Lexi Zeiss

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Lexi Zeiss
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Full nameLexi Kay Zeiss
Born (2005-11-04) November 4, 2005 (age 20)
Gymnastics career
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
Country
represented
United States United States
(2022–2023)
College teamLSU Tigers (2025–28)
ClubTwin City Twisters
Head coach(es)Sarah Jantzi
Assistant coach(es)Steve Hafeman
Medal record
Women's artistic gymnastics
Representing the File:Flag of the United States (23px).png United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2022 Liverpool Team
Pan American Championships
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Team
Silver medal – second place 2022 Rio de Janeiro All-around
Bronze medal – third place 2022 Rio de Janeiro Balance beam

Lexi Kay Zeiss (born November 4, 2005) is an American artistic gymnast and a member of the United States national gymnastics team. She was part of the silver medal winning team at the 2022 Pan American Championships and was the alternate for the gold medal winning team at the 2022 World Championships.

Early life

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Zeiss was born in Omaha, Nebraska in 2005 to Jess and Dana Zeiss.[1]

Gymnastics career

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Zeiss made her elite gymnastics debut at the 2021 Winter Cup where she placed eleventh in the all-around.[2] She next competed at the American Classic where she placed sixteenth.[3] Zeiss competed at the U.S. Classic where she finished sixteenth in the all-around.[4]

Zeiss competed at the 2022 Winter Cup where she finished fifteenth in the all-around.[5]

In July Zeiss was selected to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Skye Blakely, Kayla DiCello, Zoe Miller, and Elle Mueller. On the first day of competition Zeiss finished second in the all-around behind Flávia Saraiva of Brazil and third on balance beam behind Saraiva and Rebeca Andrade.[6] During the team final Zeiss competed on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise, helping the United States win silver behind Brazil.[7] At the end of the competition Zeiss was awarded the Sportsmanship Award for Excellence, Respect, and Friendship by the Pan American Gymnastics Union alongside Caio Souza.[8][9]

In August Zeiss competed at her first National Championships. She finished seventh in the all-around and was named to the national team for the second time.[10]

In October Zeiss announced her verbal commit to compete for the LSU Tigers gymnastics team.[11] Later that month she was selected as the traveling alternate for the 2022 World Championships team.[12] During the team final Zeiss was on the competition floor supporting the team as they won their sixth consecutive team gold medal.[13]

Zeiss competed at the 2023 Winter Cup where she won the all-around competition.[14] As a result she was named to the team to compete at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge in Stuttgart alongside Nola Matthews, Zoe Miller, Joscelyn Roberson, and Ashlee Sullivan.[15]

In November Zeiss signed her National Letter of Intent with the LSU Tigers.[16]

NCAA Regular season ranking

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Season All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise
2025 N/A 112th 67th N/A N/A

Competitive history

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Competitive history of Lexi Zeiss at the elite level
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2021 Winter Cup 11 8 14 11 16
American Classic 16
U.S. Classic 18 22 35 14
2022 Winter Cup 15 19 21 6
Pan American Championships 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
U.S. National Championships 7 6 13 9
World Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s)[a]
2023 Winter Cup 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 6
DTB Pokal Team Challenge 1st place, gold medalist(s)
U.S. Classic 10
U.S. National Championships 6
2024 Winter Cup 25
U.S. Classic 18 13 19 28
U.S. National Championships 28 11 30 33
  1. ^ Zeiss was the team USA alternate
Competitive history of Lexi Zeiss at the NCAA level
Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2025 SEC Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 6 22
NCAA Championships 5 40 18

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