Maggie Nichols (gymnast)

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Maggie Nichols
— Gymnast ♀ —
Full name Margaret Mary Nichols
Nickname(s) Maggie
Country represented  United States
Born (1997-09-12) September 12, 1997 (age 27)
Little Canada, Minnesota
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2013–present (US)
Club Twin City Twisters
College team Oklahoma Sooners
(2016–20)
Head coach(es) Sarah Jantzi, Rich Stenger
Medal record
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Team
Bronze medal – third place 2015 Glasgow Floor Exercise
World Cup
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Tokyo All-Around
City of Jesolo Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2013 Jesolo Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Jesolo Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Jesolo Team
Silver medal – second place 2013 Jesolo Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Jesolo All-Around
American Cup
Silver medal – second place 2016 Newark All-Around
National Championships
Silver medal – second place 2015 Indianapolis All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Pittsburgh Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Pittsburgh Uneven Bars
Bronze medal – third place 2014 Pittsburgh All-Around

Margaret Mary "Maggie" Nichols (born September 12, 1997 in Little Canada, Minnesota) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold medal-winning team at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and also earned at bronze medal on the Floor Exercise at those Championships.

Senior career

2013

Nichols was added to the national team in March and was selected to represent the United States at the City of Jesolo Trophy and at the Germany-Romania-U.S.A. Friendly.[1] At the City of Jesolo Trophy, she finished first with the team and sixth in the all-around. In the event finals, she won a silver on floor.

At the Secret U.S. Classic, Nichols finished sixth in the all-around, eleventh on bars, eighth on beam, and fifth on floor.[2] At the National Championships, she placed fifth in the all-around[3] and on the balance beam, sixth on uneven bars, and ninth on floor.[4]

2014

At the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy, Nichols finished first with the team and third in the all-around.[5] At the Tokyo Cup, she finished third in the all-around.[6] At the U.S. Classic, she placed third all-around and on floor, fifth on uneven bars, and seventh on balance beam.

In August, Nichols competed at the U.S. National Championships, where she placed third in the all-around behind Simone Biles and Kyla Ross, as well as on uneven bars and floor exercise. She placed fourth on balance beam. After the competition, Nichols was named to the national team.

In August and September, Nichols competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Canada, where she helped the American team place first. Individually, she placed third in the all-around competition with a score of 55.500.[7] However, she dislocated her kneecap on floor exercise during the team final and consequentially withdrew from the U.S. women's World Championships selection training camp later in September.[8]

2015

At the Jesolo Trophy, Nichols finished first with the team and seventh in the all-around.[9]

On July 25, Nichols competed at the Secret U.S. Classic and finished third in the all-around, behind two-time reigning World All-Around Champion Simone Biles and 2012 Olympic All-Around Champion Gabby Douglas. She debuted her Amanar vault and scored 15.80. She finished fifth on bars with a score of 14.95, as well as finishing fifth on beam with a score of 14.45. She ended her night on floor where she scored a 14.80, and finished third on the event with a total all-around score of 60.000.[10]

On August 13 and 15, Nichols competed at the 2015 P&G Championships in Indianapolis, Indiana.

During night one at the 2015 P&G Championships, Nichols led the competition for the first three rotations. She began on vault, scoring a 15.80 with an Amanar. On bars, she performed a good routine and stuck her dismount, scoring a 14.95. On the balance beam, she debuted several new skills in her routine, performing a tucked barani, a switch ring, and dismounting with a full twisting double tuck. Nichols' routine went overtime, and as a result incurred a one-tenth deduction and scored a 14.40. Nichols ended her first night of competition the floor exercise with a routine that included a double-twisting-double-tuck, both a tucked and piked full-in, and a double tuck dismount. She scored a 14.55, bringing her all around total for the night to 59.700, 1.400 points behind Biles.

On night two, Nichols began on bars with a solid routine scoring a 14.8. During the warm up before beam, she fell on her full twisting double back dismount and decided to change her dismount. Instead, she performed a double pike and scored a 14.65, higher than her score on night one despite losing three-tenths in start value. On floor, she stumbled out of bounds on her double-double mount and both of her feet went out which incurred a three-tenth deduction, and she scored a relatively low 14.15. She closed out her competition on the vault where she scored a 15.85 to finish in second place with a two-night total of 119.150.

At the conclusion of the championships, Nichols was named to the Senior National Team once again along with an invitation to the 2015 Worlds Selection Camp.

At the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, Nichols was selected to compete on vault, beam, and floor in the team preliminary. During the team final, Nichols competed on all four events, contributing an all around total of 59.232 toward the U.S. women's gold medal finish. Nichols also qualified for the floor event final, where she earned a bronze medal.

On November 11, 2015, Nichols signed the National Letter of Intent to the University of Oklahoma.[11]

2016

On December 17, 2015, USA Gymnastics revealed that Nichols would represent the U.S. at the 2016 AT&T American Cup.[12]

On March 5, Nichols competed at the 2016 AT&T American Cup. She placed second in the All-Around behind 2012 Olympic All-Around Champion and American teammate Gabby Douglas. Nichols scored a 59.699 to earn the silver medal. Following the competition U.S National Team Co-Ordinator, Martha Karolyi stated that "Maggie showed again that I can rely on her".[13] This competition cemented Nichols as a contender for the 2016 Olympic team.

A month later, in April, Nichols sustained a 'slight' knee injury that forced her to withdraw from the 2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships in Seattle, Washington throughout April 8–10; she was replaced by Ragan Smith.[14] Nichols underwent arthroscopic knee surgery for a menuscus tear from an Amanar vault landing during training. In April 2016 she was in rehabilitation and is expected to return to training within six weeks.[15]

Personal life

Nichols attends Roseville High School, graduating in 2016.[16]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2011 Nastia Liukin Cup 20th
Junior Olympic National Championships 2nd 2nd 1st 1st 3rd
Elite Qualifier 1st 1st 2nd 3rd 5th
American Classic 8th 3rd 2nd
2012 American Classic 3rd 3rd 4th 2nd 7th
Secret U.S. Classic (Junior) 7th
Visa National Championships (Junior) 11th 10th 14th 10th 11th
2013 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st 6th 2nd
GER-ROU-USA Friendly 1st
Secret U.S. Classic 6th 11th 8th 5th
P&G Gymnastics Championships 5th 6th 5th 9th
2014 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st 3rd
Tokyo World Cup 3rd
Secret U.S. Classic 3rd 5th 7th 3rd
P&G Gymnastics Championships 3rd 3rd 4th 3rd
Pan American Championships 1st 3rd
2015 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st 7th
Secret U.S. Classic 3rd 5th 5th 3rd
P&G Gymnastics Championships 2nd 7th 4th 5th
World Championships 1st 3rd
2016 American Cup 2nd

References

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  9. ↑ "Maggie Nichols". usagym.org. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  10. ↑ "2015 Secret U.S. Classic". usagym.org. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  11. ↑ http://www.soonersports.com/ViewArticle.dbml?DB_OEM_ID=31000&ATCLID=210483290
  12. ↑ https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=17744&prog=
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  14. ↑ http://espn.go.com/olympics/story/_/id/15142028/us-gymnast-maggie-nichols-pacific-rims-knee-injury
  15. ↑ http://olympics.nbcsports.com/2016/04/12/maggie-nichols-torn-meniscus-gymnastics-olympics/
  16. ↑ http://www.twincities.com/2016/04/05/roseville-olympic-gymnastics-hopeful-maggie-nichols-injured/
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