On Monday, Team USA gymnast Jade Carey, a 21-year old, has won gold and her first Olympic medal in the women’s floor final at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre at the Tokyo Olympics.
Carey, the Arizona native, who was the second to compete on the floor, showed off her fantastic tumbling and earned a score of 14.366.
Behind Carey was Italy’s Vanessa Ferrari, who won silver with a score of 14.200. Japan’s Mai Murakami and Angelina Melnikova of the Russian Olympic Committee shared third place with a score of 14.166.
Carey’s gold is the third straight for Team USA after Aly Raisman won at the 2012 London Games and Simone Biles won at the 2016 Rio Games. (It is the 10th medal overall for the U.S. in the event.)
1. Jade Carey, USA – 14.366
2. Vanessa Ferrari, Italy – 14.200
3. Mai Murakami, Japan – 14.166 | Angelina Melnikova, ROC – 14.166
5. Rebeca Andrade, Brazil – 14.033
6. Jessica Gadirova, Great Britain – 14.000
7. Jennifer Gadirova, Great Britain – 13.233
8. Viktoriia Listunova, ROC – 12.400
Carey’s Career Highlights
- 2020 Olympic floor exercise champion. Also advanced to the all-around & vault finals
- 2021 Winter Cup vault silver medalist
- 2019 World team champion and vault silver medalist
- 2019 U.S. vault & floor exercise silver medalist
- 2018 U.S. floor exercise silver medalist and vault bronze medalist
- 2017 World vault & floor exercise silver medalist
- 2017 U.S. vault champion and floor exercise silver medalist
National Competition Results
- 2021 U.S. Olympic Team Trials, St. Louis, Mo. –
- 2021 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Fort Worth, Texas – 4th-VT; 6th-AA; 8th-UB, FX
- 2021 GK U.S. Classic, Indianapolis, Ind. – 5th-UB(T)
- 2021 Winter Cup, Indianapolis, Ind. – 2nd-VT; 6th-UB
- 2019 World Team Selection Camp, Sarasota, Fla. – 5th-AA
- 2019 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Kansas City, Mo. – 2nd-VT, FX; 7th-AA
- 2019 GK U.S. Classic, Louisville, Ky. – 1st-VT; 2nd-FX(T); 10th-AA
- 2018 U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Boston, Mass. – 2nd-FX; 3rd-VT; 6th-AA
- 2018 GK U.S. Classic, Columbus, Ohio – 1st-VT; 2nd-FX; 10th-AA
- 2018 American Classic, Salt Lake City, Utah –
- 2017 P&G Championships, Anaheim, Calif. – 1st-VT; 2nd-FX
- 2017 U.S. Classic, Chicago, Ill. – 1st-VT, FX; 4th-BB
- 2017 American Classic – 1st-VT, 1st BB, 1st FX
- 2016 Women’s Junior Olympic National Championships, Fort Worth, Texas – 1st-VT(T); 3rd-AA; 4th-FX(T); 6th-UB(T); 8th-BB(T) (Jr. F)
International Competition Results
- 2021 Olympic Games, Tokyo, japan – 1st-FX; 8th-AA, VT
- 2020 Melbourne World Cup, Melbourne, Australia – 1st-VT, FX
- 2019 Swiss Cup, Zurich, Switzerland – 1st-Team
- 2019 World Championships, Stuttgart, Germany – 1st-Team; 2nd-VT
- 2019 Doha World Cup, Doha, Qatar – 1st-VT, FX
- 2019 Baku World Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan – 1st-VT, FX
- 2018 Turner der Meister World Cup, Cottbus, Germany – 2nd-VT; 5th-FX
- 2018 Senior Pan American Championships, Lima, Peru – 1st-Team, VT, FX
- 2017 World Championships, Montreal, Canada – 2nd-VT, FX
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