Emily Schild
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 Schild at the 2015 Pan American Games | ||||||||||||
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| Full name | Emily Jane Schild | |||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States | |||||||||||
| Born | August 19, 1998 Fort Wayne, Indiana, U.S. | |||||||||||
| Height | 1.47 m (4 ft 10 in)[1] | |||||||||||
| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||
| Level | Senior International Elite | |||||||||||
| Years on national team | 2015–17 (USA) | |||||||||||
| Club | Everest | |||||||||||
| College team | Georgia Gymdogs (2017–21) | |||||||||||
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Emily Jane Schild (born August 19, 1998, in Fort Wayne, Indiana) is an American artistic gymnast. She has been a member of the U.S. National team since 2015 and made her international debut at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy. At the 2015 Pan-American Games in Toronto, she was part of the gold-winning US team.[2]
Personal life
[edit]Emily Jane Schild was born on August 19, 1998, in Fort Wayne, Indiana, parents David and Maria Schild.[3] The family moved to North Carolina when Schild was around 5 years old.
A member of the National Honor Society, Schild was homeschooled through the NCVP and graduated high school in 2017. Schild is a senior[when?] at the University of Georgia and is signed to their gymnastics program.[4]
Gymnastics career
[edit]Schild began her gymnastics career at DeVeau's School of Gymnastics in Fishers, Indiana, and now[when?] trains at Everest Gymnastics in Huntersville, North Carolina, under Qi Han and Yiwen Chen.[citation needed]
2013–14: Level 10 and Junior International Elite
[edit]Schild qualified to the 2013 Nastia Liukin Cup as a Level 10 athlete and finished nineteenth all-around.[5] Later in the season, she tested for Junior International Elite and qualified for the 2013 U.S. Classic. Later, she advanced to the 2013 P&G U.S. Nationals and was twenty-fifth all-around and eighth on vault.[6]
Schild was nursing an injury during 2014 and was forced to sit out the whole season.
2015–present: Senior International Elite and National Team breakthrough
[edit]Schild was added to the U.S. Senior National team after the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy selection camp, where she was also selected to the U.S. team.[7] In 2016, Schild was named to the National Team and invited to compete at the 2016 Olympic trials, but was not selected for the Olympic team.
References
[edit]- ^ "Gymnastics Artistic Athlete Profile : SCHILD Emily – Toronto 2015 Pan American Games". Archived from the original on 2015-07-16. Retrieved 2015-07-12.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics – Women's Artistic Gymnastics National Team".
- ^ "The Official Website of Emily Schild". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ^ "Emily Schild (@_emily_schild_) • Instagram photos and videos".
- ^ http://www.gymdivas.us/profile_schild[permanent dead link]
- ^ "The Official Website of Emily Schild". Archived from the original on 2015-04-02. Retrieved 2015-03-24.
- ^ "USA Gymnastics names U.S. squad for 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy".
External links
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- 1998 births
- Living people
- American female artistic gymnasts
- Sportspeople from Fort Wayne, Indiana
- University of Georgia people
- Gymnasts from Indiana
- Georgia GymDogs gymnasts
- People from Huntersville, North Carolina
- Sportspeople from Mecklenburg County, North Carolina
- U.S. women's national team gymnasts
- Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Medalists at the 2015 Pan American Games
- Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics
- 21st-century American sportswomen