Faith Torrez

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Faith Torrez
File:American gymnast at the 2020 Gymnix Cup.jpg
Torrez in 2020
Personal information
Born (2003-12-09) December 9, 2003 (age 22)
Libertyville, Illinois, U.S.
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented		United States United States
(2020–2021)
College teamOklahoma Sooners (2023–2026)
ClubLegacy Elite Gymnastics LLC
Head coach(es)Jiani Wu
Assistant coach(es)Yuejiu Li, Anna Li
Medal record
Representing Oklahoma Sooners
File:Oklahoma Sooners logo.svg
NCAA Championships
Gold medal – first place 2023 Fort Worth Team
Gold medal – first place 2024 Fort Worth Balance Beam
Gold medal – first place 2025 Fort Worth Team
Silver medal – second place 2024 Fort Worth Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2025 Fort Worth Floor Exercise
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Fort Worth All-Around
Bronze medal – third place 2025 Fort Worth Balance Beam

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

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Junior

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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

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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

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2022–2023 season

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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

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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

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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

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Season Date Event Meet
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

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Season All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise
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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Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Level 10
2016 J.O. National Championships 4 10 37 4 5
2017 J.O. National Championships 5 6 15 21 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2018 Nastia Liukin Cup 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 4 15 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
J.O. National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 5 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2019 Nastia Liukin Cup 7 12 9 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5
J.O. National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 15 11 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
Senior elite
2019 American Classic 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
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 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2021 American Classic 7 6 15 6 6
Level 10
2022 Nastia Liukin Cup 7
L10 National Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
NCAA
2023 Big-12 Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
NCAA Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2024 Big-12 Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 14 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
NCAA Championships 6 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
2025 SEC Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5 16 40 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
NCAA Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 14 20 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)

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