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Full name | Michelle Janeth Pineda | ||||||||||||||||||||
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Born | United States | 13 December 2007||||||||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||||||||
Club | Metroplex Gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Michelle Janeth Pineda (born 13 December 2007) [1] is a Mexican-American senior artistic gymnast. She was the 2024 Pan American senior all around champion.
Pineda began gymnastics at age six and began training at Metroplex Gymnastics in 2017. [2]
She began her junior elite season competing at the 2021 Winter Cup, placing 13th in the junior all around. [3] In 2022 she placed eleventh in the junior Winter Cup all around, tied with Claire Pease of WOGA. She placed seventh in the junior U.S Classic, [4] and seventeenth in the junior U.S. Championship. [5]
Pineda qualified elite following the Buckeye Classic in 2022, where she gained a 49.900 score in the all around, surpassing the necessary 49.500 to qualify. She was the only competitor at the meet to gain elite status. [6] At the 2023 senior American Classic Pineda earned the bronze in the all around and gold on the floor exercise. [7]
In 2024 Pineda gained a FIG licence to compete for Mexico, and she joined their B team. [8] She then competed in the 2024 Pan American Championships, where she qualified first in the all around with a score of 52.533. She also contributed on all events to lead Mexico to a team bronze. [9] During the all around final she earned the gold medal with a score of 52.500. [9] In event finals she placed fourth on uneven bars and tied with Brazil's Hellen Carvalho for silver on floor exercise with a score of 13.100. She won the gold on balance beam with a score of 13.367. [10]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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Representing USA ![]() | |||||||
Junior | |||||||
2021 | Winter Cup | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | |
2022 | Winter Cup | 11 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 8 | |
U.S. Classic | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | ||
U.S. National Championships | 17 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 21 | ||
Senior | |||||||
2023 | Winter Cup | 16 | 23 | 17 | 10 | ||
American Classic | ![]() | ![]() | |||||
U.S. Classic | 9 | 13 | 8 | 12 | |||
U.S. National Championships | 21 | 15 | 17 | 21 | |||
Representing Mexico ![]() | |||||||
2024 | Pan American Championships | ![]() | ![]() | 4 | ![]() | ![]() |
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