Bridget Sloan

Bridget Elizabeth Sloan ( born June 23, 1992, Cincinnati, Ohio) is an American gymnast. She is the all-around world champion of 2009. Moreover, they won with the U.S. team silver at the 2008 Olympic Games in Beijing.

Life

Bridget Sloan was born on June 23, 1992 in Cincinnati. Today she lives with her parents and three siblings in Pittsboro, Indiana. She trains in Indianapolis, where she began gymnastics at the age of four years.

In the pre-Olympic year 2007 Sloan was surprising fifth in the American Championships in the all-around and second on floor. Subsequently, she traveled as a substitute gymnast to the World Championships in Stuttgart, came here but not used. In the Good Luck Beijing test competition for the Olympic Games in Beijing, she was able to achieve a third place in the all around in the same year.

In March 2008 she moved to the warm- jumping during a competition in Italy a meniscus injury, but recovered in time to compete in the Olympics can. In Beijing Sloan won a silver medal in the team all-around and was seventh on vault.

Unlike her teammates from the Olympic team launched Sloan in 2009 at the American Championships on all devices. It was American champion on the floor, on the uneven bars and in the all around, as well as runner-up on vault. Only on beam they did not reach a podium with a fifth place. At the 2009 World Championships in London Sloan won the all-around. After three devices still stood behind Rebecca Bross, Sloan won the competition with her ​​performance on the ground without major error in itself. In the uneven bars finals Sloan reached a sixth place.