Addison Fatta
{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
{{Use mdy dates|date=January 2023}}
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| fullname = Addison Grace Fatta
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| country = {{flagicon|USA}} United States
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|2004|11|23}}
| birth_place = Lancaster, Pennsylvania USA
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| discipline = WAG
| natlteam = 2021–2024 (USA)
| club = Prestige Gymnastics
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| collegeteam = Oklahoma Sooners (2025–2028)
| headcoach = Tony Fatta
Jen Fatta
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{{MedalCompetition |Pan American Championships}}
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{{MedalSilver|2022 Rio de Janeiro| Team}}
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Addison Grace Fatta ({{IPAc-en|ˈ|f|eɪ|t|ə}} {{respell|FEY|ta}}) (born November 23, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast. She was part of the gold medal winning team at the 2023 Pan American Championships.
Early life
Fatta was born to Tony and Jen Fatta in 2004 in Lancaster, Pennsylvania. She started gymnastics in 2005.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=456342|title=Addison Fatta|work=USA Gymnastics}}
Junior gymnastics career
Fatta qualified as an elite-level gymnast in 2017. She competed at the American Classic, the U.S. Classic, and at her first National Championships.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2017/08/19/2017-u-s-championships-results/|title=2017 U.S. Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=August 19, 2017}}
In 2018 Fatta only competed at the American Classic and the U.S. Classic.
In 2019, her last year as a junior level gymnast, Fatta competed at the U.S. Classic and at the 2019 National Championships. She finished 13th in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://thegymter.net/2019/08/12/2019-u-s-championships-results/|title=2019 U.S. Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|date=August 12, 2019}}
Senior gymnastics career
= 2021 =
Fatta competed at the 2021 Winter Cup where she placed seventh in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=25923|title=Chiles, Parker claim 2021 Winter Cup senior and junior all-around titles, four senior and five junior gymnasts named to U.S. Women's National Team|work=USA Gymnastics|date=February 28, 2021|access-date=October 3, 2022|archive-date=June 29, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210629041045/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=25923|url-status=dead}} In late May Fatta competed at the U.S. Classic where she only competed on uneven bars and balance beam. In June she competed at her first senior-level National Championships. She placed sixteenth in the all-around but qualified to compete at the upcoming Olympic Trials. Additionally she was named to the national team for the first time.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=26269|title=Biles wins seventh national all-around championship, most in U.S. women's gymnastics history|date=June 7, 2021|work=USA Gymnastics|access-date=October 3, 2022|archive-date=August 1, 2021|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210801153207/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=26269|url-status=dead}} At the Olympic Trials Fatta finished eleventh in the all-around.
= 2022 =
Fatta competed at the 2022 Winter Cup where she placed eleventh in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=27047|title=McClain takes senior women's all-around title at 2022 Winter Cup Presented by OZONE and TURN|date=February 26, 2022|work=USA Gymnastics}} In July Fatta was selected as the alternate for the Pan American Championships team.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=27591|title=World all-around bronze medalist DiCello to headline U.S. women's team at 2022 Pan American Championships|date=July 6, 2022|work=USA Gymnastics}}
In August Fatta competed at the National Championships. She finished tenth in the all-around.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=27793|title=McClain reigns at the 2022 OOFOS U.S. Gymnastics Championships|work=USA Gymnastics|date=August 21, 2022}} In September Fatta competed at the Szombathely Challenge World Cup alongside Katelyn Jong and Levi Jung-Ruivivar. While there Fatta won gold on vault and bronze on the uneven bars.{{cite web|url=https://olympics.com/en/news/united-states-addison-fatta-katelyn-jong-claim-artistic-gymnastics-titles|title=United States' Addison Fatta and Katelyn Jong claim artistic gymnastics titles at Szombathely World Challenge Cup|work=International Olympic Committee|date=October 2, 2022}}
