Faith Torrez

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Faith Torrez
American gymnast at the 2020 Gymnix Cup.jpg
Torrez in 2020
Personal information
Country representedFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Born (2003-12-09) December 9, 2003 (age 20)
Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2020–21 (USA)
ClubLegacy Elite Gymnastics LLC
College team Oklahoma Sooners (2023–26)
Head coach(es)Jiani Wu
Assistant coach(es)Yuejiu Li, Anna Li
Medal record
Representing Oklahoma Sooners
Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
NCAA Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2023 Fort Worth Team
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2024 Fort Worth Balance Beam
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2024 Fort Worth Floor Exercise

Faith Torrez (born December 9, 2003) is an American artistic gymnast. [1] She became a member of the United States national team in 2020 [2] and made her international debut at 2020 Gymnix International, winning two golds and a bronze. [3] She is currently a member of the University of Oklahoma women's gymnastics team. [4]

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Gymnastics career

Junior

Torrez began gymnastics in 2008. [1] As a junior, she competed at the Women's Junior Olympic National Championships in 2016, [5] 2017, [6] and 2018. [7] She won gold on floor exercise in 2017. In 2018, she won all-around and balance beam gold, as well as floor exercise silver. [1] In 2018, she competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup for the first time and won all-around bronze. [8] She was the top scorer on floor with 9.600; her highest score of the competition was a 9.675 on vault. [8]

Senior

Torrez became a senior in 2019. She competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup in March, finishing seventh all-around. [9] At the American Classic in June, Torrez won all-around gold, finishing first on vault, second on uneven bars and floor exercise, and third on balance beam. [1] [10] In July at the GK US Classic, she finished sixth on balance beam and eighth all-around. [1] [11] At the US Gymnastics Championships in August, Torrez finished 14th all-around. [12]

Torrez was added to the senior national team on March 3, 2020. [2] She made her international debut on March 6–8 at Gymnix International. With teammates Lilly Lippeatt, MyKayla Skinner and Emily Lee, she won team gold. Individually, she captured balance beam gold with a score of 13.966 and uneven bars bronze with a score of 12.966. [3]

Collegiate gymnastics career

2022–2023 season

Torrez made her collegiate debut for the Oklahoma Sooners on January 7, 2023 at the Super 16 Invitational. She competed on three events, the uneven bars (9.875), balance beam (9.900), and floor exercise (9.950). Her scores helped contribute towards Oklahoma's first place finish. Additionally she co-won the title on floor exercise. As a result she was named Big-12 newcomer of the week. [13]

Career perfect 10.0

SeasonDateEventMeet
2024March 23, 2024Floor exerciseBig 12 Championships

Competitive History

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Level 10
2016 J.O. National Championships4103745
2017 J.O. National Championships561521Gold medal icon.svg
2018 Nastia Liukin Cup Bronze medal icon.svg415Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
J.O. National ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg5Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
2019 Nastia Liukin Cup 7129Bronze medal icon.svg5
J.O. National ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg1511Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
Senior elite
2019 American ClassicGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
U.S. Classic 81368
U.S. National Championships 1416711
Worlds Team Selection Camp746137
2020 International Gymnix Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
2021 American Classic761566
Level 10
2022 Nastia Liukin Cup 7
L10 National ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
NCAA
2023Big-12 ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
NCAA Championships Gold medal icon.svg
2024Big-12 ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg14Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
NCAA Championships 6Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg

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