Madison Kocian

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Madison Kocian
— Gymnast —
Full name Madison Taylor Kocian
Country represented  United States
Born (1997-06-15) June 15, 1997 (age 27)
Dallas, Texas
Hometown Dallas, Texas
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Club WOGA
College team UCLA
(2016–20)
Head coach(es) Laurent Landi
Choreographer Cecile Canqueteau-Landi
Music Paganini (2009-2012)
Pistolero (2014)
Medal record
Representing  United States
World Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Nanning Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Team
Gold medal – first place 2015 Glasgow Uneven Bars
Pan American Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Mississauga Team
Silver medal – second place 2014 Mississauga Uneven Bars
City of Jesolo Trophy
Gold medal – first place 2014 Jesolo Uneven Bars
National Championships
Gold medal – first place 2015 Indianapolis Uneven Bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Pittsburgh Uneven Bars

Madison Taylor Kocian (born 15 June 1997) is an American artistic gymnast. She is one of the 2015 World Champions on Uneven Bars, and a two-time World Championships team member. She has been a U.S. National Team member on and off since 2009.

Junior career

2009-2010

Kocian qualified to Junior Elite status in 2009, making the Junior U.S National Team, aged 12. She made it to the U.S National Championships that year, placing 6th in the all-around. Later on that year, Kocian was selected to compete for Team USA at the Top Gym Junior competition in Charleroi, Belgium. At that competition, she got a bronze medal in the All-around competition, a gold on Bars and a silver on the Beam.

In 2010, at the age of 13, Kocian competed at the U.S Covergirl Classic, the second meet in the USA Gymnastics Elite Calendar, held in Chicago, Illinois. She scored 56.200 and placed 5th. She then qualified to go onto the U.S Championships in Hartford, Connecticut and won a Bronze medal on the Uneven Bars.

2011-2012

2011 was a quiet year for Kocian, she competed in only 2 meets, the WOGA Classic and City of Jesolo Trophy, an International meet held in Venice, Italy. In Italy, she won the gold in the Junior Division, scoring 57.750. The year after, 2012, Kocian missed out the season due to an injury but managed a Silver at the WOGA Classic.

Senior career

2013

Kocian's senior career started in 2013, at the Secret U.S Classic, held at the Hoffman Estates, Illinois, where she placed 7th all-around but managed a silver on the bars, scoring 14.450. Qualifying to the U.S Nationals, Kocian started off well on the uneven bars and balance beam but on her third pass on the floor exercise, she twisted her ankle and was taken out of the competition, missing the vault rotation as well as Day Two. She was not selected for the World Championship team but she still was named to the National Team.

2014

She started off her 2014 season competing at the WOGA Classic, an International meet hosted by her club.

Kocian competed on two events at the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic, finishing 12th.[1]

At nationals, she competed on balance beam and uneven bars. On bars, she won the silver. She placed 5th on beam.[2]

In August and September, Kocian competed at the Pan American Championships in Mississauga, Canada. She helped the American team place first in the team competition.[3] In the event finals, she placed second on the uneven bars scoring 14.825.[4]

On September 17, Kocian was selected to compete at the 2014 World Championships in Nanning, China.[5] In qualifications, she competed in the all-around and qualified in 14th place with a score of 55.966, but did not make it into the all-around final due to the two-per-country rule and Simone Biles, Kyla Ross and Mykayla Skinner having higher scores. She competed in the team final on the bars, and contributed a bars score of 14.900 to the U.S. team's gold-medal finish.

2015

On July 25, Kocian competed at the Secret U.S. Classic and finished first on uneven bars with a score of 15.600, ahead of 2012 Olympic All-Around Champion and Uneven Bars finalist Gabby Douglas and Bailie Key. She also placed ninth on balance beam with a shaky routine with several wobbles. She scored a 13.850 there.[6]

On August 13 & 15, Kocian competed at the 2015 P&G Championships, where she competed in the all-around for the first time since 2013 where she severely injured her ankle. She placed 6th in the all-around with a 2-night total of 115.950, placing behind Simone Biles, Maggie Nichols, Aly Raisman, Bailie Key, and Gabby Douglas. She placed ahead of her WOGA teammate Alyssa Baumann and 2014 Worlds teammate Mykayla Skinner by 0.250.

Kocian started on beam where she fell on her Arabian and had a shaky routine that included a huge wobble on her switch ring leap and scored a 13.100. On floor, she had a low landing on her double Arabian but stuck her double pike. She scored a 13.800 with a 5.6 start value. On vault, she landed her double-twisting Yurchenko and scored a 14.650. On bars, her best event, she had beautiful lines and execution that included a Komova II-Pak Salto-Chow 1/2 connections and landed her tucked full-in for a score of 15.500, the highest bar score of the night. She ended the night in 11th place with a total all-around score of 57.050.

