Faith Torrez
{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
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| birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|2003|12|09}}
| birth_place = Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
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| discipline = WAG
| natlteam = 2020–21 (USA)
| club = Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC
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| collegeteam = Oklahoma Sooners (2023–26)
| headcoach = Jiani Wu
| assistcoach = Yuejiu Li, Anna Li
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{{MedalCountry | Oklahoma Sooners }}
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{{MedalCompetition | NCAA Championships }}
{{MedalGold|2023 Fort Worth|Team}}
{{MedalGold|2024 Fort Worth|Balance Beam}}
{{MedalGold|2025 Fort Worth|Team}}
{{MedalSilver|2024 Fort Worth|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalSilver|2025 Fort Worth|Floor Exercise}}
{{MedalBronze|2025 Fort Worth|All-Around}}
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Faith Torrez (born December 9, 2003) is an American artistic gymnast.{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=391458|title=USA Gymnastics {{!}} Faith Torrez|website=usagym.org|access-date=2020-03-27}} She became a member of the United States national team in 2020 and made her international debut at 2020 Gymnix International, winning two golds and a bronze. She is currently a member of the University of Oklahoma women's gymnastics team.{{Cite web |title=Ragan Smith - 2024 - Women's Gymnastics |url=https://soonersports.com/sports/womens-gymnastics/roster/ragan-smith/16245 |access-date=2023-12-16 |website=University of Oklahoma |language=en}}
Gymnastics career
= Junior =
Torrez began gymnastics in 2008. As a junior, she competed at the Women's Junior Olympic National Championships in 2016,{{Citation |title=2016 JO Nationals Levels 10 Meet Results |date=2016 |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_16jo_jra.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230413000233/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_16jo_jra.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 Apr 2023}} 2017,{{Citation |title=2017 Women's JO Nationals Meet Results |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_17jo_jraind.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211213200516/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_17jo_jraind.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 Dec 2021}} and 2018.{{Citation |title=2018 Women's JO Nationals - Meet Results |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_18jo_jrcind.pdf |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210613082757/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_18jo_jrcind.pdf |url-status=dead |archive-date=13 Jun 2021}} She won gold on floor exercise in 2017. In 2018, she won all-around and balance beam gold, as well as floor exercise silver. In 2018, she competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup for the first time and won all-around bronze.{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=21413|title=Bryant, Vetter win 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup|website=USA Gymnastics|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2020-10-22|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201022175015/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=21413|url-status=dead}} She was the top scorer on floor with 9.600; her highest score of the competition was a 9.675 on vault.
= Senior =
Torrez became a senior in 2019. She competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup in March, finishing seventh all-around.{{Cite web |last=USA Gymnastics |date=1 March 2019 |title=2019 Nastia Liukin Cup Meet Results - Seniors |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19nlc_sr.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230319192802/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19nlc_sr.pdf |archive-date=19 Mar 2023 |access-date= |website=usagym.com}} At the American Classic in June, Torrez won all-around gold, finishing first on vault, second on uneven bars and floor exercise, and third on balance beam.{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24026|title=Torrez, Alipio win all-around titles at 2019 American Classic|website=USA Gymnastics|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2022-07-06|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20220706062140/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=24026|url-status=dead}} In July at the GK US Classic, she finished sixth on balance beam and eighth all-around.{{Cite web |last=USA Gymnastics |date=20 July 2019 |title=2019 GK US Classic Meet Results |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19classic_sr.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230408224220/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19classic_sr.pdf |archive-date=8 Apr 2023 |access-date= |website=usagym.com}} At the US Gymnastics Championships in August, Torrez finished 14th all-around.{{Cite web |last=USA Gymnastics |date=11 August 2019 |title=2019 US Championships - Women Day 2 Meet Results - Multi |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19champs_sraa.pdf |url-status=live |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20230416064418/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/2019/w_19champs_sraa.pdf |archive-date=16 Apr 2023 |access-date= |website=usagym.com}}
