Ragan Elisabeth Smith (born August 8, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She is a current member of the US National Team and has been since 2014. She is the 2017 National Champion and was an alternate for the 2016 Olympic team.
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Personal life
Smith was born in Snellville, Georgia, to Michael and Kerry Smith. She has two younger brothers. Her mother was a gymnastics coach. Smith began gymnastics in 2004.
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Junior career
2013
Smith qualified for Junior International Elite status in 2013 and advanced to the 2013 Secret U.S. Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She placed 23rd in the all-around and advanced to U.S. Nationals later in the month, where she finished 17th all-around.
2014
Smith attended her first international assignment in March 2014, after her addition to the U.S. National Team, at the 2014 City of Jesolo Trophy in Venice, Italy. She contributed an all-around score of 52.650.
In August 2014, Smith competed at the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic and scored 54.450, finishing thirteenth in the all-around and first on floor, advancing to U.S. Nationals.
At Nationals, she placed seventh in the all-around with a two-day combined total of 110.750 and second on beam and floor with scores of 29.000 and 29.150, respectively.
2015
In March, Smith once again attended the City of Jesolo Trophy. In qualifications (that served also as an all-around/team final), Smith placed 5th with a score of 56.100 and made both the vault and floor finals. She scored a 14.350 on vault - earning a third-place finish - and 14.250 on floor, placing second.
Smith competed in the Secret U.S. Classic, placing 1st on the floor exercise, as well as 2nd in the all-around and 3rd on vault. In August, Smith attended the 2015 US Nationals. She came in 3rd all-around with a two-day combined score of 116.450 and won both balance beam and floor. On December 19, 2015, Smith committed to the University of Oklahoma and the Sooners program.
Senior career
2016
Smith's senior debut came at the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy in March, where she finished second on beam, floor, and the all-around. In April, she competed at the Pacific Rim Championships, winning balance beam with a score of 15.225. At the Secret U.S. Classic, Smith finished fifth on beam and tied for sixth on bars. At the U.S. Olympic Trials in San Jose on July 10, 2016, she scored 15.3 on the balance beam and finished second on the event. On July 10, Smith was named as an alternate to the 2016 Olympic team, alongside Ashton Locklear and MyKayla Skinner.
2017
On March 4, Smith won the gold medal at the American Cup in Newark, New Jersey. In July Smith competed in the U.S. Classic, competing only on uneven bars and balance beam. She took first place on both events.
On August 20, Smith won the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships All-Around title. She also placed first on floor exercise and balance beam and placed third on uneven bars.
On September 20, Smith was selected to represent the United States at the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal alongside Jade Carey, Morgan Hurd, and Ashton Locklear. During qualifications Smith qualified to the all-around final in second place behind Mai Murakami of Japan despite an uncharacteristic fall on the balance beam. Smith also qualified to the floor exercise final in first with a score of 14.433, ahead of Murakami and teammate Carey. She was arguably the favorite to win the all-around title, but minutes before her first rotation on vault she injured her ankle during warmups and withdrew from the all-around final. This was only one of many injuries sustained by major contenders over the course of the championships, with Kohei Uchimura of Japan, Rebeca Andrade of Brazil and Larisa Iordache of Romania all withdrawing from the competition due to injury. Oksana Chusovitina of Uzbekistan, the athlete representative, mentioned that the new podium training format only allowed the gymnasts a few minutes on each piece, not giving the gymnasts a sufficient amount of time to get used to the equipment, and suggested this as a reason for a much larger number of mistakes and injuries than usual. Smith's injury also forced her to withdraw from the floor exercise event final.
2018
Smith competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in April. The US did not field a team, but Smith and club teammate Emma Malabuyo competed as individuals. Smith won silver in the all-around, balance beam, and uneven bars.
Competitive history
Junior
Senior
References
External links
- Ragan Smith at USA Gymnastics
- Ragan SMITH at the International Federation of Gymnastics
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