Faith Torrez
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represented
United States (2020–2021)
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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][2] She was a member of the United States national team from 2020–2021 and competed for the Oklahoma Sooners from 2023–2026. She is the 2026 NCAA all-around champion and is a 5-time NCAA champion and 11-time NCAA medalist.
Junior
Torrez began gymnastics in 2008.[1] As a junior, she competed at the Women's Junior Olympic National Championships in 2016,[3] 2017,[4] and 2018.[5] 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.[6] She was the top scorer on floor with 9.600; her highest score of the competition was a 9.675 on vault.[6]
Senior
Torrez became a senior in 2019. She competed at the Nastia Liukin Cup in March, finishing seventh all-around.[7] 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][8] In July at the GK US Classic, she finished sixth on balance beam and eighth all-around.[1][9] At the US Gymnastics Championships in August, Torrez finished 14th all-around.[10]
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.[11]
