Alma Alexandra Kuc (born September 21, 1998) is a Polish

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different apparatuses. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which designs the Code of Points and regulates ...

. She began competing for the

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gymnastics team in 2018.

Personal life

Alma Kuc was born on September 21, 1998, in

Toronto Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...

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. She has also lived in Argentina and Brazil, and her extended family lives in Poland. Her younger brother,

Thomas Kuc ''Game Shakers'' is an American comedy television series created by Dan Schneider that premiered on Nickelodeon on September 12, 2015. The series ran for three seasons, with its final episode airing on June 8, 2019. It stars Cree Cicchino, Madisy ...

, is an actor. She graduated from Laurel Springs High School in

Ojai, California Ojai ( ; Chumash: ''’Awhaỳ'') is a city in Ventura County, California. Located in the Ojai Valley, it is northwest of Los Angeles and east of Santa Barbara. The valley is part of the east–west trending Western Transverse Ranges and is ...

. She began attending

UC Berkeley The University of California, Berkeley (UC Berkeley, Berkeley, Cal, or California) is a public university, public land-grant university, land-grant research university in Berkeley, California. Established in 1868 as the University of Californi ...

in 2017 where she studies Molecular and Cell Biology, and she competes on their gymnastics team.

Career

Kuc competed at the 2014 European Championships with

Marta Pihan-Kulesza Marta Pihan-Kulesza (Polish pronunciation: ; born 23 July 1987) is a Polish artistic gymnast. She represented her country at the 2008 and 2012 Summer Olympics. She is an 11-time Polish all-around champion (2004-2005, 2007–2010, 2012–2014, 20 ...

, Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Gabriela Janik, Claudia Chmielowska, and the team finished 10th. She then competed at the 2014 World Championships alongside Pihan-Kulesza, Jurkowska-Kowalska, Janik, Chmielowska, and Paula Plichta, and the team finished 17th. At the 2015 World Championships, Kuc competed with Claudia Chmielowska, Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Klara Kopeć, Gabriela Janik, and Marta Pihan-Kulesza, and the team finished 19th. She finished 4th in the all-around and won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the 2016 Polish Championships. Then at the Gym Festival Trnava, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind

Hitomi Hatakeda is a Japanese former artistic gymnast who competed at the 2020 Olympic Games. She is the 2019 Summer Universiade champion in the team, all-around, uneven bars, and balance beam. She is also the 2020 American Cup all-around bronze medalist. E ...

of Japan. She competed at the 2016 European Championships alongside Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Klara Kopeć, Gabriela Janik, and Paula Plichta, and they finished 11th. At the 2017 European Championships, Kuc competed only on the uneven bars and finished 18th in the qualification round.

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Kuc, Alma 1998 births Living people Polish female artistic gymnasts Gymnasts from Toronto