| Gracie Kramer | |
| Fullname: | Grace Catherine Kramer |
| Birth Date: | 16 May 1998 |
| Hometown: | San Clemente, California, U.S. |
| Height: | 160 cm |
| Discipline: | WAG |
| Club: | Wildfire Gymnastics |
| Headcoach: | Chris Waller |
| Assistcoach: | Dom Palange Kristina Comforte BJ Das |
| Collegeteam: | UCLA Bruins (2017–20) |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
| Formercoach: | Valorie Kondos Field Jordyn Wieber Randy Lane |
Grace Catherine Kramer (born May 16, 1998), known as Gracie Kramer, is an American artistic gymnast who was a member of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team from 2016 to 2020.[1] Following her retirement from competition in 2020, she joined the Utah State Aggies gymnastics team as a volunteer assistant coach.[2]
Kramer was born in Newport Beach, California, to Lorraine and Warren Kramer. She grew up in San Clemente, attending JSerra Catholic High School, and has three siblings. She initially signed to be on the Arizona State Sun Devils gymnastics program,[3] but later switched to be a walk-on for the UCLA Bruins after the head coach Rene Lyst was fired.[4] [5]
In the fall of 2016 she began attending the University of California, Los Angeles, joining the UCLA Bruins gymnastics program for the 2016-2017 season.[6] She was primarily recruited as a vault specialist, but became a key member of the floor squad during the 2018 season, after competing an exhibition routine during the 2017 season.
During her freshman season, Kramer competed in 10 of 14 meets,[7] ending with an RQS (Regional Qualifying Score) of 9.810.[8] Moreover, Kramer was one of two Bruins who competed a Yurchenko 1.5, debuting the vault on February 11 to score 9.925.
During her sophomore season, Kramer became a key member of the floor squad, competing on the apparatus in every meet.[9] She achieved a score of 9.85 or higher in 12 out of 13 meets on the floor, and competed on the vault twice with a high of 9.85. On January 7 against Ohio State, Kramer earned her first career win on the floor, tying with Kyla Ross.[10] On February 25, she recorded her season-high of 9.95, at a meet against Oregon State.[11] [12]
Kramer took 12th place on vault and 4th place on floor in the 2019 PAC-12 Championships to help her team place first.[13] She then placed second on floor in the NCAA Championships,[14] with her team taking third place. Kramer competed in every meet on floor, and 9 out of 14 meets on the vault.[15]
Kramer won her first event title of the season on January 18, at a meet against BYU and Utah State, with a score of 9.95 on the floor exercise.[16] Her floor routine was featured in a Pop Sugar post on January 22,[17] and again on January 28.[18] On January 31, Kramer scored her first career perfect 10, incidentally also the first perfect 10 of the season, at a meet against Washington.[19] Kramer scored her career high of a 9.95 on vault in a meet against California, on March 8; she also scored 9.9 on floor.[20] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, on March 12 the remainder of the season was cancelled, including the 2020 NCAA Championships.[21] Her lowest recorded score on floor during the season was a 9.875 against Stanford, and so she ended the 2020 season ranked third on the floor exercise, with an RQS of 9.95 and an average of 9.937.[22] Kramer was one of only two gymnasts during the season to receive a score of a perfect 10 on the floor exercise, the other being Trinity Thomas.[23]
| 2020 | Jan 31, 2020 | Floor | UCLA vs Washington |
| Season[24] | All-Around | Vault | Uneven Bars | Balance Beam | Floor Exercise | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | N/A | 126th | N/A | N/A | N/A | |
| 2018 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 50th | |
| 2019 | N/A | N/A | N/A | N/A | 13th | |
| 2020 | N/A | 81st | N/A | N/A | 3rd |
| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2017 | PAC-12 Championships[25] | 47 | |||||
| NCAA Championships[26] | 4 | ||||||
| 2018 | PAC-12 Championships[27] | 8 | |||||
| NCAA Championships[28] | 21 | ||||||
| 2019 | PAC-12 Championships[29] | 12 | 4 | ||||
| 34 | 5 | ||||||
| 2020 | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA [30] [31] | ||||||
| align=left | NCAA Championships | ||||||