Sabrina Vega

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Sabrina Vega
Country represented	United States
Born	(1995-05-24) May 24, 1995 Carmel, New York, U.S.
Height	5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior
Years on national team	2008-2012
Club	Great American Gymnastics Express
College team	Georgia Gymdogs
Head coach(es)	Al Fong and Armine Barutyan Fong
Former coach(es)	Sorin Cepoi Teodora Ungureanu
Retired	October 3, 2015 (elite)
Medal record Women's artistic gymnastics Representing United States World Championships 2011 Tokyo Team Pacific Rim Championships 2010 Melbourne Team 2010 Melbourne Balance Beam Pan American Championships 2010 Guadalajara Team 2010 Guadalajara Balance Beam 2010 Guadalajara All-Around
Website	www.sabrinavega.com

Sabrina Vega (born May 24, 1995) is an American gymnast from Carmel, New York. She was a member of the United States team that won gold at the 2011 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She was a five-year national team member and trained at Dynamic Gymnastics in Mohegan Lake until 2013 when she switched gyms to train at Great American Gymnastics Express. She began competing for the University of Georgia in 2017.

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. Vega filed a lawsuit against the Karolyis, USA Gymnastics and USOC for the abuse she suffered by Larry Nassar, the former national team doctor. She joins well over 300 women and girls who were victims of Nassar's abuse.

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. She competed at the 2009 Junior Pan American Championships 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).

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. Vega earned fourth place on floor exercise (28.9) and fifth place on beam (28.85).

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.

Sabrina didn't train in 2013 but resumed training mid-2014 and attended the final U.S. training camp in November 2014.

On July 25, 2015, Vega returned to Elite competition for the first time since 2012 after transferring to GAGE with Al Fong and Armine Barutyan-Fong and new teammates Brenna Dowell and Madison Desch. She competed on uneven bars, beam, and floor. She scored a 0 on bars because she did an exhibition only on the event. She had a sub-par beam routine with a 5.6 start value and sustained an overtime. She scored a 12.500 to finish 14th on the event. She had a fall on floor despite a good 5.7 difficulty and scored a 13.200, finishing 11th on floor.

On October 3, 2015, Vega announced that she had retired from elite gymnastics and would be accepting a scholarship to the University of Georgia and would be competing in NCAA gymnastics for the Georgia Gym Dogs

External links

• Official website at the Wayback Machine (archived 2007-03-09)
• Sabrina Vega at USA Gymnastics
• Sabrina Vega at Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique at the Wayback Machine (archived 2013-01-20)