By Cassie Lee
FROM WIKIPEDIA COMMONS
Jade Ashtyn Carey (born May 27, 2000) is an American artistic gymnast. She represented the United States at the 2020 Summer Olympics as an individual, and at the 2024 Summer Olympics as a member of the U.S. women’s team, nicknamed the “Golden Girls“.
Best known for her abilities on vault and floor exercise, she is the 2020 Olympic champion on floor exercise and the 2024 Olympic bronze medalist on vault. On floor exercise, she is a two-time World medalist (2017 silver, 2022 bronze), the 2018 Pan American Champion, and a four-time American national silver medalist (2017–2019, 2022). On vault, she is the 2022 World champion, a two-time World silver medalist (2017, 2019), the 2018 Pan American champion, and a two-time American national champion (2017, 2022). She has also won nine medals at the FIG World Cup. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2024 Olympic Games, the 2019 World Championships, the 2022 World Championships, and the 2018 Pan American Championships.
In NCAA Gymnastics, she competes with the Oregon State Beavers gymnastics team, where she has won seven Pac-12 titles, five medals at the NCAA Championships, and received multiple conference honors. With a total of ten Olympic and World Championship medals, Carey is tied with Aly Raisman as the fifth most decorated U.S. female gymnast of all time.
Carey is one of only four gymnasts to complete the NCAA Gym Slam multiple times, recording a perfect 10.0 on all four events at least twice in her NCAA career.
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