Laurie Hernandez

Laurie Hernandez
Hernandez in Phoenix, Arizona in July 2017
Personal information
Full name	Lauren Zoe Hernandez
Nickname(s)	Laurie, Lo
Country represented	United States
Born	(2000-06-09) June 9, 2000 (age 23) New Brunswick, New Jersey
Hometown	Old Bridge Township, New Jersey
Residence	Manhattan, New York
Height	5 ft 1 in (155 cm)[1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2012–16 (USA)
Club	Gym-Max Gymnastics (2018-2021), MG Elite (former)
Head coach(es)	Jenny Liang
Former coach(es)	Maggie Haney
Retired	June 6, 2021
Medal record Representing the  United States Olympic Games 2016 Rio de Janeiro Team 2016 Rio de Janeiro Balance beam Pacific Rim Championships 2016 Everett Team

Lauren Zoe Hernandez (born June 9, 2000)^[2] is an American retired artistic gymnast. During her debut year as a senior gymnast, she competed as a member of the U.S. women's gymnastics team dubbed the "Final Five" at the 2016 Summer Olympics that won the team gold medal. Individually, Hernandez earned the silver medal on the balance beam. She returned to training in late 2018 and expressed interest in making a comeback to earn a spot on the U.S. women's gymnastic team for the 2020 Summer Olympics, but she did not qualify for the Olympic Gymnastics Trials.

Outside of gymnastics, Hernandez has appeared on season 23 of Dancing with the Stars in 2016, where she won the competition along with partner Val Chmerkovskiy. Hernandez hosted the first season of American Ninja Warrior Junior as the on-course reporter and starred as Valeria in the Nickelodeon animated miniseries Middle School Moguls. She is the author of two books, I Got This: To Gold and Beyond, a New York Times Bestseller and She's Got This, a children's book.