Katherine Grable

Last updated
Katherine Grable
Country representedFlag of the United States.svg  United States
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
LevelCollege
College team Arkansas Razorbacks
Former coach(es)Phyllis and Dale Hardt of Oshkosh Gymnastics Center, Oshkosh, WI
Alma mater University of Arkansas

Katherine Grable is an American gymnast. Competing as a gymnast for the Arkansas Razorbacks, Grable capped off her career by winning both the Vault and the Floor at the 2014 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championships, also attaining second in the All-Around.

She won on Floor with a score of 9.9625, while her score of 9.975 on Vault (tied with Rheagan Courville) was the highest in the history of the NCAA championships for that event. [1]

2014 was Katherine's fourth trip to the NCAA Event Finals – and also the last meet of her college gymnastics career. Previously, she had qualified twice on Floor and once on Beam. Her highest finish had been sixth on Floor in 2013, with a score of 9.8875. [2] After winning the NCAA title in two events for 2014, she commented: “It has been a dream of mine for my floor and vault routines to be recognized during my time as a Razorback. To win both events in the final meet of my career is surreal.”

At various points in time, she has done better than she initially thought possible. Looking back on her entry into the Razorback program, she said, “When I first came in, I was just oblivious to everything. I just kind of came in – I never really thought, as a freshman, that I'd have an impact on the program.” [3]

In an interview just prior to the Southeastern Conference (SEC) Championships (in March 2014), when asked about trouble with her hip, Katherine replied that she had been “having trouble with it all year” and had been doing “the least amount of skills possible, just trying to keep it as healthy as possible.” Asked about the likely impact of this in the SEC competition, she said that she had been dealing with it all year, since before the season started” and that this was just another day. Asked about specific goals, she said that she wanted to do well in her routines and that in her last SEC competition, she just wanted “to really have fun”. [4] At the competition, following a vote of all the coaches, she was named SEC Gymnast of the Year. [5]

She was the gymnastics stunt double for Haley Lu Richardson in the film The Bronze .

Related Research Articles

Courtney Kupets American artistic gymnast

Courtney Anne Kupets Carter is a former American artistic gymnast. She is a two-time Olympic medalist from the 2004 Olympics, the 2002 world champion on the uneven bars, the 2003 U.S. national all-around champion, and the 2004 U.S. national all-around co-champion. She is also a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. team at the 2003 World Championships.

Anna Anatolyevna Pavlova is a Russian-born artistic gymnast who won two bronze medals at the 2004 Olympic Games in Athens, and represented Russia in other international competitions. In 2002 she had won the Russian National Championships.

Kristen Ann Maloney is a retired gymnast from Pen Argyl, Pennsylvania, United States, who won bronze in the team event at the 2000 Olympic Games. Maloney was also the U.S. senior all-around national champion in 1998 and 1999 and the 1998 Goodwill Games gold medalist on the balance beam.

Samantha Peszek American artistic gymnast

Samantha Nicole Peszek is an American former artistic gymnast. She was a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Summer Olympics, which won silver.

Kayla Marie Hoffman is a former American artistic gymnast from Union, New Jersey. A former senior international elite, she competed for the University of Alabama gymnastics team from 2008 to 2011. In 2011, she won the Honda Sports Award as the top woman gymnast.

Jordyn Wieber American former artistic gymnast and current NCAA gymnastics coach

Jordyn Marie Wieber is an American former artistic gymnast turned gymnastics coach who is the current head coach of the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team, assuming the position in April 2019 following the retirement of long-time head coach Mark Cook. She was a member of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team, dubbed the "Fierce Five" by the media, at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team competition. She was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 World Championships, where she also won the individual all-around title and was the bronze medalist on the balance beam.

Kyla Ross American artistic gymnast

Kyla Briana Ross is a retired American artistic gymnast. She was an elite gymnast from 2009 to 2016 where she was a member of the U.S. Women's Gymnastics team. She was named to the 2012 Summer Olympic squad, dubbed the Fierce Five, which won the gold medal in the team competition. Ross was also a member of the gold-medal-winning U.S. team at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. Individually, she is the 2013 world all-around, uneven bars and balance beam silver medalist and the 2014 world all-around bronze medalist.

McKayla Maroney American artistic gymnast

McKayla Rose Maroney is an American retired artistic gymnast. She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team dubbed the Fierce Five at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team and an individual silver medal in the vault event. Maroney was also a member of the gold-winning American team at the 2011 World Championships, where she won gold medals in the team and vault competitions. She defended her World title and won the gold medal on vault at the 2013 World Championships, becoming the first U.S. female gymnast to defend a World Championship vault title.

