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Ava Verdeflor
View on WikipediaAva Lorein Santos Verdeflor (born 2 January 1999) is a Filipino-American former artistic gymnast. She represented the Philippines at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and at the 2015 World Championships. At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, she won a silver medal on the uneven bars and a bronze medal in the team event. After finishing her international elite career, she competed in NCAA for Penn State University.
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Gymnastics career
[edit]Verdeflor was born in the Philippines and lived in Singapore when she was young. She moved to the United States with her family when she was three years old.[1] She holds dual citizenship and chose to represent her birth country in international competitions.[2]
Junior elite
[edit]Verdeflor made her international debut at the 2014 Nadia Comaneci Invitational and finished fifth in the all-around and won the gold medal on the uneven bars.[3] She competed at the 2014 Junior Asian Championships in Tashkent, Uzbekistan, and placed 12th in the all-around, securing a qualifying spot to the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics in Nanjing, China.[4] She represented the Philippines at the 2014 Summer Youth Olympics and was the oldest female artistic gymnast in the competition.[5][6] She advanced into the all-around final and placed 11th.[7] She also advanced into the uneven bars final, where she finished sixth.[8]
Senior elite
[edit]Verdeflor became age-eligible for senior competitions in 2015. At the 2015 Southeast Asian Games, she helped the Philippines team win the bronze medal behind Malaysia and Singapore.[9] She advanced into the all-around final and finished in fourth place.[10] She then won a silver medal in the uneven bars final.[11] She then competed at the 2015 World Championships and finished 122nd in the all-around during the qualification round.[12] This was the final competition of her international elite career.[13]
NCAA
[edit]Verdeflor joined the Penn State gymnastics team starting in the 2018 season and had not competed in two years due to two ACL tears.[14] She competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam throughout her four seasons and scored a career high of 9.950 on the uneven bars during her senior season.[15] For the 2019 and 2020 seasons, she was a WCGA Academic All-American and an Academic All-Big Ten team member.[15] She was named to the 2021 All-Big Ten second team.[16] Her final competition was the 2021 NCAA Morgantown Regional where she scored a 9.925 on the uneven bars but did not advance to the NCAA Championships.[17] She was a nominee for the 2021 AAI Award which is for the most outstanding senior in NCAA women's gymnastics.[18]
References
[edit]- ^ "Childhood friends reunited as Youth Olympic athletes after 12 years". International Olympic Committee. 25 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Verdeflor, Ava Lorein". Philippine Olympians Association. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (22 February 2014). "2014 Nadia Comaneci Invitational Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "13th Junior Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women's All-Around Result" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Archived from the original (PDF) on 28 July 2014. Retrieved 28 July 2014.
- ^ Turner, Amanda (23 July 2014). "Roster Released For Youth Olympic Games". International Gymnast Magazine. Archived from the original on 10 December 2019.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (21 July 2014). "2014 Youth Olympic Games Competitors". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's All-Around Final Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Nanjing 2014. 20 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Artistic Gymnastics Women's Uneven Bars Final Results" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. Nanjing 2014. 23 August 2014. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "28th SouthEast Asian Games Singapore 2015 Team Finals". Asian Gymnastics Union. 9 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Results - Women's Individual All-Around Final". 2015 Southeast Asian Games. Archived from the original on 9 June 2015. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ Reyes, Marc Anthony (9 June 2015). "Filipino gymnast Capellan wins PH's 10th gold". Inquirer. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "46th Artistic Gymnastics World Championships, Glasgow (GBR) Women's Qualification All-Around Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. International Gymnastics Federation. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 17 June 2025.
- ^ Hopkins, Lauren (1 June 2018). "The 2018 NCAA Elites — Part Four". The Gymternet. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Verdeflor Ending Career on a High Note". Penn State Nittany Lions. 26 February 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ a b "Ava Verdeflor". Penn State Nittany Lions. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Three Nittany Lions Claim All-Big Ten Honors". Penn State Nittany Lions. 17 March 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Penn State Individual Qualifiers Shine at NCAA Regionals". Penn State Nittany Lions. 2 April 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
- ^ "Verdeflor Named AAI Award Nominee". Penn State Nittany Lions. 23 February 2021. Retrieved 18 June 2025.
External links
[edit]- Ava Verdeflor at World Gymnastics
- Ava Verdeflor at Olympedia
- Ava Verdeflor at InterSportStats
