Natalie Wojcik

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Natalie Wojick
Born (1999-10-14) October 14, 1999 (age 24)
Abington, Pennsylvania, United States
Hometown Douglassville, Pennsylvania, United States
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
ClubStallone Gymnastics (2016–2018)
Berks Gymnastics (2014–2016)
College team Michigan Wolverines
(Class of 2022)
Head coach(es) Bev Plocki
Marty Amrich
Assistant coach(es)Gina Stallone Amrich
Medal record
Representing Michigan Wolverines
Michigan Wolverines logo.svg
NCAA Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2019 Fort Worth Balance Beam
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2021 Fort Worth Team

Natalie Wojcik (born October 14, 1999) is an American artistic gymnast. [1] She currently competes for the Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics team, and is a four-time All-American. [2]

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Early and personal life

Wojcik was born in Abington, Pennsylvania to Bernie and Suzy Wojcik. [1] She grew up in Douglassville, Pennsylvania with three siblings, Nicole, Nadia and Noelle, who are all competitive gymnasts. Wojcik began gymnastics at the age of three. She is of Polish descent.

Career

In the fall of 2018, Wojcik began attending the University of Michigan, joining the Michigan Wolverines women's gymnastics team. In her collegiate debut, she broke the school record of the highest all-around score (39.625) in a college debut with a 39.625; Wojcik also won three event titles (vault, bars and beam) at the same meet. She was named the WCGA Northeast Regional Gymnast of the Year and the Big Ten Freshman of the Year; she was named a two-time All-American for her freshman season: first team on balance beam, second team in the all-around.

In the post-season, Wojcik helped to lead her team to first place at the Big Ten Championships, becoming the Big Ten Floor and All-Around Champion, as well as second-place on vault and beam. Moreover, Wojcik was named to the All-Big Ten first team. [3] At the NCAA National Championships, she became the Regional Floor Champion at the Ann Arbor regional, placed 5th with her team (despite posting the 4th highest score of the two semi-finals), and became the National Beam Champion with a score of 9.950. [4]

Following her senior year in 2022, she was awarded the AAI Award. During her career at Michigan she earned 87 career event and all-around victories, as well as notching 108 career scores of 9.900 or higher. [5] In June 2022, she was awarded the Excellence in Sports Award by the National Polish-American Sports Hall of Fame for her 2021 achievements.

Regular season ranking

SeasonAll-AroundVaultUneven BarsBalance BeamFloor Exercise
20196th3rd23rd7th32nd
202014th34th19th17th37th
20216th12th6th4th54th

[6]

Career perfect 10.0s

[7]

SeasonDateEventMeet
2019February 23, 2019VaultElevate the Stage
2021February 15, 2021Balance BeamMichigan vs Nebraska
March 20, 2021VaultBig Ten Championships
2022February 4, 2022Michigan @ Rutgers
2023February 10, 2023Balance BeamMichigan vs Minnesota

NCAA Regular season ranking

[8]

SeasonAll-AroundVaultUneven BarsBalance BeamFloor Exercise
20196th3rd23rd7th32nd
2020 [lower-alpha 1] 14th34th19th17th37th
20216th12th6th4th54th
202211th10th8th8th19th
202317th56th12th15th127th
  1. The season was cancelled after the 10th week of competition due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Level 10
2016 Nastia Liukin Cup 4
2017 Nastia Liukin Cup 4
2018 Nastia Liukin Cup 4
NCAA
2019 Big 10 Championships [9] Gold medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg12Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
NCAA Championships [10] SF8Gold medal icon.svg15
2020Post-season cancelled due to the COVID-19 pandemic [11]
2021 Big 10 Championships Silver medal icon.svg13Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg1153
NCAA Championships Gold medal icon.svg24111713
2022 Big 10 Championships Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg
NCAA Championships 88

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