Megan Skaggs | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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![]() Skaggs at the 2015 Pan American Games | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Full name | Megan Stephanie Skaggs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Skaggs | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Born | Atlanta, Georgia, U.S. | May 7, 1999|||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Hometown | Marietta, Georgia, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Gymnastics career | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Country represented | ![]() | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2015 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
College team | Florida Gators (2018–21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Jenny Rowland | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Owen Field, Adrian Burde | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Former coach(es) | Jacobo Giron, Elena Pankratova | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Choreographer | Jeremy Miranda | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Retired | April 16, 2022 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Megan Stephanie Skaggs (born May 7, 1999, in Atlanta) is an American artistic gymnast. [1] She was added to the US national gymnastics team in 2015, [2] and she made her international debut at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy finished eighth in the all-around. [3] She competed at the 2015 Pan American Games and won a gold medal with the team. [4] She won a silver medal on beam behind Canadian Ellie Black. [5]
On March 31, 2016, she retired from elite gymnastics. [6] She signed the National Letter of Intent to the University of Florida and the Florida Gators gymnastics program on November 10, 2016. [7]