Lexie Priessman

Lexie Priessman
— Gymnast —
Country represented	United States
Born	(1997-01-23) January 23, 1997
Hometown	Cincinnati, Ohio
Discipline	Artistic Gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Gym	Cincinnati Gymnastics
College team	LSU (Class of 2020)
Head coach(es)	Mary Lee Tracy
Assistant coach(es)	Amy Wurth
Music	Quiero Montarme (2009-2010), Cumbia Jam/Africa Dream (2011-2012) and
Medal record Competitor for  United States Jr. Pacific Rim Championships Gold 2012 Seattle Team Gold 2012 Seattle Vault Silver 2012 Seattle All-Around Jr. Junior International Gold 2011 Yokohama All-Around Gold 2011 Yokohama Vault Gold 2011 Yokohama Uneven Bars Gold 2011 Yokohama Floor Exercise Jr. Visa Championships Gold 2011 Saint Paul Vault Gold 2012 St. Louis All-Around Gold 2012 St. Louis Floor Exercise Silver 2010 Hartford Vault Silver 2011 Saint Paul Floor Exercise Silver 2012 St. Louis Vault Silver 2012 St. Louis Uneven Bars Jesolo Trophy Gold 2011 Jesolo Team Gold 2012 Jesolo Team Gold 2012 Jesolo All-Around Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup Gold 2010 Worchester All-Around

Alexis Amber "Lexie" Priessman (born January 23, 1997) in Cincinnati, Ohio is a senior international elite artistic gymnast. She was the 2011 U.S. junior national champion on vault and the 2012 U.S. junior national all-around and floor champion.^[1] Priessmann competes the Amanar vault, which has a 6.3 start value.^[2][3]

Family

She was born to Kraig and Vickie Priessman and started training in gymnastics at the age of five. She has a brother Nicholas, a sister Jenna, and a twin sister Leah. Nicholas plays baseball at the Eastern Illinois University. Jenna is a member of volleyball and cheerleading teams at her high school, and Leah is a dancer.^[3]

2010

Priessman made her national debut at the 2010 Nastia Liukin Supergirl Cup in Worcester, Massachusetts, where she won the all-around.^[4]

At the 2010 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, IL, Priessman tied for second on vault with gymnast McKayla Maroney.^[5] She placed sixth all-around and on floor exercise, and she placed eighth on uneven bars.^[6]

Priessman placed second on vault at the 2010 U.S. Junior National Championships in Hartford, Connecticut, and she placed seventh on floor.^[4]

2011

In September, Priessman captured the all-around title (55.70) at the 2011 Japan Junior International in Yokohama, Japan. Competing her Amanar, she won the vault title with a meet-high score of 15.8. On balance beam (12.8), her skills included a standing full and a tucked full-in dismount. Her bars set (13.8) featured a giant full to Tkatchev, a toe-blind to Jaeger and a double layout dismount. On floor (13.30), she tumbled a double-double first pass, a 1 1/2 to 2 1/2, and a tucked full-in.^[7]

At the 2011 U.S. Junior Gymnastics Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota during August, Priessman claimed her first national vault title, with a two-night score of 31.55. She placed second on floor exercise (29.150) behind winner Katelyn Ohashi, and she tied for seventh on uneven bars with gymnast Amelia Hundley (27.45).^[8]

In July, Priessman claimed the junior vault title at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She won the silver medals in the all-around and floor exercise. She also placed third on balance beam and eighth on bars.^[9]

In the junior division of the 2011 City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy, Priessman won vault and earned a share of the U.S. team gold medal. She placed fourth all-around and fifth on uneven bars.^[4] She also competed two new skills at the meet: a standing full and a tourjete half.^[10]

2012

At the Pacific Rim Championships in Everett, Washington, Priessman helped the USA team to win the gold medal ahead of China and Canada. Priessman finished second in the all-around with a 57.800. She earned a gold medal on vault scoring a 15.325, placed fourth on uneven bars and sixth on balance beam.

Priessman competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in 2012. She helped the USA team to win the team gold medal ahead of Italy and Russia. Individually, Priessman won the all-around title with a 56.950. She placed first on vault with a 15.850, second on uneven bars scoring a 14.700 and third on floor exercise with a 14.200.

At the Secret US Classic in Chicago, IL, Priessman finished fourth in the all-around with a 57.050 in the junior session. She placed fifth on uneven barswith a 13.950, third on balance beam scoring a 14.300 and first on floor exercise with a 14.650.

At the 2012 U.S. Junior Gymnastics Championships, Priessman became the 2012 Junior US National Floor Exercise and All-Around Champion. She also earned silver medals on vault and uneven bars.

In October, Priessman verbally committed to the gymnastics program at the University of Georgia.^{[citation needed]}

2013

Lexie at the Secret U.S Classic. She placed twelfth with a score of 43.900 because she didn't compete on beam.^[11] After, she was touted to compete at the P&G Championships. She was at the competition but didn't compete.

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