Torrez was added to the senior national team on March 3, 2020.{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/women/history/past_nat_teams_sr.html|title=USA Gymnastics {{!}} Women's Past Senior National Teams|website=usagym.org|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2011-08-31|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20110831032222/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/pages/women/history/past_nat_teams_sr.html|url-status=dead}} She made her international debut on March 6–8 at Gymnix International. With teammates Lilly Lippeatt, MyKayla Skinner and Emily Lee, she won team gold. Individually, she captured balance beam gold with a score of 13.966 and uneven bars bronze with a score of 12.966.{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=25320|title=USA wins senior and junior team titles, 10 individual titles at 2020 Gymnix International|website=USA Gymnastics|access-date=2020-03-27|archive-date=2020-03-23|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200323104047/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=25320|url-status=dead}}
Collegiate gymnastics career
= 2022–2023 season =
Torrez made her collegiate debut for the Oklahoma Sooners on January 7, 2023 at the Super 16 Invitational. She competed on three events, the uneven bars (9.875), balance beam (9.900), and floor exercise (9.950). Her scores helped contribute towards Oklahoma's first place finish. Additionally she co-won the title on floor exercise. As a result she was named Big-12 newcomer of the week.{{cite web|url=https://soonersports.com/news/2023/1/10/womens-gymnastics-sooners-sweep-big-12-weekly-honors-2023|title=Sooners Sweep Big 12 Weekly Honors|work=Oklahoma Sooners|date=January 10, 2023}}
= Career perfect 10.0 =
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| Season | Date | Event | Meet |
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| rowspan="1" | 2024 | March 23, 2024 | rowspan="2" | Floor exercise | Big 12 Championships |
| rowspan="3" | 2025 | March 22, 2025 | SEC Championships | |
| April 4, 2025 | Balance beam | Washington Regional Semifinal | |
| April 6, 2025 | Floor exercise | Washington Regional Final |
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 | |||||||
| colspan="8" | Level 10 | |||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| rowspan="1" | 2016 | align=left | J.O. National Championships | 4 | 10 | 37 | 4 | 5 | |
| rowspan="1" | 2017 | align=left | J.O. National Championships | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | {{gold1}} | |
| rowspan="2" | 2018 | align=left | Nastia Liukin Cup | {{bronze3}} | 4 | 15 | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | |
| align=left | J.O. National Championships | {{gold1}} | 5 | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | ||
| rowspan="2" | 2019 | align=left | Nastia Liukin Cup | 7 | 12 | 9 | {{bronze3}} | 5 | |
| align=left | J.O. National Championships | {{gold1}} | 15 | 11 | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | ||
| colspan="8" | Senior elite | |||||||
| rowspan="4" |2019 | align=left | American Classic | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | {{silver2}} | |
| align=left | U.S. Classic | 8 | 13 | 6 | 8 | |||
| align=left| U.S. National Championships | 14 | 16 | 7 | 11 | |||
| align=left | Worlds Team Selection Camp | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | ||
| rowspan="1" | 2020 | align=left | International Gymnix | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | {{gold1}} | |||
| rowspan="1" | 2021 | align=left | American Classic | 7 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | |
| colspan="8" | Level 10 | |||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2022 | align=left | Nastia Liukin Cup | 7 | |||||
| align=left | L10 National Championships | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} | |||||
| colspan="8" | NCAA | |||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2023 | align=left | Big-12 Championships | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} | |||
| align=left | NCAA Championships | {{gold1}} | ||||||
| rowspan="2" | 2024 | align=left | Big-12 Championships | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | {{bronze3}} | 14 | {{silver2}} | {{gold1}} |
| align=left | NCAA Championships | 6 | {{gold1}} | {{silver2}} | ||||
| rowspan="2" | 2025 | align=left | SEC Championships | {{silver2}} | 5 | 16 | 40 | {{gold1}} | {{gold1}} |
| align=left | NCAA Championships | {{gold1}} | {{bronze3}} | 14 | 20 | {{bronze3}} | {{silver2}} |
References
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Category:American female artistic gymnasts
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