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}} Samantha Nicole Peszek (born December 14, 1991 in Indianapolis, Indiana) is an American gymnast. She was a member of the United States' silver-winning 2008 Olympic women's gymnastics team.〔("Olympians At Last." ) ''NBCOlympics.com''. July 19, 2008. Accessed on July 19, 2008.〕 Following her elite gymnastics career, she competed in NCAA Gymnastics for the UCLA Bruins. She is a 17-time All-American, the 2011 and 2015 NCAA balance beam champion, and the 2015 NCAA all around co-champion with Kytra Hunter. ==Career== In 2007, Peszek competed on the gold medal-winning U.S. team at the 2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and the 2007 Pan American Games. In March 2008, she competed at the American Cup. She placed third in the all-around competition, behind teammates Nastia Liukin and Shawn Johnson. After a solid performance at the 2008 U.S. National Championships, Peszek continued to prove her worth to the U.S. team at the Olympic Trials. At the conclusion of the meet, when she was invited to the final Olympic selection camp, most experts, including NBC's analysts, predicted she would be selected for the team. Indeed, she was selected on July 19, 2008 at the conclusion of the selection camp in New Waverly, Texas. Along with Peszek, Shawn Johnson, Nastia Liukin, Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone, and Bridget Sloan were selected for the team. During the 2008 Summer Olympics, Peszek injured her ankle during warm-ups just minutes before the women's qualification and was restricted to the uneven bars. She was the second gymnast to be injured on the 2008 Women's gymnastics Olympic team, the other being Chellsie Memmel.〔http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=189726.html〕 After the Beijing Olympics, Peszek expressed her desire to continue her elite gymnastics career. After letting her ankle heal, Peszek competed for the first time after the Olympics at the 2009 CoverGirl Classic, where she competed only vault and beam, placing second and ninth. She then decided to compete at the VISA Championships with hopes of making the world team as a three-event specialist; she planned to postpone surgery to fix a torn labrum in her shoulder. During the championships she placed second on beam and seventh on floor. Peszek was then added to the U.S. national team and made it to the second and final selection camp, during which she pulled out and decided to get her torn labrum fixed. She signed with UCLA. In 2011, Peszek won the balance beam title at the NCAA Women's Gymnastics championship, where she became the first college gymnast to do a standing full twist on the beam. She was a first team All-American on beam in both 2011 and 2012.〔("Samantha Peszek" ). uclabruins.com. Retrieved December 26, 2014.〕 Peszek redshirted the 2012-2013 NCAA season after suffering a torn Achilles tendon in December. Later in 2013, she became an NACGC/W Scholastic All-American for the third consecutive year. And she was inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame Class of 2013 as a member of the 2007 women's world championships team. In 2014, Peszek made a triumphant return to the NCAA competitions. During the regular season, Peszek averaged 9.91 on vault (highest at 9.950), 9.906 on uneven bars (highest at 10.0), 9.921 on balance beam (highest at 9.950) and 9.888 on floor exercise (highest at 9.925). And during a tri-meet against Michigan and Utah, Peszek made another triumphant comeback in the all-around competition (first time since the 2012 NCAA National Championships) by clinching the meet all-around title with a 39.65 (9.925 on vault, 9.875 on uneven bars, 9.925 on balance beam, 9.925 on floor exercise). She then posted a career-high all-around score during the tri-meet against Utah State and Bowling Green with a 39.70 (9.950 on vault, 9.975 on uneven bars, 9.925 on balance beam, 9.850 on floor exercise). In March 2014, Peszek competed at the 2014 Pac 12 Conference Championship. She contributed scores of 9.825 on vault, 9.900 on uneven bars, 9.925 on balance beam and 9.775 on floor exercise to the UCLA team's fourth-place finish. Individually, she was named the 2014 Pac 12 balance beam champion and finished second in the all-around competition. In 2015, she opted to use her final year of NCAA eligibility and competed for one last year as a fifth-year senior. She proved that she was still at the top of her game by winning the 2015 NCAA title on the balance beam with a score of 9.95〔("UCLA Senior Samantha Peszek" ). uclabruins.com. Retrieved September 3, 2015.〕 as well as becoming the NCAA all-around co-champion with University of Florida gymnast Kytra Hunter with a score of 39.60.〔("Samantha Peszek ties" ). Indystar.com. Retrieved September 3, 2015.〕 抄文引用元・出典: フリー百科事典『 ウィキペディア（Wikipedia）』 ■ウィキペディアで「Samantha Peszek」の詳細全文を読む スポンサード リンク
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