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Hernandez made her senior debut in 2016 at the City of Jesolo Trophy, where the U.S. team won the gold medal. Hernandez won the bronze medal in the all-around with a score of 58.550, behind two U.S. teammates, fellow first-year senior Ragan Smith and Gabby Douglas, the 2012 Olympic all-around champion. [31]
She competed at the 2020 Olympic Games, winning a silver medal with the team and a bronze medal on the balance beam after withdrawing from most of the events due to "the twisties". [73] [74] She won four gold medals at the 2023 World Championships and three more gold medals at the 2024 Olympic Games. [75] [76]
That year, Gabby Douglas won the gold medal in individual all-around, and Aly Raisman won the gold medal on floor exercise and the bronze medal on balance beam. McKayla Maroney won silver on vault. [12] [13] In 2016 the U.S. won the team gold medal for the second consecutive Olympics, and the third title overall. The team was nicknamed "The ...
She was also the first U.S. athlete to win both team and all-around gold medals at the London Olympics. 4. At only 16 years old, Laurie Hernandez has already had to overcome a major obstacle in ...
Laurie Hernandez was a member of the 2016 USA women's gymnastics team dubbed the "Final Five," meaning she competed alongside the GOAT herself, Simone Biles. The team won gold back at the 2016 Rio ...
Laurie Hernandez won Team USA gold with the Final Five in the 2016 Rio Olympics. Now a NBC commentator, she shares more on her mental health after retirement.
The women's artistic team all-around competition at the 2016 Summer Olympics was held on 9 August 2016 at the HSBC Arena. The United States finished first in the qualification and then won the event final by over eight points. It was Team USA's second consecutive Olympic team gold medal.
Eight years ago in Rio de Janeiro, she was the youngest member of the Simone Biles-led “Final Five” team that stormed to the gold medal. Hernandez added a silver on beam later in those Games, where her boundless energy helped make her a breakout star. Not much has changed in Paris other than Hernandez's point of view.