Fred Richard

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Fred Richard
Full name	Frederick Nathaniel Richard
Country represented	United States
Born	(2004-04-23) April 23, 2004 (age 20) Boston, Massachusetts, U.S.
Hometown	Stoughton, Massachusetts, U.S.
Height	5 ft 5 in (165 cm)
Discipline	Men's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team	2022–present
Gym	Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy
College team	Michigan Wolverines
Head coach(es)	Yuan Xiao
Former coach(es)	Levon Karakhanyan, Tom Fontecchio
Medal record Men's artistic gymnastics Representing   United States Event 1st 2nd 3rd Olympic Games 0 0 1 World Championships 0 0 2 Total 0 0 3 Olympic Games 2024 Paris Team World Championships 2023 Antwerp Team 2023 Antwerp All-around
YouTube information
Channel	FrederickFlips
Years active	2022–present
Genre(s)	Sport, vlogging
Subscribers	270K [1]
Total views	185,388,882 [1]
Creator Awards 100,000 subscribers
TikTok information
Page	frederickflips
Followers	860.5K
Likes	32 million
Last updated: November 11, 2024

Frederick Nathaniel Richard ^[2] (born April 23, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast. He is the 2023 World all-around bronze medalist, as well as the 2021 and 2022 Junior Pan American Champion. He has been a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team since 2022 and represented the United States at the 2024 Summer Olympics where he won a bronze medal in the team event.

Early life and education

Richard was born on April 23, 2004, in Boston, Massachusetts. His father, Carl, is Haitian and his mother, Ann-Marie Richard, is Dominican. ^[3] He has two brothers and one sister: Carlton, Alexandra, and Kevin.

He started with gymnastics at age four. ^[4] He was affiliated with Massachusetts Elite Gymnastics Academy and attended Stoughton High School. He later attended the University of Michigan where he continued to pursue gymnastics.

Gymnastics career

2019–20

Richard competed at his first elite-level National Championships in 2019. He placed eighth in the all-around but won bronze on floor exercise behind Nick Kuebler and Khoi Young. He was added to the junior national team for the first time. ^[5] In 2020 Richard competed at the Elite Team Cup and the Winter Cup. He finished third at the latter behind Fuzzy Benas and Asher Hong. ^[6] The majority of competitions for the rest of the year were canceled or postponed due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

2021

Richard returned to competition at the 2021 National Championships where he won the junior all-around title. ^[7] He was named to the team to compete at the Junior Pan American Championships. ^[8] While there he helped the United States win gold as a team. He won gold in the all-around and on vault and horizontal bar. Additionally, he won silver on floor exercise and bronze on rings. ^[9]

2022

Richard became age-eligible to compete at the senior level in 2022 but remained at the junior level in international competition. Richard competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge where he helped the United States finish first as a team. Individually he won gold on vault and parallel bars and placed fifth on floor exercise. ^[10] Later in the year Richard competed at the Pan American Championships where he once again led the United States to team gold and individually won the all-around competition. ^[11] During event finals Richard won gold on floor exercise, rings, and vault, silver on parallel bars, and bronze on pommel horse. ^[12]

Although he competed at the junior level internationally, Richard competed in the senior division in domestic competitions. He competed in three events at the U.S. Classic before competing in the all-around at the 2022 National Championships. While there he finished fourth in the all-around, third on floor exercise, and second on horizontal bar. As a result he was added to the senior national team. ^[13]

2023

Richard began competing for the Michigan Wolverines in the 2022–2023 season. ^[14] He was selected to represent the United States at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge alongside Yul Moldauer, Asher Hong, Brody Malone, and Shane Wiskus. Together they placed first as a team. ^[15]

In August Richard competed at the World University Games where he helped the USA finish fourth as a team. Individually, he qualified for the all-around and horizontal bar finals. He finished fourth in the all-around final, and seventh in the horizontal bar final. ^[16] Richard next competed at the Xfinity National Championships, where he placed third all-around behind Asher Hong and Khoi Young. ^[17] The following day he was named to the team to compete at the 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships alongside Hong, Young, Yul Moldauer, Paul Juda, and alternate Colt Walker. ^[18]

At the World Championships, Richard contributed scores in four events to help Team USA to a bronze-medal finish. In the all-around competition, he earned the bronze medal behind Daiki Hashimoto of Japan and Illia Kovtun of Ukraine. Richard is the youngest USA gymnast to win an individual world medal in the men's competition, and the USA's first men's all-around medalist since 2010. ^[19]

