Ashley Postell
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| Country represented |  United States | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 9, 1986 Cheverly, Maryland, U.S. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | Senior International | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Years on national team | 1997-2004 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Capital Gymnastics NTC | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Utah Red Rocks | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Ashley Postell (born June 9, 1986) is an American former artistic gymnast. Postell was a member of the United States national gymnastics team from 1997 to 2004. During that time she was the world champion on balance beam in 2002 and the national champion on floor exercise in 2003.[1] She was also the bronze medalist in the all-around at the 2002 US Nationals and the 2003 American Cup.
In 2004, Postell competed in the US National Championships with the hope of qualifying to Olympic trials, but she placed 13th after a fall on the uneven bars and was named an alternate for the trials. Postell was later invited to attend the trials after a qualified athlete had to withdraw due to injury, but declined because she had taken a break from training after initially missing out and thus was no longer in competition shape, and she felt that the opportunity should be given to "someone who was more ready".[2]
After leaving the national team, Postell enrolled in the University of Utah where she won an NCAA record 20 All-America awards[3] for the Utah Red Rocks. Her NCAA high scores included two 10.0s on vault, 9.95 on bars, 10.0 on beam and 9.975 on floor. Her high score in the all-around was 39.800. Postell finished third in the NCAA all-around in 2005 and was second in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2007, she took third on floor exercise and first on balance beam, her signature event. In the 2008 championships she placed second on the balance beam.
Postell started working as a gymnastics coach in 2009.[4]
References
[edit]- ^ "Ashley Postell" Archived 2023-01-11 at the Wayback Machine. usagym.org. December 5, 2003. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
- ^ Hamilton, Linda (4 December 2004). "Utes' Postell is over Olympics disappointment". Deseret News. Retrieved 15 July 2020.
- ^ "Player Bio: Ashley Postell". University of Utah Gymnastics. Archived from the original on 16 April 2008. Retrieved 2008-04-16.
- ^ Piper, Matthew. "Utah's Postell takes a tumble" Archived 2016-03-04 at the Wayback Machine. parkrecord.com. May 21, 2010. Retrieved November 1, 2015.
