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| Nickname(s) | Sasha | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | November 22, 2005 California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Simi Valley, United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Rhythmic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2019– | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | International Elite | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | California Rhythms | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Tatyana Itkina | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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.
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.
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.
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]
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]
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]
| Year | Apparatus | Music Title |
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| 2023 | Hoop | Nureyev (From "The White Crow" Soundtrack) by Lisa Batiashvili & Dudana Mazmanishvili |
| Ball | La Malagueña by Gaby Moreno | |
| Clubs | Baby Outlaw by Elle King | |
| Ribbon | Seven Devils by Florence + the Machine | |
| 2022 | Hoop | Desert Rose by Sting |
| Ball | La Malagueña by Gaby Moreno | |
| Clubs | Survive / Brothers in Arms by Junkie XL | |
| Ribbon | Eye Of The Tiger by Tommee Proffit feat. FJØRA | |
| 2021 | Hoop | New World Concerto by Maksim & Royal Philharmonic Orchestra |
| Ball | Arrival of the Birds by The Cinematic Orchestra | |
| Clubs | ANOTHER LEVEL by On the Larceny | |
| Ribbon | Eye Of The Tiger by Tommee Proffit feat. FJØRA | |
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