Sydney Barros

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Sydney Barros
2019-06-28 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's All-around competition Subdivision 1 Balance beam (Martin Rulsch) 035.jpg
Personal information
Full nameSydney Tatiana Barros
Country representedFlag of Puerto Rico.svg  Puerto Rico
Former countries representedFlag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Born (2005-02-21) February 21, 2005 (age 19)
Atlanta, Georgia
Hometown Woodstock, Georgia
Residence Lewisville, Texas
Height5 ft 3 in (160 cm) [1]
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2018–21 (USA)
ClubTexas Dreams
College team UCLA Bruins (2024–27)
Head coach(es) Kim Zmeskal
Medal record
Representing the Flag of the United States (23px).png  United States
Junior World Championships
Bronze medal icon (B initial).svg 2019 Győr Team

Sydney Tatiana Barros (born February 21, 2005) is an American artistic gymnast currently representing Puerto Rico in international competitions. While representing the United States she was a member of the team that won bronze at the inaugural Junior World Championships.

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Early life

Barros was born to Bifredo and Carine Barros in 2005 in Atlanta, Georgia. She has four siblings. [2]

Junior gymnastics career

2016–17

In 2016, Baros was part of the HOPEs program. She competed at the 2016 HOPES Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind Konnor McClain. She posted the third highest scores on both vault and floor exercise. [3]

In 2017, Barros competed for Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta. [4] She appeared in competition for the club from January through April and qualified for junior elite status at the KPAC National Qualifier. [4] [5] She then moved to Texas Dreams and in late July she competed at the 2017 U.S. Classic where she placed 18th in the all-around. [6] She qualified to compete at the 2017 National Championships where she placed 23rd in the all-around. [7]

2018

In 2018 Barros competed at a verification camp where she placed fourth amongst the juniors behind Sunisa Lee, Kayla DiCello, and Jordan Bowers. Due to her performance she was named to the team to compete at the Junior Pan American Championships; as a result she was also added to the junior national team. [8] Later that month Barros traveled to Italy to compete at the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy alongside her club teammates Ragan Smith and Emma Malabuyo. While there Barros only competed on floor exercise and vault as her injured her ankle on the latter and withdrew from the remainder of the competition. [9] Due to the injury she also withdrew from the Pan American Championships. [10]

Barros returned to competition to compete at the 2018 U.S. Classic; however she only competed on uneven bars and balance beam, finishing 13th and 31st respectively. [11] She competed the all-around at the 2018 National Championships where after day 1 she was ranked 17th. She withdrew from the second day of competition. [12]

2019

Barros competed at the Parkettes National Qualifier where she finished second behind éMjae Frazier and re-qualified as a junior elite. [13] In June Barros competed at the Junior World Championships Trials where she placed third in the all-around and was named to the team to compete at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside Skye Blakely and Kayla DiCello. [14]

At the Junior World Championships Barros helped the team win bronze behind Russia and China and finished fifth in the all-around. She qualified to the vault event final in first place. [15] During event finals Barros placed fifth on vault. [16]

2019-06-28 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's All-around competition Subdivision 1 Uneven bars (Martin Rulsch) 245.jpg
Team / All-Around Final
2019-06-28 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's All-around competition Subdivision 1 Floor exercise (Martin Rulsch) 213.jpg
Team / All-Around Final
2019-06-29 1st FIG Artistic Gymnastics JWCH Women's Apparatus finals Vault (Martin Rulsch) 023.jpg
Vault Final

In July Barros competed at the U.S. Classic where she won silver in the all-around behind Konnor McClain. Additionally she won bronze on vault (behind McClain and Blakely) and balance beam (behind McClain and Ciena Alipio), silver on floor exercise behind Blakely, and placed sixth on uneven bars. [17]

In August Barros competed at the U.S. National Championships. After the first day of competition she recorded a score of 55.250 and was in fourth place. [18] During the second day of competition scored a 54.550, giving her a total combined score of 109.850 which was a fifth-place finish. Barros won bronze on uneven bars behind Olivia Greaves and McClain and tied with DiCello and won silver on floor exercise behind DiCello. As a result, she was named to the junior national team. [19]

Senior gymnastics career

2021–22

Barros became age-eligible for senior level competition in 2021. She competed at the Winter Cup, U.S. Classic, and the U.S. National Championships.

Barros finished ninth at the 2022 Winter Cup. In November of that year she officially signed her National Letter of Intent with the UCLA Bruins. [20] Later that month the International Gymnastics Federation approved her nationality switch allowing Barros to start representing Puerto Rico in international competitions. [21]

Competitive history

YearEventTeamAA VT UB BB FX
Representing the Flag of the United States.svg United States
Junior
2017 U.S. Classic 1819321623
US National Championships 2319281323
2018 Verification Camp4
City of Jesolo Trophy WD
U.S. Classic 1331
U.S. National Championships WD
2019 Parkettes National QualifierSilver medal icon.svg
Jr. World Championships TrialsBronze medal icon.svg
Junior World Championships Bronze medal icon.svg55
U.S. Classic Silver medal icon.svgBronze medal icon.svg6Bronze medal icon.svgSilver medal icon.svg
U.S. National Championships 56Bronze medal icon.svg9Silver medal icon.svg
Senior
2021 Winter Cup 201610
U.S. Classic 19252127
U.S. National Championships 18132022
2022 Winter Cup 910613
Representing Flag of Puerto Rico.svg Puerto Rico
2023 PR National ChampionshipsGold medal icon.svg
Pan American Championships 88111113
Central American & Caribbean Games 6

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