Charlotte Frances Drury (born June 4, 1996) is an American
trampoline
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gymnast
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. At the 2014 Minsk World Cup, she finished at the top of the podium in the individual event, becoming the first American woman to win a gold medal in trampoline at a World Cup.
That same year, she was crowned national champion at the USA Gymnastics Championships. She has been a member of the US Trampoline and Tumbling National Team since 2011, and was an alternate at the
2020 Summer Olympics
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games in Tokyo.
Early life
Drury began
artistic gymnastics
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 ...
at age three. When she was around five years old, she started practicing at the National Gymnastics Training Center in nearby
Aliso Viejo, California
Aliso Viejo (Spanish for "Old Sycamore") is a city in the San Joaquin Hills of southern Orange County, California. It had a population of 47,823 as of the 2010 census, up from 40,166 as of the 2000 census. It became Orange County's 34th city on ...
, where she first met fellow aspiring gymnasts
McKayla Maroney
McKayla Rose Maroney (born December 9, 1995) is a retired American artistic gymnast and singer. She was a member of the American women's gymnastics team dubbed the Fierce Five at the 2012 Summer Olympics, where she won a gold medal in the team ...
and
Kyla Ross
Kyla Briana Ross (born October 24, 1996) is a retired American artistic gymnast and current assistant coach for the Arkansas Razorbacks gymnastics team. She is the first female gymnast to win NCAA, World, and Olympic championship titles.
Ross w ...
. Together they worked their way up the levels, eventually completing
level 10 at Gym-Max Gymnastics in
Costa Mesa, California.
However, when it came time to commit to continuing at the
elite level, she soon realized her enthusiasm for artistic had waned. "I was in artistic gymnastics from 3 to 13," Drury said. "And it’s not that I didn’t still love artistic. I just didn’t have the same passion. I was healthy but in my heart I just didn’t have the drive for artistic gymnastics anymore. I didn’t have the passion to push myself anymore."
Still needing an outlet for her energy, she was encouraged to find something else to stay busy. "That first day (after leaving artistic) I was bouncing off the walls and I remember my mom saying ‘You need to do something or you’re going to drive me insane,’" Drury recalled. That night she showed up at a trampoline class. "That first time it was like ‘this is where I’m supposed to be. This is home.’" Drury said.
She began training at Team OC Gymnastics in Costa Mesa, California and within her first year was competing at level 9. In June, 2010, she participated in the Junior Olympic National Championships in
Virginia Beach, Virginia
Virginia Beach is an independent city located on the southeastern coast of the Commonwealth of Virginia in the United States. The population was 459,470 at the 2020 census. Although mostly suburban in character, it is the most populous city ...
. She ended up winning her age group in the double mini event with a total score of 63.500 and finished seventh in the individual event with a total score of 53.500.
Junior career
2011
Moving gyms yet again to World Elite Gymnastics in
Rancho Santa Margarita, California
Rancho Santa Margarita is a city in Orange County, California, United States. One of Orange County's youngest cities, Rancho Santa Margarita is a master-planned community. The population was 47,853 at the 2010 census, up from 47,214 at the 2000 ...
, Drury began her elite career in March at the Winter Classic in
Houston
Houston (; ) is the most populous city in Texas, the most populous city in the Southern United States, the fourth-most populous city in the United States, and the sixth-most populous city in North America, with a population of 2,304,580 i ...
,
Texas
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. She finished eighth in the
individual event with a total score of 28.975 and fifth in the
double mini event with a total score of 61.700.
In April, Drury was in
Fort Worth, Texas for the US Elite Challenge. Competing for the first time in the
synchronized event, she placed first with partner Deana Parris with a combined score of 121.400. She also placed third in the individual event with a total score of 49.110 and finished fifteenth in the double mini event with a total score of 32.100.
In June, Drury was in Europe where she claimed her first title outside the United States. Competing at the 28th International Frivolten Cup in
Herrljunga,
Sweden, she won the double mini event with a total score of 63.900. She also finished eighteenth in the individual event with a total score of 64.550.
In July, Drury competed at the US T&T Championships in
San Antonio
("Cradle of Freedom")
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, Texas. She finished twenty-fifth in the individual event with a total score of 65.200, fourth in the synchronized event alongside Parris with a combined score of 99.200 and third in the double mini event with a total score of 63.700.
2012
In February, Drury added to her double mini titles by winning the event at the Winter Classic in
St. Petersburg, Florida
St. Petersburg is a city in Pinellas County, Florida, United States. As of the 2020 census, the population was 258,308, making it the fifth-most populous city in Florida and the second-largest city in the Tampa Bay Area, after Tampa. It is the ...
with a total score of 129.300. She also finished seventh in the individual event with a total score of 41.490.
In March, she competed at the US Elite Challenge in
Tulsa, Oklahoma
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, placing second in both the individual and double mini events with total scores of 47.990 and 128.900 respectively. In the synchronized event she finished fourth with new partner Maggie Gallagher with a combined score of 113.100.
In May, Drury was in
Cleveland
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,
Ohio
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for the Stars and Stripes Cup. Competing in all three events, she finished seventh in individual with a total score of 38.065 and fifth in double mini with a total score of 119.700. Paired again with Gallagher, they finished sixth with a combined score of 106.700 in synchronized.
