Nia Dennis

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Nia Dennis
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Dennis at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy.
Personal information
Country representedFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (1999-02-23) February 23, 1999 (age 25)
Columbus, Ohio, United States
Hometown Westerville, Ohio, United States
Residence Los Angeles, California, United States
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite (2015–16)
NCAA (2017–21)
Years on national team2012–16 (USA)
ClubBuckeye Gymnastics
Legacy Elite Gymnastics
College team UCLA Bruins
Head coach(es) Chris Waller
Assistant coach(es) Randy Lane
Former coach(es) Kittia Carpenter
Li Li
Li Yuejiu
Wu Jiani
Valorie Kondos Field
Jordyn Wieber
RetiredApril 3, 2021
Medal record
Representing Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2014 Richmond Team
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Richmond All-Around
Silver medal icon (S initial).svg 2014 Richmond Vault
Representing UCLA Bruins
UCLA Bruins script.svg
NCAA Championships
Gold medal icon (G initial).svg 2018 St. Louis Team
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Fort Worth Team

Nia Camille Dennis (born February 23, 1999) is a retired American collegiate artistic gymnast. She was a member of the USA National Team from 2012 to 2016. She is the 2014 Pacific Rim team champion and junior all-around and vault silver medalist. She was a member of the UCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team.

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Gymnastics career

Career beginnings

2010–12

Dennis competed at the 2010 Covergirl Classic in the 10-11 Hopes Division, where she placed second. [1] In 2011 Dennis qualified to Junior International Elite status. She qualified to the Covergirl Classic in the Junior division. She finished 21st of 36 participants, with a score of 50.450 [2] and therefore did not advance to the National Championships.

Dennis was scheduled to compete at the 2012 Secret U.S. Classic but withdrew due to injury. [3] She advanced to the 2012 National Championships as she had already qualified. She had an excellent two days of competition, accumulating a two-day all-around score of 109.550. [4]

Junior elite

2013

Dennis returned to the Secret U.S. Classic in 2013. She finished fifth all-around, picking up a gold medal in vault (15.250) and a silver on floor exercise (14.600). [5] Dennis advanced to the 2013 National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut. She finished her two days of competition with 112.550, placing fourth in the all-around. [6] She took home a silver medal on vault also.

2014

Dennis made her international debut in March 2014 at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. She took home a team gold and individual silvers on the uneven bars and the all-around. [7] She went on to compete at the 2014 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Richmond, British Columbia, where she won the gold medal with the U.S. team and won silver in the all-around and on vault behind teammate Bailie Key. [8] In August Dennis competed at the U.S. Classic where she finished second in the all-around behind Jordan Chiles. She won gold on uneven bars, silver on vault behind Chiles, silver on balance beam behind Norah Flatley, and placed 26th on floor exercise. [9] Dennis finished the season competing at the National Championships. She placed second in the all-around behind Jazmyn Foberg. She placed first on vault and floor exercise, third on uneven bars behind Foberg and Flatley, 22nd on balance beam. [10]

Senior elite

2015

Dennis turned senior in 2015. On February 17, 2015, Dennis announced that she had committed to UCLA for NCAA gymnastics. [11] At the 2015 U.S. Classic Dennis did not compete on floor exercise. She finished sixth and seventh on uneven bars and balance beam respectively. [12] At the 2015 National Championships Dennis finished ninth in the all-around, [13] 13th on uneven bars, fourth on balance beam, and tenth on floor exercise. [14] Following the National Championships Dennis was named to the U.S. Senior National Team and was invited to the World Championships training camp. [15]

2016

Dennis was selected to represent the United States at the Stuttgart World Cup. [16] However, in February 2016, she tore her Achilles tendon [17] and was replaced by Amelia Hundley. [18] In June Dennis competed at the National Championships where she only competed on uneven bars. She finished eighth on the apparatus. [19]

On November 16 Dennis officially signed her National Letter of Intent with the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team. [20]

NCAA

2017–18 season

In the fall of 2017, Dennis began attending the University of California, Los Angeles, joining the gymnastics program for the 2017–2018 season. [21]

Regular season ranking [22]

SeasonAll-AroundVaultUneven BarsBalance BeamFloor Exercise
2018N/A28th43rdN/A109th
2019N/A23rdN/A347th86th
2020 [lower-alpha 1] N/A32ndN/AN/A18th
2021N/A24th34th330th21st
  1. ↑ The season was cancelled after the 10th week of competition due to the coronavirus pandemic.

Competitive history

Junior

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
2012 National Championships 791358
2013 U.S. Classic 5Gold medal icon.svg169Silver medal icon.svg
National Championships 4Silver medal icon.svg2064
2014 City of Jesolo Trophy Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
Pacific Rim Championships Gold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg6
U.S. Classic Silver medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg26
National Championships Silver medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg22Gold medal icon.svg

Senior

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
2015 U.S. Classic 67
National Championships 913410
2016 National Championships 8

NCAA

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
2018 PAC-12 Championships Gold medal icon.svg137
NCAA Championships Gold medal icon.svg5854
2019 PAC-12 Championships Gold medal icon.svg88
NCAA Championships Bronze medal icon.svg720
2020 PAC-12 Championships Canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the USA [23] [24]
NCAA Championships
2021 PAC-12 Championships Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg

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References

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  2. ↑ "CoverGirl Classic Chicago, IL (USA) 2011 July 23 Artistic Gymnastics Results Women Junior". Gymnastics Results. 23 July 2011. Archived from the original on 8 October 2017. Retrieved 29 December 2014.
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  12. ↑ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15susc_sr.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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  17. ↑ Hopkins, Lauren (February 18, 2016). "Okay, I can confirm that Nia Dennis has torn her Achilles. Truly heartbroken for her after such a strong return to the sport last summer".
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  19. ↑ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_16champs_srevents.pdf [ bare URL PDF ]
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