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August 2, 2024, Jessica Stevens joined a very small and special group of women. She became the 5th US woman ever to be able to add Olympian – Trampoline Gymnastics to their resume! Trampoline made it Olympic debut at the 2000 Sydney Olympics – the year Jessica was born. Jessica has joined a very small elite group of women. US Women trampoline Olympians are:
Jennifer Parilla (2000, 2004)
Erin Blanchard (2008)
Savannah Vinsant (2012)
Nicole Ahsinger (2016, 2020)
Jessica Stevens (2024)

Jessica said it was certainly an experience of a lifetime! She completed 2 solid routines finishing 13th.  Jessica was super proud and thankful that her personal coach, Konstantin Gulisashvili was selected as the Olympic Team Coach and was there to coach her throughout her Paris experience.  She is looking forward to training and would like the opportunity to represent the US in LA in 2028.  

Howard County Native Jessica Stevens On Making Olympics: ‘It Still Hasn’t Hit Me’

Raga wins gold; T&T athletes collect four medals at 2024 Coimbra World Cup

https://olympics.com/en/news/usa-gymnastics-names-paris-2024-trampoline-team

June 2024:  Maryland is super excited to have athletes on the senior national team in each of the 3 Trampoline & Tumbling disciplines!  

Maryland Senior National Team Members are:

Women’s Trampoline: Jessica Stevens, Fairland Gymnastics
Women’s Double Mini: Aliah Raga, Dynamite Gymnastic
Men’s Double Mini: Kai Lawson, Dynamite Gymnastics
Men’s Tumbling: Kaleb Cave, Dynamite Gymnastics

Maryland Junior National Team Members:

Junior Men’s Trampoline: Rafi Pikofsky-Christiansen, Dynamite Gymnastics
Junior Men’s Double Mini: Rafi Pikofsky-Christiansen, Dynamite Gymnastics

Maryland Jump Start Team Members:

Maryland’s future is bright as Maryland also had 2 athletes named to the JumpStart program! A special congratulations to these young up and coming athletes!

Julian Marmalyukov, Fairland Gymnastics -Trampoline and Double Mini
Josh McLaughlin , Silver Stars Gymnastics – Tumbling

November 15, 2023

The 37th World Championships took place in Birmingham, England Nov 9-12, 2023. This was hailed as one of the most successful World Championships for the United States!  

Fairland’s Jessica Stevens won the bronze medal in Women’s Individual Trampoline. This is the first medal at a World Championships for the US in 49 years.  Her performance also secured the US women their quota spot for the 2024 Paris Olympics. Jessica was also a member of USA All-around team earning the US’s first ever Team all-around Gold medal!  Aliah Raga, Dynamite Gymnastics, led the US women in Double Mini Trampoline, winning the Silver Medal! Kaleb Cave, Dynamite Gymnastics represented the US in Men’s tumbling where he advanced to qualification round 2 and narrowly missed finals round, finishing in 15th. A superb showing by all MD athletes! Maryland is so proud to have top level athletes in the three T&T disiplines!

November 2023 – Fairland’s Jessica Stevens became the 1st US woman to win the Gold medal in Women’s Individual Trampoline at the Pan American Games held in Santiago, Chile. She and Nicole Ahsinger also won Gold in synchronized trampoline’s debut at the Pan American Games.

JESSICA STEVENS AND ANGEL HERNANDEZ WIN GOLD IN TRAMPOLINE GYMNASTICS, HEADING TO PARIS 2024

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