Veronica Hults
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| Veronica Hults | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Full name | Veronica Hults | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Nickname(s) | Nica, Shamu[1] | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 16, 1998 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gymnastics career | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States (2013–2015 (USA)) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Club | Texas Dreams Gymnastics (2010–2016) All Olympia Gymnastics Center (2006–2010) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | Kim Zmeskal-Burdette Chris Burdette | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Artur Akopyan Galina Marinova | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Choreographer | Kim Zmeskal-Burdette | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Music | La Cumparsita by bulevard tango club (2010–12), Fireworks by Nicholas Hooper/Miracle by 12 Women Band (2013) | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | December 31, 2016 | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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Veronica "Nica" Hults (born June 16, 1998) is an American former artistic gymnast. She is a former national team member.[2]
Veronica was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and was raised by mother Emer and father Scott Hults. She has two younger siblings. She currently lives in Coppell, Texas.[3]
Junior career
2010
In 2010, Hults competed as a Level 9 gymnast and trained at All Olympia Gymnastics Center under Artur Akopyan. She was the Level 9 State Floor Champion and the Western National Floor Champion. Later that year, she relocated to Texas with her family and began training at Texas Dreams Gymnastics.
2011
Hults began her competitive season at the WOGA Classic Elite Qualifier, where she won the balance beam title. Later that year, she traveled to Florida to compete at the Disney Elite Qualifier and managed to qualify to Junior International Elite status, finishing 5th with a total score of 52.100. She competed at the U.S. Classic, placing 13th. This was sufficient to qualify to the USA Gymnastics National Championships, where she competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam.
2012
Hults placed 8th at the Secret U.S. Classic again qualifying to the National Championships, where she placed 9th with a combined 2-day score of 107.600.
2013
At the Secret U.S. Classic, Hults won the gold medals on the uneven bars and the balance beam, as well as the bronze medal in the all-around competition. At the National Championships, her sixth-place finish (cumulative score of 111.900) secured her a berth on the U.S. Junior National Team. Hults made her international debut at the 2013 Mexico Open in Acapulco, where she won the gold medal with teammates Bailie Key, Laurie Hernandez, and Emily Gaskins and placed first on the uneven bars.[4]