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Joscelyn Roberson
American artistic gymnast From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Joscelyn Michelle Roberson (born February 8, 2006) is an American artistic gymnast and member of the USA national gymnastics team. She was a member of the gold medal winning team at the 2023 World Championships and was named an alternate for Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics. She is the 2025 World bronze medalist on the vault.
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Early life
Roberson was born to Jeffrey and Ashley Roberson in 2006 in Texarkana, Texas.[1]
Gymnastics career
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2021
Roberson competed at the 2021 Winter Cup where she placed second behind Ella Kate Parker in the all-around, first on balance beam, and third on floor exercise in the junior division.[2] She next competed at the U.S. Classic where she placed fifth. At the National Championships Roberson placed fourth in the all-around, first on balance beam, and second on vault. As a result, she was named as the alternate to the team for the Junior Pan American Championships.[3]
2022
Roberson became age-eligible for senior competition in 2022. She made her senior debut at the 2022 Winter Cup where she placed first on vault. She next competed at the U.S. Classic and the National Championships.[4] In October Roberson verbally committed to compete for the Arkansas Razorbacks, starting in the 2024–25 season.[5]
2023
Roberson began the year competing at the 2023 Winter Cup where she placed first on vault and second on balance beam and floor exercise. A sub-par uneven bars performance resulted in a sixth place all-around finish.[6] As a result, Roberson was added to the senior national team for the first time and was selected to compete at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge alongside Lexi Zeiss, Zoe Miller, Nola Matthews, and Ashlee Sullivan. Together they finished first as a team and Roberson qualified to the vault and floor exercise event finals. She won gold on vault and silver on floor exercise behind Júlia Soares of Brazil.[7] Due to her performance in Stuttgart, Roberson was selected to compete at the Cairo World Cup in April where she won gold on vault and floor as well as a silver on balance beam.[8][9]
Following the Cairo World Cup, Roberson was named to the team to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Zoe Miller, Addison Fatta, Tiana Sumanasekera, Nola Matthews, and traveling replacement athlete Madray Johnson.[10] During the Pan American Championships she won gold on floor and silver on balance beam and vault.[11] During the team final Roberson contributed on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise towards the USA's first place finish.[12]
In September, Roberson was selected to represent the United States at the 2023 World Championships alongside Simone Biles, Skye Blakely, Shilese Jones, Leanne Wong, and alternate Kayla DiCello.[13] During qualifications, she competed on vault and floor exercise to help the USA qualify to the team final in first place, and individually, she qualified to the vault final. She was expected to once again compete on vault and floor exercise during the team final; however, while warming up on vault she injured her ankle and was unable to compete. Despite this, the USA still won their seventh consecutive World team title.[14] Due to the injury, Roberson withdrew from the vault final.[15]
In November, Roberson signed her National Letter of Intent with the Arkansas Razorbacks.[16]
2024
Roberson made her return to competition at the American Classic, but she only competed on uneven bars and balance beam. She made her return to the all-around at the Core Hydration Classic where she finished twelfth. At the National Championships Roberson placed tenth in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise. As a result she qualified to the Olympic Trials.[17]
At the Olympic trials, she placed sixth in the all-around, fourth on vault, tenth on uneven bars, first on balance beam, and fourth on floor, and was named an alternate for Team USA at the 2024 Summer Olympics.[18]
2025
Roberson returned to elite competition after her freshman season competing with the Arkansas Razorbacks.[19] She first competed at the U.S. Classic where she won bronze in the all-around behind Claire Pease and Simone Rose.[20] At the U.S. National Championships she once again placed third, this time behind Hezly Rivera and Leanne Wong, and won silver on floor exercise behind Rivera.[21] In early October Roberson was selected to represent the United States at the 2025 World Championships taking place later that month alongside Skye Blakely, Dulcy Caylor, and Wong.[22]
At the World Championships Roberson only competed on vault and floor exercise, qualifying to the vault final in eighth place.[23] During the event final she won the bronze medal behind Angelina Melnikova and Lia Monica Fontaine.[24]
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NCAA gymnastics career
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2024–2025 season
Roberson made her collegiate debut on January 11, 2025 in a quad meet against UCLA, Kentucky, and Ohio State. She competed on all four apparatuses and co-won the all-around title alongside Tory Vetter of Ohio State.[25] In their first duel meet with an SEC opponent, Auburn, Roberson collected two more event titles on beam and floor, scoring a new career high of 9.925 on beam.[26] In a tri-meet with Denver and Texas Woman's University, Auburn scored their first win of the season with dominant help from Roberson as she won her second all-around title with a score of 39.350 while also winning on beam.[27]
Roberson won her third all-around title helping Arkansas defeat reigning national champions and no. 02 ranked LSU.[28] Traveling to Oklahoma, Roberson repeated a career high of 9.925 on beam, tying for second with Oklahoma's Faith Torrez. [29] In a return to Bud Walton Arena, the Razorbacks defeated the no. 02 Florida Gators where Roberson placed second in the all-around and collected a 9.900 on beam to win the title, her second of the season. [30]
On Valentine's Day at Georgia, Arkansas suffered a close loss. She secured her first collegiate vault title with a career high 9.900 closing out the rotation.[31] At the Metroplex Challenge,[32] Arkansas won defeating no. 19 Arizona, no. 10 Oregon State, and Southeast Missouri State. Roberson placed second in the all-around, behind her U.S. teammate, Jade Carey. She continued her dominant performance placing second on beam and tied for second on floor.[33]
Despite not competing in the all-around against no.16 Alabama, Roberson dominated on both beam and floor winning both events with scores of 9.925+. Her 9.975 on floor helped Arkansas set a new high of 49.650.[34] In an away meet at Kentucky, she scored an Arkansas rookie all-round high score of 39.525.[35] In their final regular season meet against Missouri, Roberson repeated her high on all-around and took a share of the floor title with a 9.925.[36]
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