Alexandria Kautzman

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Alexandria Kautzman
Nickname(s)Sasha
Born (2005-11-22) November 22, 2005 (age 19)
California
Gymnastics career
Discipline Rhythmic gymnastics
Country representedFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Years on national team2019–
ClubCalifornia Rhythms
Head coach(es)Tatyana Itkina
Medal record
Rhythmic gymnastics
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pan American Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2022 Rio de Janeiro Ball
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2022 Rio de Janeiro Clubs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Guadalajara Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2023 Guadalajara Clubs
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Ciudad de Guatemala Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Rio de Janeiro Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2021 Rio de Janeiro Ball
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2023 Guadalajara Ball
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Alexandria Kautzman (born November 22, 2005) is an American rhythmic gymnast. [1] She won gold with ball at the 2022 Pan American Championships.

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Gymnastics career

Junior

Kautzman took up gymnastics in 2014. [2]

She joined the junior national team in 2019 after winning all-around at the Elite Qualifier in Lake Placid. At the USA Gymnastics Championships in June that year, she was third in the junior all-around. She was selected to represent the United States at the inaugural Junior World Championships in Moscow along with Victoria Kobelev, Jenna Zhao and the junior group. She competed with rope and ball, finishing 25th and 17th with the apparatuses and contributing to the United States team's 20th place finish. [3]

At the 2020 Rhythmic Challenge, the first national competition of the year, Kautzman won gold in rope and ball, and silver in the all-around. The 2020 season was curtailed by the COVID-19 pandemic.

Senior

2021

Kautzman competed as a senior for the first time at the 2021 Rhythmic Challenge, where she won bronze in hoop and clubs, and was fifth all-around. At the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, she took eighth place in the all-around, bronze with ball, 16th in ribbon, and fourth in hoop and clubs. She contributed to the United States' team bronze, alongside teammates Lennox Hopkins Wilkins and Victoria Kobelev. [4] At the USA Gymnastics Championships, she was fourth in all-around and hoop and sixth with ball. She was an alternate for the 2021 World Championships team.

2022

She took part in the World Cups in Tashkent - where she placed ninth in the all-around, 11th with hoop, seventh with ball, 16th with clubs and eighth with ribbon - and Pesaro - placing 17th in the all-around, 21st with hoop, 11th with ball, 17th with clubs and ninth with ribbon. [5] [6]

2023

Kautzman competed in the World Cups in Sofia - 25th in the All-Around, 34th with hoop, 26th with ball, 16th with clubs and 29th with ribbon - and Tashkent - 13th in the all-around, 11th with hoop, eighth with ball, 18th with clubs and 15th with ribbon. [7] [8] In April at the Thiais Grand Prix in France, Kautzman won bronze with clubs, behind silver medalist Fanni Pigniczki, and was fifth all-around. [9] In June she competed at the Pan American Championships in Guadalajara, winning team silver, clubs silver, bronze with ball, and taking 4th all-around. [10] [11]

Personal life

Kautzman's favorite apparatus is hoop. Her younger sister Mischa is also a gymnast. In her free time her hobbies are drawing, shopping, and reading mysteries. [2]

Routine music information

YearApparatusMusic Title
2024HoopSail by AWOLNATION
BallLa boxeuse amoureuse by Arthur H
ClubsAmericano by Lady Gaga
RibbonSeven Devils by Florence + the Machine
2023Hoop Nureyev (From "The White Crow" Soundtrack) by Lisa Batiashvili & Dudana Mazmanishvili
Ball La Malagueña by Gaby Moreno
Clubs Baby Outlaw by Elle King
RibbonSeven Devils by Florence + the Machine
2022Hoop Desert Rose by Sting
Ball La Malagueña by Gaby Moreno
ClubsSurvive / Brothers in Arms by Junkie XL
Ribbon Eye Of The Tiger by Tommee Proffit feat. FJØRA
2021HoopNew World Concerto by Maksim & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra
Ball Arrival of the Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra
ClubsANOTHER LEVEL by On the Larceny
Ribbon Eye Of The Tiger by Tommee Proffit feat. FJØRA

References

  1. ↑ "KAUTZMAN Alexandria – FIG Athlete Profile". www.gymnastics.sport. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  2. 1 2 "USA Gymnastics | Athletes". members.usagym.org. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
  3. ↑ "2019 Junior World Championships Result Book" (PDF). longinestiming.
  4. ↑ "2021 Pan American Championships Result Book" (PDF). static.usagym.org.
  5. ↑ "Gymnastics – World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics – Tashkent 2022 – Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  6. ↑ "Gymnastics – World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics – Pesaro 2022 – Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  7. ↑ "Gymnastics – World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics – Sofia 2023 – Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  8. ↑ "Gymnastics – World Cup Rhythmic Gymnastics – Tashkent 2023 – Results". www.the-sports.org. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  9. ↑ Koven, Kent (April 10, 2023). "Kautzman wins bronze at Thiais; four gymnasts top 10 at Sofia in rhythmic competition • USA Gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved December 29, 2023.
  10. ↑ "ksis". rgform.eu. Retrieved June 11, 2023.
  11. ↑ Steinke, Matt (June 11, 2023). "Rhythmic seniors close out Pan Am Championships with four medals • USA Gymnastics". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved June 12, 2023.
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