2024

During the 2024 NCAA Men's Gymnastics Championship, Richard finished second on still rings with a score of 14.400 and second in the all-around with a score of 83.999 which helped Michigan finish as runner-up in the team competition. ^[20] At the 2024 National Championships, Richard finished second in the all-around behind Brody Malone. ^[21]

In June, Richard competed at the U.S. Olympic Trials, where he placed first all-around (170.500), ^[22] third on floor (28.700), ninth on pommel horse (27.050), seventh on rings (27.650), second on parallel bars (29.850), and first on horizontal bar (28.850). ^[23] After placing first in the all-around and in the top three for three events, Richard was automatically named to the U.S. Olympic Team to compete at the 2024 Olympic Games alongside Malone, Asher Hong, Paul Juda, and Stephen Nedoroscik. ^[24]

During the qualification round, Richard competed on all apparatuses, helping the USA qualify to the team final in fifth place; individually, he qualified for the all-around final in tenth place and was the third reserve for the horizontal bar final. ^[25] During the team final, he contributed scores on floor exercise, rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar towards the USA's bronze medal finish. ^[26] In the all-around final, Richard finished in fifteenth place after shaky performances on pommel horse and floor exercise. ^[27]

In September, Richard embarked on the Gold Over America Tour. ^[28]

Personal life

Richard creates content about gymnastics training and athletic challenges on TikTok, Instagram, and YouTube, under the name FrederickFlips. He began posting on TikTok during the initial COVID-19 lockdowns in April 2020. ^{[13] [29]} As of May 2024, he had a total of 900,000 followers across his TikTok and Instagram accounts. ^[30] Richard was honored by Time as one of the world's most influential emerging stars in October 2024. ^[31]

He also sells a line of apparel under his name for both adults and children and has worked with brands like Crocs, Celsius, Marriott International, and Peloton. ^[30]

Competitive history

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
Junior
2019	U.S. National Championships (15–16)		8		5	16	18	4	4
2020	Elite Team Cup
	Winter Cup				8	6	6	8
2021	National Championships (17–18)				7			7
	Pan American Championships				4			7
2022	DTB Pokal Team Challenge			5
	Pan American Championships								4
Senior
2022	Winter Cup		28	22	19	25	18	24	17
	U.S. Classic				15			8
	U.S. National Championships		4		9	12	16	8
2023	Winter Cup
	DTB Pokal Team Challenge							5
	NCAA Championships				33	5	19
	World University Games	4	4						7
	U.S. National Championships			7	17	9		8
	World Championships			8
2024	NCAA Championships			23	9		25	12	30
	U.S. National Championships				14	6		9
	Olympic Trials				9	7
	Olympic Games		15						R3

References

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3. "Frederick Richard Meet the Athlete: Bio, career highlights, recent news | NBC Olympics". NBC Olympics. Retrieved June 30, 2024.
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19. "Richard makes more history with all-around bronze at World Championships". USA Gymnastics . October 5, 2023. Archived from the original on December 3, 2023. Retrieved October 6, 2023.
20. Kemps, Scott (April 20, 2024). "Juda Takes Floor Title, Michigan Earns NCAA Finals Runner-Up Finish". MGoBlue.com. CBS Interactive. Archived from the original on April 22, 2024. Retrieved April 20, 2024.
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25. Barton, Hanna (July 27, 2024). "Michigan Duo Frederick Richard and Paul Juda Lead the Way for the U.S. After Gymnastics Qualifications". teamusa.com. Retrieved July 27, 2024.
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28. "Olympic gymnasts head to Phoenix for Gold Over America Tour". KTVK . August 26, 2024.
29. Cornetta, Kat (July 14, 2022). "This Stoughton teen with 615,000 followers on TikTok is a rising gymnastics star, and he's out to flip his way into stardom – The Boston Globe". BostonGlobe.com. Archived from the original on July 14, 2022. Retrieved November 15, 2022.
30. Mich, Alice Park / Ann Arbor (May 1, 2024). "Fred Richard Is Team USA's Next Olympic Hope for Men's Gymnastics". TIME. Retrieved July 10, 2024.
31. Nedoroscik, Stephen (October 2, 2024). "2024 TIME100 Next: Fred Richard" . TIME . Archived from the original on October 2, 2024. Retrieved October 2, 2024.

External links

• Fred Richard at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Fred Richard at USA Gymnastics
• Fred Richard at Olympics.com
• Fred Richard at Team USA