Katelyn Ohashi artistic gymnast

Katelyn Michelle Ohashi is an American former artistic gymnast who competed for the University of California, Los Angeles. She is a six-time All-American and was a four-time member of USA Gymnastics' Junior National Team, the 2011 junior national champion and the winner of the 2013 American Cup. She was trending globally on various social media networks in January 2019 for her perfect 10 score at the 2019 Collegiate Challenge, the fourth perfect 10 floor routine of her career.

Kytra Tinisha Hunter is a former American artistic gymnast who competed for the University of Florida from 2011–15. One of Florida's most decorated gymnasts, Hunter is a 25-time All-American and a four-time individual NCAA national champion. She was a 2015 recipient of the Honda Award.

Elizabeth "Ebee" Nicole Price is a retired American artistic gymnast. Price was an alternate for the 2012 Summer Olympics Gymnastics team, the 2014 American Cup Champion, and the 2013-2014 Artistic Gymnastics World Cup All Around Series Winner. She was a member of the US Junior National Gymnastics Team from 2010 to 2012 and the US Senior National Team from 2012 to 2014. She retired from international elite gymnastics in April 2014. In the fall of 2014, she joined the Stanford University women's gymnastics team and competed in her first NCAA competition on January 4, 2015. She won two weekly honors: Pac-12 Freshman/Newcomer of the Week and Specialist of the Week. At the 2015 Pac-12 Conference Championships, she tied for the uneven bars title, tied for third on vault, and was named Pac-12 Specialist of the Year. Price finished the season as 2015 NCAA national vault champion and a three time first-team All-American.

MyKayla Brooke Skinner Harmer is an American artistic gymnast. She competed at the 2014 World Championships where she contributed to the U.S. team's gold medal, also winning an individual bronze medal on vault and placing fourth on floor exercise. She has won ten total medals at the USA Gymnastics National Championships during her senior career. Skinner is known for her high level of difficulty on vault and floor. She attended the University of Utah, where she was a member of its NCAA women's gymnastics team.

Madison "Maddie" Desch is a retired American artistic gymnast who was a member of the gold medal winning US team at the 2014 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and 2015 Pan American Games. She is currently a member of the gymnastics team at the University of Alabama where she accepted a full athletic scholarship to study beginning in 2016.

Madison Kocian American artistic gymnast

Madison Taylor Kocian is a retired American artistic gymnast. On the uneven bars, she is one of four 2015 world champions and the 2016 Olympic silver medalist. She was part of the gold medal-winning team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, and was a member of the first-place American teams at the 2014 and 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She graduated from the University of California, Los Angeles in 2020, where she was a member of its NCAA women's gymnastics team.

Laurie Hernandez American artistic gymnast

Lauren Zoe "Laurie" Hernandez is an American artistic gymnast. She competed as a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics, winning gold in the team event and silver on the balance beam.

Kennedy Baker is a retired American collegiate and artistic gymnast. She competed as an elite gymnast from 2009 through 2013 and has since retired. She had competed in collegiate gymnastics for the Florida Gators.

The 2014 NCAA Women's Gymnastics Championship was held in Birmingham, Alabama, on April 18–20, 2014. Gymnasts from the six regional meets advanced to the NCAA Division I national team and individual competitions. The team competition was won by Florida and Oklahoma.

McKenna Lane Kelley is a retired American artistic gymnast.

Maggie Nichols (gymnast) American artistic gymnast

Margaret Mary Nichols is an American collegiate artistic gymnast for the University of Oklahoma. She was the ninth NCAA gymnast to complete a Gym Slam, the first to do so for Oklahoma, and the first NCAA gymnast to have achieved it twice.

Ragan Smith American artistic gymnast

Ragan Elizabeth Smith is an American collegiate gymnast. She is a five-time member of the US National Team (2014–2019). She is the 2017 United States national all-around champion and was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team.

References

  1. "René Lyst Bio". TheSunDevils.com. Archived from the original on 2015-10-04. Retrieved 2015-10-03.
  2. "Katherine Grable Vies For Two NCAA Titles In Final Meet". Arkansas Razorbacks. 22 July 2014.
  3. "Katherine Grable: A Decorated Career Winds Down". The Arkansas Traveler.
  4. "SEC Gymnast of the YEAR Katherine Grable says her hip injury won't be a factor at SECs". FloGymnastics.
  5. "Katherine Grable Named SEC Gymnast of the Year". FloGymnastics.