Lilly Lippeatt | ||||||
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Born | Cincinnati, Ohio, U.S. | August 28, 2004|||||
Gymnastics career | ||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||
Country represented | ![]() | |||||
Years on national team | 2019–21 (USA) | |||||
College team | Clemson Tigers (2024–27) | |||||
Club | Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy | |||||
Head coach(es) | Mary Lee Tracy | |||||
Assistant coach(es) | Cassie Whitcomb | |||||
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Lillian Lippeatt (born August 28, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast. [1] She became a United States national team member in 2019 and made her international debut at the 2019 Gymnix International.
Lippeatt began gymnastics in 2007. [1] Her first national competition was the 2015 HOPES Championships in Chicago, where she placed first on uneven bars and fifth all-around. [2]
In March 2017, Lippeatt competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup, placing first on floor exercise and beam, and seventh all-around. [3] That same month, Lilly went on and qualified as a Junior International Elite at KPAC Elite qualifier. In July 2017 she competed at the US Classic, placing seventh on floor and tenth all-around. [4] She also competed at the 2017 P&G Championships. There Lippeatt ranked 15th all-around, [5] 25th on vault, 24th on uneven bars, 14th on balance beam and tenth on floor exercise. [6]
In August 2018, Lippeatt competed at the US Gymnastics Championships in Boston and placed 21st all-around. [7]
She joined the United States' junior national team on February 24, 2019. [8] In March 2019, she made her international debut at Gymnix International alongside fellow American juniors Skye Blakely, Olivia Greaves and Kaylen Morgan. [9] The American team won the junior team final. [10] Individually Lippeatt finished fifth all-around [10] and won bronze on balance beam. [11] In July 2019, she competed at the GK US Classic, placing ninth all-around. [12] At the US Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City that August, Lippeatt finished fifth on uneven bars and floor exercise, [13] and eighth all-around. [14] Lilly was named Region 5 Elite Athlete of the year September 2019.
Lippeatt joined the senior national team on March 3, 2020. [15] She made her senior debut on March 6–8 at Gymnix International. With teammates MyKayla Skinner, Faith Torrez and Emily Lee, [16] she won team gold and individually placed eighth on balance beam. [1]
February 28, Lilly competed in the 2021 Winter Cup Senior Division. She had a great showing and tied for third on floor with Shilese Jones and finished up fourth all-around. This earned her a spot on the Senior National team for the second time. [17]