Pauline Tratz

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Pauline Tratz
Deutsche Meisterschaften Geratturnen Mehrkampf weiblich Wettkampf at Internationales Deutsches Turnfest Berlin 2017 (Martin Rulsch) 208.jpg
Tratz in June 2017
Personal information
Full namePauline Charlotte Tratz
Nickname(s)Pulla
Country representedFlag of Germany.svg  Germany
Born (1999-06-14) 14 June 1999 (age 25)
Karlsruhe, Germany
Residence Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubKunstturn Region Karlsruhe
TSV Rintheim
College team UCLA Bruins (2018–22)
Head coach(es)Ursula Koch
Chris Waller
Former coach(es) Valorie Kondos Field
Jordyn Wieber
Randy Lane
Kyla Ross
Retired2 April 2022
Medal record
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

Pauline Charlotte Tratz (born 14 June 1999) is a former German artistic gymnast. [1] Tratz competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she helped her team place 12th. She was an alternate for the German team at the 2016 Summer Olympics, and competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade. [2] She began competing for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team in the 2018 season. [3]

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Personal life

Tratz was born on 14 June 1999 in Karlsruhe to Annette and Matthias Tratz. She has an older brother, Julius. In 2017, Tratz began attending the University of California, Los Angeles where she is currently pursuing a major in communication studies. [3] In 2021, she was named the Pac-12 Women's Gymnastics Scholar-Athlete of the Year. [4]

Career

Elite

2015

Tratz started her senior career in 2015. In March, she competed at the Cottbus World Challenge Cup, where she qualified for the vault final and finished fifth. In April, she competed at the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she qualified for the all-around final and finished 18th. In September, she competed at the German National Championships, winning a silver medal on vault and a bronze medal on floor exercise. In October, she competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and helped Germany finish 12th in the team competition. [5]

2016

In March, she competed at the German National Team Cup, where she placed fifth all-around with a score of 51.250 and also won a silver medal on vault. [6] A few weeks later she competed in the DTB-Pokal Team Challenge held in Stuttgart, where she helped her team win a silver medal. [7] After the competition ended she was selected, along with Sophie Scheder, Elisabeth Seitz, Pauline Schäfer, Tabea Alt and Leah Griesser to represent her country at the 2016 Olympic Test Event.

At the Olympic Test Event held in Rio de Janeiro she helped the German team qualify in second place, thus earning one of the final four spots to send a full team to the Games. [8]

In June, Tratz competed at the German national championships, winning the gold medal on vault and also taking the bronze on the floor exercise. At the German Olympic Trials, Tratz placed ninth in the all around and third on the floor exercise. [5] She was selected as an alternate for the German Olympic team.

On 10 November 2016, auline signed a letter of intent to attend UCLA and compete for the Bruin gymnastics team starting with the 2018 season. [9]

2017

Tratz competing on the balance beam in June 2017 Deutsche Meisterschaften Geratturnen Mehrkampf weiblich Wettkampf at Internationales Deutsches Turnfest Berlin 2017 (Martin Rulsch) 046.jpg
Tratz competing on the balance beam in June 2017

In June, Tratz won the gold on vault at the German national championships. In August, before heading to UCLA, she competed at the 2017 Summer Universiade in Taipei. [2] She contributed to the German team's fourth-place finish, and also qualified to the floor exercise and all-around finals, placing fifth and thirteenth respectively. [5]

College

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

As a freshman, Tratz helped the Bruins win the 2018 NCAA Championship, their seventh NCAA team title. [10] [11]

In May 2021, Tratz announced that she will return to UCLA for her fifth season. [12]

Regular season ranking [13]

SeasonAll-AroundVaultUneven BarsBalance BeamFloor Exercise
2018N/A38thN/AN/A22nd
2019N/A63rdN/AN/A40th
2021N/A70thN/AN/A21st

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2013Junior Japan International138
2014
European Championships 4
Senior
2015 Cottbus World Cup5
European Championships 18
German Championships7Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
German World Championships Trials5Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
World Championships 12
2016 German National Team Cup5Silver medal icon.svg
DTB Team ChallengeSilver medal icon.svg20Bronze medal icon.svg
Olympic Test Event Silver medal icon.svg
German Championships10Gold medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg
German Olympic Trials9Bronze medal icon.svg
Cottbus World Cup4
2017 German ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
Summer Universiade 4135
NCAA
2018 PAC-12 Championships [14] Gold medal icon.svg13Bronze medal icon.svg
NCAA Championships [15] Gold medal icon.svg2427
2019 PAC-12 Championships [16] Gold medal icon.svg124
NCAA Championships Bronze medal icon.svg17
2020 PAC-12 Championships Canceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the USA
[17] [18]
NCAA Championships
2021 PAC-12 Championships Bronze medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svgGold medal icon.svg

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