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| Born | December 9, 2003 Libertyville, Illinois, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States (2020–2021) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Oklahoma Sooners (2023–2026) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Legacy Elite Gymnastics LLC | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Jiani Wu | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Assistant coach(es) | Yuejiu Li, Anna Li | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Faith Torrez (born December 9, 2003) is an American artistic gymnast.[1] She became a member of the United States national team in 2020[2] and made her international debut at 2020 Gymnix International, winning two golds and a bronze.[3] She is currently a member of the University of Oklahoma women's gymnastics team.[4]
Gymnastics career
[edit]Junior
[edit]Torrez began gymnastics in 2008.[1] As a junior, she competed at the Women's Junior Olympic National Championships in 2016,[5] 2017,[6] and 2018.[7] She won gold on floor exercise in 2017. In 2018, she won all-around and balance beam gold, as well as floor exercise silver.[1] In 2018, she competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup for the first time and won all-around bronze.[8] She was the top scorer on floor with 9.600; her highest score of the competition was a 9.675 on vault.[8]
Senior
[edit]Torrez became a senior in 2019. She competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup in March, finishing seventh all-around.[9] 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.[1][10] In July at the GK US Classic, she finished sixth on balance beam and eighth all-around.[1][11] At the US Gymnastics Championships in August, Torrez finished 14th all-around.[12]
Torrez was added to the senior national team on March 3, 2020.[2] 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.[3]
Collegiate gymnastics career
[edit]2022–2023 season
[edit]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.[13]
2023–2024 season
[edit]At Big 12 Championships, Torrez scored her first perfect 10, helping the Sooners win the team title and winning floor exercise. Although the Sooners did not make it to the finals of the NCAA women's gymnastics tournament, Torrez was co-champion on balance beam with teammate Audrey Davis and runner-up on floor exercise behind LSU's Aleah Finnegan.[14]
2024–2025 season
[edit]Torrez earned her second perfect 10 on floor exercise during Oklahoma's first appearance at SEC Championships, helping Oklahoma to second place in the team competition. She won the floor exercise title and a share of the balance beam title.[15] During the NCAA tournament, she earned two more perfect 10s, one on balance beam and the other on floor exercise.[16] During the final, she competed in the all-around, helping the Oklahoma Sooners defeat the UCLA Bruins and winning the 2025 team title.[17] She was South Central Region Gymnast of the year and earned WCGA All-America honors in the all-around and all four events.[18]
Career perfect 10.0
[edit]| Season | Date | Event | Meet |
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| 2024 | March 23, 2024 | Floor exercise | Big 12 Championships |
| 2025 | March 22, 2025 | SEC Championships | |
| April 4, 2025 | Balance beam | Washington Regional Semifinal | |
| April 6, 2025 | Floor exercise | Washington Regional Final |
Regular season rankings
[edit]| Season | All-Around | Vault | Uneven Bars | Balance Beam | Floor Exercise |
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| 2023 | N/A | N/A | 75th | 30th | 8th |
| 2024 | 11th | 18th | 47th | 4th | 14th |
| 2025 | 2nd | 3rd | 16th | 3rd | 1st |
Competitive History
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| 2016 | J.O. National Championships | 4 | 10 | 37 | 4 | 5 | |
| 2017 | J.O. National Championships | 5 | 6 | 15 | 21 | 
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| 2019 | Nastia Liukin Cup | 7 | 12 | 9 | |
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15 | 11 | |
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| U.S. Classic | 8 | 13 | 6 | 8 | |||
| U.S. National Championships | 14 | 16 | 7 | 11 | |||
| Worlds Team Selection Camp | 7 | 4 | 6 | 13 | 7 | ||
| 2020 | International Gymnix | |
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| 2021 | American Classic | 7 | 6 | 15 | 6 | 6 | |
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| NCAA Championships | 6 | |
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| 2025 | SEC Championships | |
5 | 16 | 40 | |
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References
[edit]- ^ a b c d e "USA Gymnastics | Faith Torrez". usagym.org. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ a b "USA Gymnastics | Women's Past Senior National Teams". usagym.org. Archived from the original on 2011-08-31. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ a b "USA wins senior and junior team titles, 10 individual titles at 2020 Gymnix International". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2020-03-23. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ "Ragan Smith - 2024 - Women's Gymnastics". University of Oklahoma. Retrieved 2023-12-16.
- ^ 2016 JO Nationals Levels 10 Meet Results (PDF), 2016, archived from the original (PDF) on 13 Apr 2023
- ^ 2017 Women's JO Nationals Meet Results (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 13 Dec 2021
- ^ 2018 Women's JO Nationals - Meet Results (PDF), archived from the original (PDF) on 13 Jun 2021
- ^ a b "Bryant, Vetter win 2018 Nastia Liukin Cup". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2020-10-22. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ USA Gymnastics (1 March 2019). "2019 Nastia Liukin Cup Meet Results - Seniors" (PDF). usagym.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 19 Mar 2023.
- ^ "Torrez, Alipio win all-around titles at 2019 American Classic". USA Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 2022-07-06. Retrieved 2020-03-27.
- ^ USA Gymnastics (20 July 2019). "2019 GK US Classic Meet Results" (PDF). usagym.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 8 Apr 2023.
- ^ USA Gymnastics (11 August 2019). "2019 US Championships - Women Day 2 Meet Results - Multi" (PDF). usagym.com. Archived (PDF) from the original on 16 Apr 2023.
- ^ "Sooners Sweep Big 12 Weekly Honors". Oklahoma Sooners. January 10, 2023.
- ^ "Faith Torrez - 2026 - Women's Gymnastics". University of Oklahoma. 2026-01-10. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
- ^ "Sooners Runner-Up at First SEC Championships". University of Oklahoma. 2026-01-10. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
- ^ "Faith Torrez - 2026 - Women's Gymnastics". University of Oklahoma. 2026-01-10. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
- ^ "NC Women's Gymnastics Championship History | NCAA.com". www.ncaa.com. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
- ^ "Torrez Named Region Gymnast of the Year". University of Oklahoma. 2026-01-10. Retrieved 2025-11-12.
- ^ "Oklahoma's Torrez floors SEC competition with Perfect 10".
- ^ "2025 Combined Results (No Judges)".