| Torrez in 2020 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Born | December 9, 2003 Libertyville, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Sport | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | (2020–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Oklahoma Sooners (2023–2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach | Jiani Wu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Yuejiu Li, Anna Li | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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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]
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]
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]
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]
At Big 12 Championships, Torrez scored her first perfect 10, helping the Sooners win the team title and winning floor exercise. Although the Sooners did not make it to the finals of the NCAA women's gymnastics tournament, Torrez was co-champion on balance beam with teammate Audrey Davis and runner-up on floor exercise behind LSU's Aleah Finnegan. [14]
Torrez earned her second perfect 10 on floor exercise during Oklahoma's first appearance at SEC Championships, helping Oklahoma to second place in the team competition. She won the floor exercise title and a share of the balance beam title. [15] During the NCAA tournament, she earned two more perfect 10s, one on balance beam and the other on floor exercise. [16] During the final, she competed in the all-around, helping the Oklahoma Sooners defeat the UCLA Bruins and winning the 2025 team title. [17] She was South Central Region Gymnast of the year and earned WCGA All-America honors in the all-around and all four events. [18]
| Season | Date | Event | Meet |
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| 2024 | March 23, 2024 | Floor exercise | Big 12 Championships |
| 2025 | March 22, 2025 | SEC Championships | |
| April 4, 2025 | Balance beam | Washington Regional Semifinal | |
| April 6, 2025 | Floor exercise | Washington Regional Final |
| Season | All-Around | Vault | Uneven Bars | Balance Beam | Floor Exercise |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2023 | N/A | N/A | 75th | 30th | 8th |
| 2024 | 11th | 18th | 47th | 4th | 14th |
| 2025 | 2nd | 3rd | 16th | 3rd | 1st |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| Level 10 | |||||||
| 2016 | J.O. National Championships | 4 | 10 | 37 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2017 | J.O. National Championships | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | ||
| 2018 | Nastia Liukin Cup | 4 | 15 | ||||
| J.O. National Championships | 5 | ||||||
| 2019 | Nastia Liukin Cup | 7 | 12 | 9 | 5 | ||
| J.O. National Championships | 15 | 11 | |||||
| Senior elite | |||||||
| 2019 | American Classic | ||||||
| U.S. Classic | 8 | 13 | 6 | 8 | |||
| U.S. National Championships | 14 | 16 | 7 | 11 | |||
| Worlds Team Selection Camp | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | ||
| 2020 | International Gymnix | ||||||
| 2021 | American Classic | 7 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | |
| Level 10 | |||||||
| 2022 | Nastia Liukin Cup | 7 | |||||
| L10 National Championships | |||||||
| NCAA | |||||||
| 2023 | Big-12 Championships | ||||||
| NCAA Championships | |||||||
| 2024 | Big-12 Championships | 14 | |||||
| NCAA Championships | 6 | ||||||
| 2025 | SEC Championships | 5 | 16 | 40 | |||
| NCAA Championships | 14 | 20 | |||||