Alma Kuc

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Alma Kuc
Full nameAlma Alexandra Kuc
Country representedFlag of Poland.svg  Poland
Born (1998-09-21) September 21, 1998 (age 24)
Toronto, Ontario
Hometown Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height5 ft 1 in (155 cm) [1]
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team2013-2017
Club All Olympia Gymnastics Center
College team California Golden Bears
Head coach(es) Artur Akopyan
Assistant coach(es) Galina Marinova, Marcello Figue

Alma Alexandra Kuc (born September 21, 1998) is a Polish artistic gymnast. [2] She began competing for the California Golden Bears gymnastics team in 2018.

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Personal life

Alma Kuc was born on September 21, 1998, in Toronto, Ontario. [3] She has also lived in Argentina and Brazil, and her extended family lives in Poland. [4] Her younger brother, Thomas Kuc, is an actor. She graduated from Laurel Springs High School in Ojai, California. [1] She began attending UC Berkeley in 2017 where she studies Molecular and Cell Biology, and she competes on their gymnastics team. [1]

Career

Kuc competed at the 2014 European Championships with Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Gabriela Janik, Claudia Chmielowska, and the team finished 10th. [5] She then competed at the 2014 World Championships alongside Pihan-Kulesza, Jurkowska-Kowalska, Janik, Chmielowska, and Paula Plichta, and the team finished 17th. [6]

At the 2015 World Championships, Kuc competed with Claudia Chmielowska, Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Klara Kopeć, Gabriela Janik, and Marta Pihan-Kulesza, and the team finished 19th. [7] She finished 4th in the all-around and won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the 2016 Polish Championships. [8] Then at the Gym Festival Trnava, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Hitomi Hatakeda of Japan. [9] She competed at the 2016 European Championships alongside Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Klara Kopeć, Gabriela Janik, and Paula Plichta, and they finished 11th. [10] At the 2017 European Championships, Kuc competed only on the uneven bars and finished 18th in the qualification round. [11]

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  2. ↑ "KUC Alma". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  3. ↑ "Alma Kuc". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  4. ↑ Ely, Lauren. "Kuc, Alma". Nastia Liukin Cup. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  5. ↑ "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
  6. ↑ "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  7. ↑ "46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  8. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (13 May 2016). "2016 Polish Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  9. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (15 May 2016). "2016 Gym Festival Trnava Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
  10. ↑ "31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Qualifications" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
  11. ↑ "7th Petrom European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
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