On Night 2, Kocian started on floor where she had better landings on her tumbling passes and even included leaps and jump connections for a score of 14.250, totaling her score to 28.050, placing 8th of the event. On vault, she performed a well-executed double-twisting Yurchenko and scored a 14.800. On bars, she repeated her difficult routine with excellent connections and stuck her tucked-full in dismount for a score of 15.600. With her total of 31.100, she took first on the event ahead of 2014 National Uneven Bars Champion and 2014 Worlds Teammate Ashton Locklear and Key. On beam, she took out her Arabian because she had trouble with the skill on Night 1 (because she fell) and she tweaked her ankle that bothered her. She added a few connections to keep her start value consistent. She scored a 14.250 despite a huge wobble on her switch ring leap (again). She placed 12th on the event with a total of 27.350.

2015 World Championships

Kocian was named to the Senior National Team once again and was selected to compete at the 2015 World Gymnastics Championships, in Glasgow, Scotland. At these World Championships she anchored the USA on Uneven Bars towards its third consecutive team title, and qualified 3rd to the Uneven Bars Final.

In the Uneven Bars final, she scored a 15.366, placing her in a historic four-way tie for the Gold Medal with Russians Viktoria Komova, Daria Spiridonova, and China's Fan Yilin. "Guess they couldn't decide which routine was the best," Kocian said with a laugh. "I don't know."[7] Kocian joins Marcia Frederick (1978), Shannon Miller (1993), Courtney Kupets (2002), Chellsie Memmel, Hollie Vise (2003), and Nastia Liukin (2005) as the American World Champions on uneven bars.[8] She also became the third Uneven Bars World Champion from her gym, WOGA, joining Hollie Vise and Nastia Liukin.

2016

In February, Kocian competed at the WOGA Classic. She only competed on two events, the Balance Beam and the Uneven Bars and placed 1st on both events with scores of 15.550 and 15.700 respectively. Competing as part of the WOGA team, she also placed 1st with her team.

In March, Kocian, along with fellow US National Team members, Gabby Douglas, Aly Raisman, Simone Biles and Maggie Nichols attended the Team USA Media Summit in Los Angeles, California, an event for the media to interview and interact with the potential athletes that might compete at the 2016 Olympic Games in Rio de Janeiro. Kocian attended the event on crutches and wearing a boot and confirmed to media that she had a small ankle injury that will likely take her out of contention for a place on the 2016 City of Jesolo Trophy and 2016 Pacific Rim Championships teams, however she will be ready for the major national competitions this Summer, the U.S. Classic, the P&G Gymnastics Championshoips and the 2016 Olympic Team Trials and will be healthy to vie for a spot on the 2016 U.S Olympic Team.[9]

Competitive history

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2009 Visa National Championships (Junior) 6th 8th
TOP Gym 3rd 1st 2nd
2010 WOGA Classic 1st 2nd 1st 2nd 8th 2nd
CoverGirl Classic (Junior) 5th 5th 3rd
Visa National Championships (Junior) 5th 6th 3rd 6th
2011 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st 2nd
WOGA Classic 1st 2nd 1st 7th 2nd 1st
2012 WOGA Classic 1st 2nd 1st 3rd 3rd
2013 American Classic 1st 1st 1st 2nd 2nd
WOGA Classic 1st 3rd 2nd
Secret U.S. Classic 7th 2nd
2014 WOGA Classic 1st 1st 2nd
City of Jesolo Trophy 1st
Secret U.S. Classic 2nd 8th
P&G Gymnastics Championships 2nd 5th
Pan American Championships 1st 2nd 4th
World Championships 1st
2015 Secret U.S. Classic 1st 9th
P&G Gymnastics Championships 6th 1st 12th 8th
World Championships 1st 1st
2016 WOGA Classic 1st 1st 1st

References

  1. ↑ https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_14classic_sr.pdf
  2. ↑ https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=165201
  3. ↑ https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=14856&prog=h Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  4. ↑ https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=14859&prog=h Retrieved 1 September 2014.
  5. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  6. ↑ "2015 Secret U.S. Classic". usagym.org. July 25, 2015. Retrieved July 25, 2015.
  7. ↑ Lua error in package.lua at line 80: module 'strict' not found.
  8. ↑ https://usagym.org/pages/pressbox/history/worlds_medalists_artistic.html
  9. ↑ http://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/olympics/2016/03/07/madison-kocian-says-ankle-injury-nothing-major/81462706/

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