double twisting Yurchenko | 5.8 | |
| Uneven Bars | KCH on low bar + toe-on handstand 1/1 (D) + Shaposhnikova 1/2 (E); KCH + piked stalder 1/1 (E) + Tkatchev (D); KCH + piked stalder 1/2 (D) + Jaegar (D); KCH + stalder to handstand 1/1 (D) + Pak Salto (D); KCH 1/2 + toe-shoot to high bar; KCH + giant + giant + full-in dismount (D) | 6.5 | |
| Balance Beam | Jump on; 1/1 turn in tuckstand (B); standing Arabian (F); front aerial (D) + flip flop (B) + back layout stepout (C); switch split leap (C) + back tuck (C); sheep jump (D); switch split ring leap (E); side somi (D); front tuck (D); roundoff + Arabian double dismount (G) | 6.5 | |
| Floor Exercise | Front handspring + front layout (B) + double front (E) + Stag jump (A); roundoff + back layout 3/2 (C) + front layout 2/1 (D); switch ring leap (C) + sw split leap 3/2 (C); 2/1 turn with leg at horizontal (D); roundoff + back layout 5/2 (D) + front layout 1/1 (C) | 6.2 |
Floor music
2010: "Dark Eyes"2005-2009: "National Treasure Suite" from the National Treasure Soundtrack
Competitive history
Rebecca Bross first qualified to Junior International Elite in 2005, where she also qualified to her first US Nationals where she placed 16th all-around, and a spot on the national team. Rebecca then competed in a few international assignments over the next year. At the 2006 US Nationals Rebecca placed 4th all-around, which also qualified her to the Junior Pan Ams Team. In 2007 Rebecca was then selected for the Pan Ams Team. She then finished 2nd all-around, behind other teammate, Shawn JohnsonShawn Johnson
Shawn Machel Johnson is an American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic balance beam gold medalist and all-around, and floor exercise silver medalist, the 2007 all-around World Champion, and the 2007 and 2008 U.S. all-around champion...
. During the 2007 US Championships, despite a fall Rebecca came back and won her first US National Champion. She later won the Junior Japan Invitational.
Rebecca was able to compete in some Classic's and Invitationals in early 2008. She then competed at the Pacific Rim Championships with WOGA teammate Nastia Liukin
Nastia Liukin
Anastasia Valeryevna "Nastia" Liukin is a Russian-American artistic gymnast. She was the 2008 Olympic individual all-around Champion, the 2005 and 2007 World Champion on the balance beam, and the 2005 World Champion on the uneven bars...
, where she then won gold medals on the all-around, beam, bars and floor. She then had to sit out the rest of the year due to a broken foot.
On July 25, 2009, at the Covergirl Classic in Des Moines, Iowa, Bross competed on the Uneven Bars, scoring a 13.150 (.050 better than her teammate, Ivana Hong
Ivana Hong
Ivana Hong is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal American team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the all-around bronze medalist at the 2007 Pan American Games. Hong was named an alternate to the 2008 U.S. Olympic team and was a member of the U.S...
), but was unable to compete on Floor, Beam, or Vault, due to an ankle injury suffered during practice a few days earlier. (It should be noted that she competed her bar routine without a dismount, thus lowering her overall score.)
In August 2009, Bross finished third all-around behind Bridget Sloan (1st) and Ivana Hong (2nd) at the U.S. National Championships. Bross also placed third on balance beam and second on floor to end a successful first senior Nationals.
The following October, at the World Championships
2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
The 41st World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at The O2 arena in London, United Kingdom, on 12 October to 18 October 2009. Similar to the World Championships in 2005, there were no team competitions...
in London, England, Bross qualified in first place into the all around final. She also qualified second on uneven bars final and eighth on floor exercise. She fell on her beam dismount in preliminaries, which prevented her from qualifying on that event. In the all around final, Bross led the competition going into the final event. Needing only a 12.925 to clinch the gold, she fell on her final tumbling pass on floor to just miss the score she needed (the judges awarded her a 12.875). Her American teammate, Bridget Sloan
Bridget Sloan
Bridget Elizabeth Sloan is an American gymnast. She is the 2009 All-Around World Champion and the 2009 All-Around U.S. National Champion. Sloan was a member of the silver medal U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Olympics....
claimed the gold, while Bross took the silver. She went on to tie Romania's Ana Porgras
Ana Porgras
Ana Porgras is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She won the uneven bars bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and the balance beam gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam. Porgras is considered to be one of the most artistic gymnasts of her generation, reminiscent of the Eastern...
for the bronze medal in the uneven bars event final.
