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Bailie Key

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Bailie Key
Key at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy in March 2014
Personal information
Full nameBailie Jaye Key
Country represented United States
Born (1999-03-16) 16 March 1999 (age 25)
Augusta, Georgia
HometownMontgomery, Texas
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
Years on national team2011–16 (US)
ClubTexas Dreams Gymnastics
College teamAlabama Crimson Tide
Head coach(es)Kim Zmeskal-Burdette
Assistant coach(es)Chris Burdette
ChoreographerKim Zmeskal-Burdette, Dominic Zito
MusicThe Polka (2010–2012), Rhythm, Baby! (Fidel Astro Remix) by Lars Winther (2013), "Crystallize" by Lindsey Stirling (2014)
RetiredJune 7, 2019[1]
Medal record
Representing  United States
Pacific Rim Championships
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Team
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond All-Around
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Vault
Gold medal – first place 2014 Richmond Floor Exercise
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond Uneven Bars
Silver medal – second place 2014 Richmond Balance Beam

Bailie Jaye Key (born 16 March 1999) is a retired American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the gold-medal-winning team at the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships and was the 2013 U.S. Junior National Champion.

Gymnastics career

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2011-14: Junior international elite

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Key was born in Augusta, Georgia and trained at Texas Dreams Gymnastics under former gymnast and Olympic bronze medalist Kim Zmeskal and her husband, Chris Burdette. Her teammates included Peyton Ernst, Kennedy Baker and Veronica Hults.

In July 2011, Key competed at the 2011 U.S. CoverGirl Classic in Chicago, Illinois. She placed seventh in the overall standings. Later that year, she competed in the Visa National Championships. She came in ninth overall with a two-day combined score of 109.550.

Key competed at the 2012 City of Jesolo Trophy. She won a gold medal with the team. She scored 14.250 on the floor exercise, which was enough to give her a bronze medal, and she was third in the all-around. At the U.S. Classic, she scored a 56.600, placing fifth. A few weeks later, at the Visa Championships, Key finished fourth in the all-around but got a bronze medal on the balance beam and floor exercise.

In March 2013, Key went to the 2013 City of Jesolo Trophy. She won the all-around gold medal with 58.100 and another two golds and one bronze in the event finals. In July, she competed at the Secret U.S. Classic, where she won the all-around title with a score of 58.250. She scored a 14.000 on floor, 14.250 on uneven bars to finish in fifth, 15.000 on vault to place third, and 15.000 on beam to place second. In August, Key competed at the P&G National Championships, which took place over two days, with the combined scores determining final placings. Key won gold in the all-around, beam and floor and placed fourth on bars and vault. Her scores for Day 1 were 15.350 on beam, 13.950 on bars, 14.800 on floor and 15.100 on vault. Her Day 2 scores were 15.550 on beam, 14.100 on bars, 14.950 on floor and 14.750 on vault. Her total all-around score was 118.550.

Following her all-around win at the P&G Championships, Key was selected along with Laurie Hernandez, who placed second at the P&G Championships, to represent the United States at the Junior Japan International in Yokohama, Japan. Key won the all-around with a score of 58.400. She also won the vault, uneven bars, balance beam and floor exercise titles.

In November, Key was selected, along with fellow junior gymnasts Hernandez, Veronica Hults and Emily Gaskins and senior gymnasts Maggie Nichols and Peyton Ernst to represent the United States at the 2013 Mexican Open in Acapulco, Mexico. Key helped the American juniors take the team title in the International Junior Cup and also won the all-around title ahead of Hernandez, Gaskins and Hults, who finished second, third and fourth, respectively; however, only Key and Hernandez were awarded the gold and silver medals because of a two-per-country rule.

In 2014, Key competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy in Jesolo, Italy. The United States won the team competition, and she won the all-around and three events (vault, bars and floor) and placed second on beam. She was named to the American team for the Pacific Rim Championships in Richmond, Canada, in April 2014. There, she won the all-around, vault and floor medals for the junior division and placed second on uneven bars and balance beam.[2]

Key withdrew from the 2014 Secret U.S. Classic because of a minor arm injury.[3]

Later in the season, she withdrew from the 2014 P&G National Championships with the same nagging arm injury and was consequently unable to defend her national title.

On September 14, 2014, Key verbally committed to the Florida Gators women's gymnastics team. She announced the news through social media.[4]

2015-2016: Senior career

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Key turned senior in 2015, consequently becoming age-eligible for a place on the USA Gymnastics team for the 2015 World Championships in Glasgow, Scotland, and for the 2016 Summer Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil.

City of Jesolo Trophy

In March 2015, Key competed at the 2015 City of Jesolo Trophy as part of the United States' senior team. She came in second place, behind Simone Biles, in the all-around with a score of 59.500, surpassing both Gabby Douglas and Aly Raisman. She scored 15.000 on floor, 14.900 on bars, 15.200 on vault and 14.400 on beam. She also placed 2nd in the uneven bars final, earning the silver medal and also earned a gold medal with the U.S team.