In November Fatta signed her National Letter of Intent with the Oklahoma Sooners.{{cite web|url=https://soonersports.com/news/2022/11/9/womens-gymnastics-kindler-adds-fantastic-four-for-2023|title=Kindler Adds Fantastic Four for 2023|date=November 9, 2022|work=Oklahoma Sooners}}
= 2023 =
Fatta was named to the team to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Zoe Miller, Joscelyn Roberson, Tiana Sumanasekera, Nola Matthews and traveling replacement athlete Madray Johnson.{{cite web|url=https://usagym.org/womens-senior-team-named-for-2023-pan-american-championships/|title=Women's senior team named for 2023 Pan American Championships|date=April 30, 2023|work=USA Gymnastics}} During qualifications, which also served as individual finals, she helped the USA team qualify to the team final in first place, and individually she won the silver medal on uneven bars with a score of 13.667, behind Nola Matthews."2023 Pan American Championships Results." The Gymternet. https://thegymter.net/2023/05/29/2023-pan-american-championships-results/ Link accessed June 4, 2023. Fatta also competed on floor exercise, earning a score of 12.167. During the team final, Fatta scored a 13.150 on vault and a 13.700 on uneven bars to help the USA win the team gold medal.{{citation|title=2023 Pan American Championships Results|work=The Gymternet|url=https://thegymter.net/2023/05/29/2023-pan-american-championships-results/|date=May 29, 2023}}
NCAA gymnastics career
= NCAA Regular season ranking =
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!Season !All-Around !Vault !Uneven Bars !Balance Beam !Floor Exercise | |||||
2025 | 26th | 69th | 25th | 24th | 47th |
Competitive history
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align=center | Year
! align=center | Event ! style="width:30px;" | Team ! style="width:30px;" | AA ! style="width:30px;" | VT ! style="width:30px;" | UB ! style="width:30px;" | BB ! style="width:30px;" | FX | |||||||
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colspan="8" | Junior | |||||||
rowspan="3" | 2017 | align=left | American Classic | 20 | 19 | 19 | 18 | 21 | |
align=left | U.S. Classic | 10 | 10 | 20 | 21 | 20 | ||
align=left | U.S. National Championships | 28 | 27 | 18 | 25 | 25 | ||
rowspan="2" | 2018 | align=left | American Classic | 17 | 17 | 12 | 11 | 34 | |
align=left | U.S. Classic | 21 | 6 | 30 | 24 | 32 | ||
rowspan="2" | 2019 | align=left | U.S. Classic | 17 | 8 | 24 | 31 | 15 | |
align=left | U.S. National Championships | 13 | 6 | 9 | 27 | 25 | ||
colspan="8" | Senior | |||||||
rowspan="5" | 2021 | align=left | Winter Cup | 7 | 5 | 11 | 14 | 17 | |
align=left | American Classic | 4 | {{silver2}} | 7 | 14 | 8 | ||
align=left | U.S. Classic | 5 | 15 | |||||
align=left | U.S. National Championships | 16 | 10 | 21 | 15 | |||
align=left | Olympic Trials | 11 | 13 | 13 | 11 | |||
rowspan="6" | 2022 | align=left | Winter Cup | 11 | 6 | 13 | 20 | ||
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| align=left | Pan American Championships | {{silver2}}{{efn|name=alt|Fatta was the team USA alternate}} | ||||||
align=left | U.S. Classic | 6 | 5 | |||||
align=left | U.S. National Championships | 10 | 11 | 18 | 11 | |||
align=left | Szombathely Challenge Cup | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | |||||
align=left | Swiss Cup | {{gold1}} | ||||||
rowspan="5" | 2023 | align=left | Winter Cup | 10 | {{silver2}} | 10 | 24 | 7 | |
align=left | DTB Pokal Mixed Cup | 4 | ||||||
bgcolor=#F5F6CE
| align=left | Pan American Championships | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | |||||
align=left | U.S. Classic | 4 | 21 | |||||
align=left | U.S. National Championships | 17 | 5 | 9 | 23 | 19 | ||
rowspan="5" | 2024 | align=left | Winter Cup | 6 | 4 | 23 | 8 | ||
align=left | DTB Pokal Mixed Cup | {{gold1}} | ||||||
align=left | American Classic | {{silver2}} | ||||||
align=left | U.S. Classic | 8 | 29 | |||||
align=left | U.S. National Championships | 19 | 20 | 27 | 24 | |||
colspan="8" | NCAA | |||||||
rowspan="2" | 2025 | align=left | SEC Championships | {{silver2}} | 8 | 11 | 12 | 11 | 38 |
align=left | NCAA Championships | {{gold1}} | 14 | 25 | 36 | 24 | 28 |
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References
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External links
- {{FIG|bio=74953|name=Addison Fatta}}
- {{USA Gymnastics|456342}}
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Category:American female artistic gymnasts
Category:U.S. women's national team gymnasts
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