Amelia Hundley

Background

Born January 21, 1998 in Cincinnati, Ohio, Amelia started tumbling (gymnastics) at the age four in the dance studio run by her mother, a professional tumbler.

Career

Hundley is training 35 hours a week at the Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy under coaches Mary Lee Tracy and Amy Wert. She wishes to represent the United States at international meets. Hundley has described it as her burning ambition to participate in the World Gymnastics Championships and the 2016 Olympic Games.

She proceeded into gymnastics and by age seven was competing in the level-5 (Level 5 is the second level of USAG competition), 2005 Gatlin Classic.

By 2007, Hundley had advanced to compete as a level-7 gymnast, and in 2008 advanced again to compete as a level-10 gymnast. Hundley, as a junior international elite gymnast from Cincinnati Gymnastics Academy (Certified General Accountants) in Ohio, participated in the gold medal winning United States team at the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships.

In June 2012 she competed in the VISA Championships, also known as the United States of America Gymnastics National Championships, improving her Associate of Arts score from 56.750 to 57.250. In March 2013, Hundley participated with the United States national squad in its group performance in the City of Jesolo Trophy, in Jesolo, Italy.

Hundley"s senior debut came at the Secret United States. Classic in August 2014, where she placed 6th Associate of Arts, advancing to Nationals.

At the 2014 P&G Gymnastics Championships, Hundley placed sixth in the all-around, seventh on the balance beam and floor, and eighth on the uneven bars. She was named to the national team and the Pan American Championships team On the uneven bars, she was the lead-off competitor with a score of 14.650, winning bronze.

Amelia also placed fourth in the all-around at the Pan-Am Games.

Hundley competed on the first night of the P&G National Gymnastics Championships. She slightly tore her meniscus on her first tumbling pass on floor, her first event.

Despite this, she continued the first night of competition. At the end of night one, she was in 9th place.

She withdrew for night two due to the injury she sustained on floor exercise.

Despite her injury, she was named to the Senior National Team and is invited to the 2015 Worlds Selection Camp in September. On November 11, 2015, she signed the National Letter of Intent to the University of Florida. On February 29, 2016, United States of America Gymnastics revealed that Hundley would represent the United States at the 2016 Stuttgart World Cup on March 19th.

Achievements

• She also won team gold medals competing for the United States at the 2012 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships and the City of Jesolo Trophy. In 2006, she won the all-around, balance beam and floor exercise titles at the Fiesta Bowl Invitational. At the Pan American Championships, she won a gold medal in the team competition. At the Pan-American Games in Toronto (July 11-15, 2015), she was part of the United States team that won gold convincingly. She also won silver on the floor exercise, with a score of 14.200. Her teammate Rachel Gowey won gold with a score of 14.725.