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Paul Juda

Paul Wojciech Juda (/ˈdə/ JOO-də; born July 7, 2001) is an American retired artistic gymnast. He is a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team. He was a member of the bronze medal-winning team at the 2023 World Championships and the bronze medal-winning team at the 2024 Olympic Games. He was also a two-time silver medalist at the 2021 Pan American Championships. In NCAA Gymnastics, he competed for the Michigan Wolverines, where he won six Big Ten titles (two individual and four team) and nine NCAA championships (six individual and three team).

Juda was born in Des Plaines, Illinois, to Ewa Bacher and Jozef Juda, both Polish immigrants. He has two older siblings. He attended Stevenson High School in Lincolnshire, Illinois, before enrolling at the University of Michigan to pursue gymnastics. He earned a bachelor's degree in psychology in 2023 and later enrolled as a graduate student at Michigan's Rackham Graduate School studying real estate development.

Juda competed at the 2016 Junior Olympic National Championships, where he won gold in the floor exercise and silver in parallel bars and horizontal bar. In May 2017, he competed at the 2017 Junior Olympic National Championships where he won gold in the all-around. In August 2017, he competed at the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships in the junior division, where he won a silver medal in the all-around and on still rings and parallel bars.

He competed at the 2018 Winter Cup in the junior division. He won gold on floor exercise and silver on still rings and parallel bars. In August 2018, he competed at the 2018 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships at the junior division, where he won gold on still rings, sixth on pommel horse, and sixth on floor exercise. In August 2019, he competed at the 2019 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, where he won bronze on horizontal bar, and compiled a score of 159.850 to place 13th. Following his performance at the competition, he was named to the United States men's national junior gymnastics team.

In February 2020, Juda competed at the 2020 Winter Cup, where he won bronze on horizontal bars, tied for fifth on floor exercise, and eighth in all-around (81.650). Following his outstanding performance at the Winter Cup, he was named to the United States men's national gymnastics team. At 19 years old, he became the national team's youngest member.

In November 2020, he competed at the 2020 Friendship and Solidarity Competition where he won a gold medal with Team Solidarity. On individual events, he scored a 14.40 on vault, a 13.80 on floor exercise, a 13.40 on pommel horse, a 13.00 on still rings, a 13.20 on parallel bars and an 11.50 on horizontal bar. The event served as Juda's first senior-level international competition.

Juda began competing for the Michigan Wolverines men's gymnastics team in 2020. During a season that was shortened due to the COVID-19 pandemic, he was named Big Ten Gymnast of the Week once, Big Ten Freshman of the Week twice, and CGA Gymnast of the Week and CGA Gymnast Freshman of the Week once. He recorded a 15.000 on horizontal bar for his season high, the third-highest score in the NCAA. He captured eight individual event titles, including three on the horizontal bar, and earned CGA All-America honors on the horizontal bar after leading the nation with an average score of 14.083. He finished the season ranked No. 6 in the NCAA in the all-around, averaging a 79.750 score. Following the season, he was named Big Ten Conference Freshman of the Year.

In February 2021, he competed at the 2021 Winter Cup, where he finished fourth on parallel bars with a score of 13.900, and sixth in the all-around with a score of 79.850.

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