Lavi Crain
American artistic gymnast (born 2010)
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Lavienna "Lavi" Yeana Crain (born December 9, 2010)[1] is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2025 Junior World Champion on vault.
represented
(2024–2025)
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| Full name | Lavienna Yeana Crain | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | December 9, 2010 Coeur D'Alene, Idaho, U.S. | |||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented | (2024–2025) | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Great American Gymnastics Express | |||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Al Fong and Armine Barutyan-Fong | |||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Junior gymnastics career
2023
In August, Crain competed at the 2023 U.S. Classic where she finished sixth on vault and eighth on balance beam.[2] She was then named to the roster for the 2023 National Championships, where she finished sixth on vault.[3]
2024
In February, she competed at the 2024 Winter Cup where she won silver in the all-around, bronze on floor exercise, and placed fourth on uneven bars and balance beam.[4][5] The next month she competed at the International Gymnix where she won gold in the team event and vault, silver in the all-around, and floor exercise, and placed sixth on balance beam and seventh on uneven bars.[6][7]
In April, she competed at the 2024 City of Jesolo Trophy, where she helped team USA win gold in the team event and silver on vault.[8][9]
In May, she competed at the 2024 U.S. Classic, where she won gold on vault and placed fourth on balance beam.[10] She then competed at the 2024 National Championships, where she won gold on vault, and placed fifth in the all-around, sixth on balance beam and seventh on floor exercise.[11][12]
2025
In February, she competed at the 2025 Winter Cup where she won gold on vault, balance beam and in the all-around, and placed eighth on floor exercise.[13] In April, she competed at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy, where she helped team USA win gold in the team event, all-around, and vault, and won bronze on balance beam.[14][15]
In July, she competed at the 2025 U.S. Classic, where she won gold on vault, balance beam, and in the all-around, and silver on uneven bars. As a result, she was named to team USA's roster for the 2025 Junior Pan American Games.[16] At the Junior Pan American Games she helped team USA win gold in the team event.[17] She advanced to the vault final in second with a score of 13.425. During the event finals she finished in seventh place with a score of 12.333.[18]
On October 15, 2025, she was selected to represent the United States at the 2025 Junior World Championships, alongside Charleigh Bullock and Caroline Moreau.[19] She helped team USA win bronze in the team event and qualified for the all-around, vault, and uneven bars event finals.[20] During the all-around final Crain finished fourth, tying Kayla DiCello and Jayla Hang's highest all-around placement of an American athlete at the Junior World Championships.[21] During event finals Crain won gold on vault, becoming the second American to win a title at the Junior World Championships after DiCello won gold on the same apparatus in 2019.[22] She finished eighth on uneven bars.[22]
Personal life
Competitive history
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2023 | Nastia Liukin Cup | 7 | |||||
| U.S. Classic | 11 | 6 | 8 | ||||
| U.S. National Championships | 6 | ||||||
| 2024 | Winter Cup | 4 | 4 | ||||
| International Gymnix | 7 | 6 | |||||
| City of Jesolo Trophy | 9 | ||||||
| U.S. Classic | 4 | ||||||
| U.S. National Championships | 5 | 6 | 7 | ||||
| 2025 | Winter Cup | 8 | |||||
| City of Jesolo Trophy | |||||||
| American Classic | 6 | ||||||
| U.S. Classic | 13 | ||||||
| Junior Pan American Games | 7 | ||||||
| Junior World Championships | 4 | 8 |