Jade Carey

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Jade Ashton Carey (born May 27, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She is a member of the national gymnastics team and is the 2017 national vault champion. She is also the 2017 World vault and floor silver medalist.

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Career

Carey began taking gymnastics classes in 2001.

Level 10

In 2016, Carey competed at the Junior Olympics Nationals where she successfully completed a tucked Kasamatsu full on vault, after which it was named The Carey in the J.O. code of points.

Senior elite

2017

Carey began 2017 as a Level 10 gymnast, which is below elite level in USA Gymnastics. In mid 2017, she was invited to The Ranch where she qualified for elite status.

Carey made her elite debut at the American Classic held at Karolyi Ranch on July 7, 2017. She only competed on vault, floor, and balance beam but placed first on each of those events. Later that month she competed at the 2017 U.S. Classic and once again only competed on vault, floor, and balance beam. She won on vault and floor and placed fourth on balance beam. In August Carey participated in the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships where she won gold on vault and silver on floor exercise, behind Ragan Smith.

In September, Carey was selected to represent the United States at the 2017 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships in Montreal alongside Ragan Smith, Morgan Hurd, and Ashton Locklear.

On the first day of competition, Jade competed only on floor and vault. With clean performances on both, she qualified in third place for the floor exercise final (14.100), behind Smith and Mai Murakami of Japan, and second in the vault final, behind reigning world champion Maria Paseka of Russia.

During event finals Carey won the silver on both vault and floor, once again finishing behind Paseka and Murakami respectively.

2018

Carey competed at the American Classic in early July. She only competed on uneven bars and balance beam where she placed 10th on each.

Collegiate

Carey has verbally committed to compete in NCAA gymnastics at Oregon State, starting in the 2018-19 school year. She officially signed with the Beavers on November 9, 2017.

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Personal life

Carey currently lives in Phoenix, Arizona with her parents and three siblings. She attended Mountain Ridge High School in Glendale, Arizona, graduating in 2018.