Jessica López

Jessica López
— Gymnast —
Full name	Jessica Brizeida López Arocha
Nickname(s)	JLo
Country represented	Venezuela
Born	(1986-01-22) January 22, 1986 Caracas, Venezuela
Hometown	Caracas, Venezuela
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International
Club	Futuro
College team	University of Denver
Head coach(es)	Melissa Kutcher
Assistant coach(es)	Nilson Medeiros, Carl Leland
Medal record Competitor for  Venezuela Women's Gymnastics Pan American Championships Silver 2014 Mississauga All-Around Silver 2014 Mississauga Balance Beam Silver 2014 Mississauga Floor Exercise Central American and Caribbean Games Gold 2010 Mayagüez All-Around Gold 2010 Mayagüez Uneven Bars Gold 2014 Veracruz All-Around Gold 2014 Veracruz Uneven Bars Gold 2014 Veracruz Balance Beam Silver 2010 Mayagüez Team Silver 2014 Veracruz Floor Exercise Bronze 2010 Mayagüez Vault Bronze 2010 Mayagüez Balance Beam Bronze 2010 Mayagüez Floor Exercise

Jessica Brizeida López Arocha (born January 22, 1986) is a Venezuelan artistic gymnast. She competes both for the Venezuelan national team. In NCAA gymnastics, she competed for the University of Denver, and qualified to compete as an individual at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

In 2009, she competed at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. In March 2010, she won the bronze medal at the Tyson American Cup. At the end of March, she won the gold medal in the all around, uneven bars, and floor exercise at the South American Games. She won medals in Moscow, Porto, and Ghent, and at the Glasgow World Cup. In September, she went to compete at the Pre-Panamerican Games, where she won two silver medals (uneven bars and balance beam) and one bronze medal (all around). In October, she competed at the 2010 World Championships, where she qualified for the all-around finals and finished in the tenth place, the best showing ever for a Venezuelan gymnast. She carried the Venezuelan flag in the closing ceremony of the 2012 Olympic Games. In 2014 after subpar performances at the previous world championships, she began to flourish at the 2014 Worlds. In qualifications she did not qualify to any individual event finals, but finished eighth in the all around, her highest world finish. Afterwards she competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games, placing first all around, beam and bars. She competed at the Stuttgart World Cup a few weeks later and won silver in the all around with high scores across all four events. She competed at the 2015 American cup and placed 4th, which secured her winning of the FIG World Cup series.

External links

• Jessica López at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique
• Biography at the University of Denver