| Michelle Pineda | |
| Full Name: | Michelle Janeth Pineda |
| Birth Date: | 13 December 2007 |
| Birth Place: | United States |
| Discipline: | WAG |
| Level: | Senior International Elite |
| Club: | Metroplex Gymnastics |
| Show-Medals: | yes |
Michelle Janeth Pineda (born 13 December 2007)[1] is a Mexican-American senior artistic gymnast. She was the 2024 Pan American senior all around champion.
Pineda began gymnastics at age six and began training at Metroplex Gymnastics in 2017. [2]
She began her junior elite season competing at the 2021 Winter Cup, placing 13th in the junior all around.[3] In 2022 she placed eleventh in the junior Winter Cup all around, tied with Claire Pease of WOGA. She placed seventh in the junior U.S Classic,[4] and seventeenth in the junior U.S. Championship.[5]
Pineda qualified elite following the Buckeye Classic in 2022, where she gained a 49.900 score in the all around, surpassing the necessary 49.500 to qualify. She was the only competitor at the meet to gain elite status.[6] At the 2023 senior American Classic Pineda earned the bronze in the all around and gold on the floor exercise.[7]
In 2024 Pineda gained a FIG licence to compete for Mexico, and she joined their B team.[8] She then competed in the 2024 Pan American Championships, where she qualified first in the all around with a score of 52.533. She also contributed on all events to lead Mexico to a team bronze.[9] During the all around final she earned the gold medal with a score of 52.500. In event finals she placed fourth on uneven bars and tied with Brazil's Hellen Carvalho for silver on floor exercise with a score of 13.100. She won the gold on balance beam with a score of 13.367.[10]
| align=center | Year | align=center | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Representing USA  | |||||||||
| Junior | |||||||||
| 2021 | align=left | 13 | 10 | 12 | 13 | 11 | |||
| 2022 | align=left | 11 | 16 | 8 | 12 | 8 | |||
| align=left | 7 | 12 | 10 | 8 | 8 | ||||
| align=left | 17 | 22 | 17 | 4 | 21 | ||||
| Senior | |||||||||
| 2023 | align=left | 16 | 23 | 17 | 10 | ||||
| align=left | American Classic | ||||||||
| align=left | 9 | 13 | 8 | 12 | |||||
| align=left | 21 | 15 | 17 | 21 | |||||
Representing Mexico  | |||||||||
| 2024 | align=left | 4 | |||||||