Secret U.S. Classic

On July 25, Key competed at the Secret U.S. Classic. She placed 4th in the all-around with a score of 59.450, behind 2-time World All-Around Champion Simone Biles, 2012 Olympic All-Around Champion Gabby Douglas, and Maggie Nichols and ahead of Aly Raisman. She placed 3rd on bars (15.300) behind Madison Kocian and Douglas, tied for 5th on beam with Nichols (14.450) behind Biles, Raisman, Douglas, and Kyla Ross, and tied for 3rd with Nichols on floor (14.800) behind Biles and Douglas.

P&G Championships

At the P&G Championships held in Indianapolis, Indiana on August 13 & 15, Key finished 4th in the all-around with a 2-night score of 118.350, placing behind Simone Biles, Maggie Nichols, and Aly Raisman.

On night one, Key scored a 15.200 on bars, a 13.700 on beam (after grabbing the beam and being overtime), a 14.450 on floor, and a 15.250 on vault for an all around score of 58.600, .050 behind Raisman. This placed her fourth after night one.

On the second day of competition, Key scored a 14.550 on beam, a 14.700 on floor, a 15.200 on vault, and a 15.300 on bars. Overall, she finished 10th on beam (28.250), 3rd on floor (29.150, tied with MyKayla Skinner), and 3rd on bars (30.500). She also placed 4th in the all around with a two-night total of 118.350, .200 behind Aly Raisman, who finished third.

Key was named to the Senior National Team for the first time and received an invitation to the 2015 Worlds Selection Camp in September.[5][6] She was named as a non-traveling alternate to the 2015 World Championship team.

2016

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Key was scheduled to compete at the Secret U.S. Classic, but she later withdrew. Two weeks later, Key had decided to end her 2016 season due to an ongoing back injury, therefore ending her potential bid for the 2016 U.S. Women's Olympic Gymnastics team and her elite gymnastics career.[7]

On September 30, 2016, Key announced that she had committed to the University of Alabama and the Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team,[8] having previously been verbally committed to the University of Florida. She signed the National Letter of Intent to the University of Alabama and the Crimson Tide gymnastics team on November 10, 2016.[9]

2017-2019

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Key joined the University of Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team for the 2018 season. She competed in the season opener at Michigan, where she fell off the balance beam, receiving a score of 8.475.[10] This would ultimately be the only competitive routine of her college career.

In January 2019, it was announced that Key would miss the 2019 season due to an unspecified medical procedure.[11]

In June 2019, Key announced her retirement from gymnastics.[12]

Competitive history

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Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
Junior
2011 American Classic 6 8 8 1st place, gold medalist(s)
CoverGirl Classic 7 6
Visa Championships 9 8 7
2012 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 6
Secret U.S. Classic 5 4 6 5 5
U.S. National Championships 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 7 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
2013 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
GER-ROU-USA Friendly 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Secret U.S. Classic 1st place, gold medalist(s) 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 5
P&G Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 4 4 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Japan Junior International 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Mexico Open 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
2014 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Pacific Rim Championships 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 1st place, gold medalist(s)
Senior
2015 City of Jesolo Trophy 1st place, gold medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s) 2nd place, silver medalist(s)
Secret U.S. Classic 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 5 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)
P&G Championships 4 3rd place, bronze medalist(s) 10 3rd place, bronze medalist(s)

References

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  1. ^ "Alabama's Bailie Key retiring from gymnastics". Archived from the original on 2019-06-10. Retrieved 2019-06-10.
  2. ^ "USA Gymnastics names women's team for Pacific Rim Championships". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  3. ^ "The Latest on Bailie Key". 1 August 2014. Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  4. ^ @Bailie_Key (September 14, 2014). "Bailie Key on Twitter: "I am so excited to say that I have verbally committed to the University of Florida! Go gators! 🔸🔷🐊🔷🔸"" (Tweet). Archived from the original on 2014-09-22. Retrieved 2014-09-15 – via Twitter.
  5. ^ "2015 P&G Championships - Women Day 2 Meet Results" Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine. usagym.org. August 15, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  6. ^ "2015 P&G Championships - Women Day 2 Event Results" Archived 2015-09-08 at the Wayback Machine. usagym.org. August 15, 2015. Retrieved August 15, 2015.
  7. ^ VAVEL.com (2016-06-21). "Bailie Key, Jazmyn Foberg end their 2016 season". VAVEL. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  8. ^ "2017-18 Key to Bama - CollegeGymFans.com". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  9. ^ "Instagram post by Bailie Key • Nov 10, 2016 at 12:02am UTC". Retrieved 30 March 2017.
  10. ^ "Teams". roadtonationals.com. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  11. ^ "Alabama Gymnast Bailie Key Out for the Season Following Medical Procedure". University of Alabama Athletics. 4 January 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
  12. ^ "Bailie Key Retires from Gymnastics". University of Alabama Athletics. 7 June 2019. Retrieved 2020-06-26.
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