Sabrina Vega

Sabrina Vega
— Gymnast —
Country represented	United States
Born	(1995-05-24) May 24, 1995 Carmel, New York, USA
Height	5 ft 1 in
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Years on national team	Senior: 2011-2012
Club	Great American Gymnastics Express
Head coach(es)	Al Fong and Armine Barutyan Fong
Former coach(es)	Sorin Cepoi Teodora Ungureanu
Medal record Women's Artistic Gymnastics Competitor for  United States World Championships Gold 2011 Tokyo Team Pacific Rim Championships Gold 2010 Melbourne Team Silver 2010 Melbourne Balance Beam City of Jesolo Trophy Gold 2011 Jesolo Team Gold 2011 Jesolo Floor Exercise Silver 2011 Jesolo Uneven Bars Bronze 2011 Jesolo Balance Beam

Sabrina Vega (born May 24, 1995) is an American gymnast from Carmel, New York. She trained at Dynamic Gymnastics in Mohegan Lake, where she was coached by former Romanian Olympic medalist Teodora Ungureanu until 2013 when she switched gyms to train with Al Fong and Armine Barutyan Fong at Great American Gymnastics Express. She was a member of the United States national team that won gold at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

Personal

Vega was born to David and Jahaira Vega. Her father was a gymnast when he was younger. Her younger brother, David Jr., plays baseball and football. Vega began gymnastics in 2000.^[1]

Career

In 2009, Vega competed at the United States Junior National Championships in Dallas, Texas. She won gold on the floor exercise, bronze on balance beam, and finished fourth in the all-around.^[2] She competed at the 2009 Junior Pan American Games in Aracaju, Brazil where she helped the United States team win the gold medal. She won silvers in the all-around and on uneven bars behind teammate Kyla Ross.

In her first major meet as a senior, Vega placed third in the all-around (56.85) at the 2011 CoverGirl Classic on July 23 in Chicago, IL. She captured second place on floor (14.25) and finished fourth on vault (14.6).^[3]

In August, Vega placed fifth all-around at the 2011 U.S. National Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota, with a two-night score of 112.05.^[4] Vega earned fourth place on floor exercise (28.9) and fifth place on beam (28.85).^[5]

Vega was named to the Worlds team along with Alicia Sacramone, Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, and Jordyn Wieber. The team went on to win gold in the team final.

Vega competed at the 2012 Olympic Trials. She finished 10th in the all-around and was not named to the team.

References

External links

• Official Site
• Sabrina Vega at USA Gymnastics
• Sabrina Vega at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique

v t e World Champions in Artistic Gymnastics – Women's Team Competition     1934:  Czechoslovakia 1938:  Czechoslovakia 1950:  Sweden 1954:  Soviet Union 1958:  Soviet Union 1962:  Soviet Union 1966:  Czechoslovakia 1970:  Soviet Union 1974:  Soviet Union 1978:  Soviet Union 1979:  Romania 1981:  Soviet Union 1983:  Soviet Union 1985:  Soviet Union 1987:  Romania 1989:  Soviet Union 1991:  Soviet Union 1994:  Romania 1995:  Romania 1997:  Romania 1999:  Romania 2001:  Romania 2003:  United States 2006:  China 2007:  United States 2010:  Russia 2011:  United States 2011:  United States (USA), Gabby Douglas, McKayla Maroney, Aly Raisman, Alicia Sacramone, Sabrina Vega, Jordyn Wieber