Lillian Lippeatt (born August 28, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast.[1] She became a United States national team member in 2019 and made her international debut at the 2019 Gymnix International.
| Lilly Lippeatt | ||||||
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| Full name | Lillian Lippeatt | |||||
| Country represented |  United States | |||||
| Born | August 28, 2004 Cincinnati, Ohio, USA | |||||
| Hometown | Mason, Ohio, USA | |||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||
| Years on national team | 2019–21 (USA) | |||||
| Club | Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy | |||||
| College team | Clemson Tigers (2024–27) | |||||
| Head coach(es) | Mary Lee Tracy | |||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Cassie Whitcomb | |||||
Medal record
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Career
editJunior
editLippeatt began gymnastics in 2007.[1] Her first national competition was the 2015 HOPES Championships in Chicago, where she placed first on uneven bars and fifth all-around.[2]
In March 2017, Lippeatt competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup, placing first on floor exercise and beam, and seventh all-around.[3] That same month, Lilly went on and qualified as a Junior International Elite at KPAC Elite qualifier.[1] In July 2017 she competed at the US Classic, placing seventh on floor and tenth all-around.[4] She also competed at the 2017 P&G Championships. There Lippeatt ranked 15th all-around,[5] 25th on vault, 24th on uneven bars, 14th on balance beam and tenth on floor exercise.[6]
In August 2018, Lippeatt competed at the US Gymnastics Championships in Boston and placed 21st all-around.[7]
She joined the United States' junior national team on 24 February 2019.[8] In March 2019, she made her international debut at Gymnix International alongside fellow American juniors Skye Blakely, Olivia Greaves and Kaylen Morgan.[9] The American team won the junior team final.[10] Individually Lippeatt finished fifth all-around[10] and won bronze on balance beam.[11] In July 2019, she competed at the GK US Classic, placing ninth all-around.[12] At the US Gymnastics Championships in Kansas City that August, Lippeatt finished fifth on uneven bars and floor exercise,[13] and eighth all-around.[14] Lilly was named Region 5 Elite Athlete of the year September 2019.[2]
Senior
editLippeatt joined the senior national team on March 3, 2020.[15] She made her senior debut on March 6–8 at Gymnix International. With teammates MyKayla Skinner, Faith Torrez and Emily Lee,[16] she won team gold and individually placed eighth on balance beam.[1]
February 28, Lilly competed in the 2021 Winter Cup Senior Division. She had a great showing and tied for third on floor with Shilese Jones and finished up fourth all-around. This earned her a spot on the Senior National team for the second time.[3]
References
edit- ^ a b c "USA Gymnastics | Lillian Lippeatt". usagym.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "2015 HOPES Championships Meet Results" (PDF). United States Gymnastics. 24 July 2015.
- ^ "Rivers, Bauman win 2017 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "2017 US Classic Meet Results - Juniors" (PDF). United States Gymnastics. 29 July 2017.
- ^ "2017 P&G Championships - Women Day 2 - Meet Results Multi" (PDF). United States Gymnastics. 20 August 2017.
- ^ "2017 P&G Championships - Women Day 2 Event Results Multi" (PDF). 20 August 2017.
- ^ "2018 US Championships - Women Day 2 Meet Results - Multi" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. 19 August 2018.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Women's Past Junior National Teams". usagym.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "U.S. women compete in 2019 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ a b "USA wins junior team title and two all-around medals at 2019 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "USA wins four junior, senior event titles at 2019 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "2019 GK US Classic Meet Results" (PDF). United States Gymnastics. 20 July 2019. Archived from the original (PDF) on 12 August 2019.
- ^ "2019 US Championships - Women Day 2 - Event Results Multi" (PDF). United States Gymnastics. 11 August 2019.
- ^ "2019 US Championships - Women Day 2 - Meet Results Multi" (PDF). United States Gymnastics. 11 August 2019.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics | Women's Past Senior National Teams". usagym.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "U.S. women to compete in 2020 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 2020-03-27.