In March 2010, she won the all-around at the American Cup
American Cup (gymnastics)
The American Cup, is an elite senior level international gymnastics competition held in the United States, and is generally considered to be one of the first major competitions of the Gymnastics season, as it is held in March or February of each year. In 1978-79 the event was sponsored by Dial and...
. Bross won every event with the exception of the vault, which was won by her teammate Alexandra Raisman
Alexandra Raisman
Alexandra Raisman is an American artistic gymnast who is a three-year member of the U.S. national gymnastics team. Raisman trains at Brestyan's Gymnastics with Alicia Sacramone and has similar skills and physique...
. In April, she won the senior All Around title at the Pacific Rim Championships in Melbourne, Australia. At the 2010 VISA Championships, Bross finished day 1 with a 2 point lead. On Day 2 she finished with a 3 point lead, clinching the National Title, to become the 2010 National Champion. She was selected for the women's team to the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam, Netherlands. There, she placed 2nd with the team behind the newly dominant Russian team. In the all around, after a fall on beam, she bounced back on floor to get the bronze medal, scoring a 15.233 - the highest score handed out on floor out of any women at the entire meet. Russia's Aliya Mustafina
Aliya Mustafina
Aliya Fargatovna Mustafina , born 30 September 1994 in Yegorievsk, Russia is a Russian artistic gymnast. She is the 2010 All Around World Champion. She also won Gold with the Russian team at the same championships and was the 2009 Russian national champion in the all around and on the balance beam...
was the winner and China's Jiang Yuyuan was the silver medalist. In event finals, she clinched the bronze on the uneven bars and tied with China's Deng Linlin
Deng Linlin
Deng Linlin is a Chinese gymnast. She was a member of the Chinese team that won the team gold medal at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing, People's Republic of China, and is a three-time World Cup gold medalist...
for the silver on the balance beam behind Romania's Ana Porgras
Ana Porgras
Ana Porgras is a Romanian artistic gymnast. She won the uneven bars bronze medal at the 2009 World Championships and the balance beam gold medal at the 2010 World Championships in Rotterdam. Porgras is considered to be one of the most artistic gymnasts of her generation, reminiscent of the Eastern...
.
At the 2011 Visa Championships, Bross during night 2 of the competition, dislocated her right kneecap during a third rotation vault. Bross's coach, Valeri Liukin reportedly said that "[he] didn't believe it is an ACL injury" rather, it seems Bross injured the knee cap. It is unclear, yet reportedly unlikely, that she will compete for the remainder of 2011.
In competition prior to her injury, Bross earned a second-place finish on floor exercise, with a two-night total of 29.50. She also placed eighth on beam (27.6).
Competition placing results
| Year | Competition Description | Location | Apparatus | Rank-Final | Score-Final | Rank-Qualifying | Score-Qualifying |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2005 | Visa Championships | Indianapolis Indianapolis, Indiana Indianapolis is the capital of the U.S. state of Indiana, and the county seat of Marion County, Indiana. As of the 2010 United States Census, the city's population is 839,489. It is by far Indiana's largest city and, as of the 2010 U.S... , Indiana |
Team | ||||
| All Around | 16 | ||||||
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| Vault | 7 | ||||||
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| US Classic | Virginia Beach Virginia Beach, Virginia Virginia Beach is an independent city located in the Hampton Roads metropolitan area of Virginia, on the Atlantic Ocean at the mouth of the Chesapeake Bay... , Virginia |
Team | |||||
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| Vault | 4 | ||||||
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| Women's Junior Olympic Level 10 National Championships | Ontario Ontario, California Ontario is a city located in San Bernardino County, California, United States, 35 miles east of downtown Los Angeles. Located in the western part of the Inland Empire region, it lies just east of the Los Angeles county line and is part of the Greater Los Angeles Area... , California |
Team | |||||
| All Around | 5 | ||||||
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| Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
| 2006 | Junior Pan American Championships | Quebec, Canada | Team | 1 | |||
| All Around | |||||||
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| Vault | 1 | ||||||
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| Pacific Alliance Championships | Honolulu Honolulu, Hawaii Honolulu is the capital and the most populous city of the U.S. state of Hawaii. Honolulu is the southernmost major U.S. city. Although the name "Honolulu" refers to the urban area on the southeastern shore of the island of Oahu, the city and county government are consolidated as the City and... , Hawaii |
Team | 1 | ||||
| All Around | 4 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | |||||||
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| Balance Beam | 5 | ||||||
| Visa Championships | St. Paul, Minnesota | Team | |||||
| All Around | 4 | ||||||
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| Balance Beam | 2 | ||||||
| 2007 | Pan American Games | Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro Rio de Janeiro , commonly referred to simply as Rio, is the capital city of the State of Rio de Janeiro, the second largest city of Brazil, and the third largest metropolitan area and agglomeration in South America, boasting approximately 6.3 million people within the city proper, making it the 6th... |
Team | 1 | |||
| All Around | 2 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
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| Visa Championships | San Jose San Jose, California San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... , California |
Team | |||||
| All Around | 1 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 1 | ||||||
| Vault | 1 | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 2 | ||||||
| International Jr. Japan Competition | Yokohama, Japan | Team | |||||
| All Around | 1 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 1 | ||||||
| Vault | 1 | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
| 2008 | Italy-Spain-Poland-USA Competition | Jesolo, Italy | Team | 1 | |||
| All Around | 2 | ||||||
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| Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships | San Jose San Jose, California San Jose is the third-largest city in California, the tenth-largest in the U.S., and the county seat of Santa Clara County which is located at the southern end of San Francisco Bay... , California |
Team | 1 | ||||
| All Around | 1 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 8 | ||||||
| Vault | 1 | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
| 2009 | Gymnastics Covergirl Classic | Des Moines Des Moines, Iowa Des Moines is the capital and the most populous city in the US state of Iowa. It is also the county seat of Polk County. A small portion of the city extends into Warren County. It was incorporated on September 22, 1851, as Fort Des Moines which was shortened to "Des Moines" in 1857... , Iowa |
Team | ||||
| All Around | 21 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 13* (DNC) | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 10T | ||||||
| Vault | 18* (DNC) | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 16* (DNC) | ||||||
| VISA Championship | Dallas Dallas, Texas Dallas is the third-largest city in Texas and the ninth-largest in the United States. The Dallas-Fort Worth Metroplex is the largest metropolitan area in the South and fourth-largest metropolitan area in the United States... , Texas |
Team | |||||
| All Around | 3 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 2 | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 6 | ||||||
| Vault | 4 | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 3 | ||||||
| World Championships | London, England | Team | |||||
| All Around | 2 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 5 (Tied) | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 3 (Tied) | ||||||
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| 2010 | WOGA Classic | Frisco Frisco, Texas Frisco is an affluent city in Collin and Denton Counties in the U.S. state of Texas and a rapidly growing suburb of Dallas. As of the 2010 Census, 116,989 people were living in Frisco up from 33,714 in the previous census. Frisco was the fastest growing city in the United States in 2009, and also... , Texas |
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| All Around | |||||||
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| Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
| Tyson American Cup | Worcester Worcester, Massachusetts Worcester is a city and the county seat of Worcester County, Massachusetts, United States. Named after Worcester, England, as of the 2010 Census the city's population is 181,045, making it the second largest city in New England after Boston.... , Massachusetts |
Team | |||||
| All Around | 1 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 1 | ||||||
| Vault | 2 | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
| Pacific Rim Championship | Melbourne, Australia | Team | 1 | ||||
| All Around | 1 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 1 | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 2 | ||||||
| Vault | |||||||
| Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
| Covergirl Classic | Chicago, Illinois | Team | |||||
| All Around | |||||||
| Floor Exercise | DNC | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 1 | ||||||
| Vault | DNC | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 6 | ||||||
| VISA Championship | Hartford Hartford, Connecticut Hartford is the capital of the U.S. state of Connecticut. The seat of Hartford County until Connecticut disbanded county government in 1960, it is the second most populous city on New England's largest river, the Connecticut River. As of the 2010 Census, Hartford's population was 124,775, making... , Connecticut |
Team | |||||
| All Around | 1 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 2 | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 1 | ||||||
| Vault | 5 | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 1 | ||||||
| World Artistic Gymnastics Championships 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships The 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships was held at the Ahoy Rotterdam indoor sporting arena in the Netherlands from 16 to 24 October 2010. In this year's championships, there was a total of 73 participating federations with 615 gymnasts... |
Rotterdam, Netherlands | Team | 2 | ||||
| All Around | 3 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | |||||||
| Uneven Bars | 3 | ||||||
| Vault | DNC | ||||||
| Balance Beam | 2 | ||||||
| 2011 | VISA Championship | St. Paul, MN | Team | ||||
| All Around | 14 | ||||||
| Floor Exercise | 2 | ||||||
| Uneven Bars | 17 | ||||||
| Vault | |||||||
| Balance Beam | 8 | ||||||