In July, Drury competed at the US T&T Championships in
Long Beach, California
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Incorporate ...
. This time Drury and Gallagher finished fourth in the synchronized event with a combined score of 114.700, while in the individual event she finished nineteenth with a total score of 47.515.
Loulé
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,
Portugal
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in September was the setting for Drury's last competition of the year. At the 7th International Loulé Cup, she won the individual event with a total score of 138.690.
Senior career
2013
In May, Drury competed at the US Elite Challenge in
Frisco, Texas
Frisco is a city in Collin and Denton counties in the U.S. state of Texas. It is part of the Dallas–Fort Worth metroplex and about from both Dallas Love Field and Dallas/Fort Worth International Airport. Its population was 200,509 at the 2 ...
. Another partner change saw her winning the synchronized event with Texas native Shaylee Dunavin with a combined score of 77.700. She also placed second in the individual event with a total score of 147.948.
In July, Drury matched her performance from May by placing first and second in the synchronized and individual events respectively, at the US T&T Championships in
Kansas City, Missouri. Her scores were 121.000 in synchronized and 144.000 in individual. At the end of the month she was off to
Cali,
Colombia for the
World Games
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. However, after a routine examination by the
International Federation of Gymnastics
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, the venue was deemed not meeting minimum safety requirements and therefore
USA Gymnastics
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decided its athletes should not compete.
In August, Drury was in
Daytona Beach, Florida to take part in the Stars and Stripes Cup. Competing only in the individual event, she placed second with a total score of 184.485.
In November, Drury participated in her first
World Championships
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in
Sofia
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,
Bulgaria
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where she and Dunavin qualified for the synchronized finals in third-place. During their final routine, Dunavin traveled after the first skill and the routine was interrupted, leaving them in seventh-place with a combined score of 9.300. In the individual event Drury reached the semi-finals with a total score of 52.535, garnering her a twelfth-place finish.
2014
In May, Drury returned to the Stars and Stripes Cup in Daytona Beach, Florida. She won both the individual and synchronized events, again partnered with Dunavin. Their combined score was 41.900, while Drury herself netted a total score of 52.670 in the individual event.
In June, Drury competed at the US Elite Challenge in
Spokane, Washington
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. This time jumping with Hayley Butcher, they won the synchronized event with a combined score of 94.000. Butcher went on to win the individual event, while Drury placed second with a total score of 137.690. At the end of the month Drury competed internationally at the 48th
Nissen Cup in
Arosa
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Switzerland where she finished fourteenth in the preliminary round with a total score of 96.160.
In July, Drury was in
Louisville, Kentucky
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for the USA Gymnastics Championships. Reunited with Dunavin, the pair placed second in the synchronized event with a combined score of 118.200, less than a point behind first. Drury claimed the individual national championship with a total score of 201.180, while Dunavin placed second.
In August, Drury represented her country at the Pan American Gymnastics Championships in
Toronto
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,
Canada
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. Competing in the individual event she finished twentieth in the preliminary round with a total score of 57.155. In the synchronized event with Dunavin, they placed third with a combined score of 43.600. Composed of Drury, Dunavin and Clare Johnson, Team USA finished fifth overall with a combined score of 114.290.
Drury's next stop was
Belarus
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for the
Minsk
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World Cup in September. After a preliminary round score of 95.870, Drury qualified for the eight-person finals by less than half a point. Canadian
Rosie MacLennan, the reigning
World
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and
Olympic
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Sports
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champion at the time, was in first with a score of 102.225. Renowned for her clean lines and long time of flight, Drury executed a near flawless performance, catapulting her to the top of the leaderboard and capturing the first women's gold medal for an American trampolinist at a World Cup with a total score of 54.430. She also won bronze with Dunavin in the synchronized event, missing silver by three-tenths of a point with a combined score of 44.400.
The year came to a close in November at the
World Championships
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in Daytona Beach, Florida. Drury made it to the semi-finals in the individual event, finishing thirteenth with a total score of 51.560 and finished just out of the medals with Dunavin in the synchronized event in fourth with a combined score of 46.400.
2015
Drury began her season in April with a first-place performance at the US Elite Challenge in
Colorado Springs, Colorado. Her total score of 152.405 in the individual event had her placing ahead of previous Pan Am teammates Johnson and Dunavin.
Greensboro, North Carolina
Greensboro (; formerly Greensborough) is a city in and the county seat of Guilford County, North Carolina, United States. It is the List of municipalities in North Carolina, third-most populous city in North Carolina after Charlotte, North Car ...
was host to the USA Gymnastics Championships in June, where Drury was defending national champion. Despite competing with an injury, she placed third in the individual event with a total score of 142.815.
Drury traveled to Toronto, Canada in July for the quadrennial
Pan American Games. Offering a multitude of events over various disciplines, the Games hosted only the individual event in trampoline, where she finished fifth with a total score of 50.190.
In September, Drury was in
Spain
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for the
Valladolid
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World Cup. She finished the preliminary round of the individual event in eleventh-place with a total score of 97.495. At this event a maximum of two athletes per country were eligible to advance to the final round, leaving Drury just outside of qualifying for the eight-person finals by 0.020.
Another World Cup competition followed in October, in
Mouilleron-le-Captif
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See also
*Communes of the Vendée department
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...
,
France
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. In the individual event Drury finished twenty-fourth in the qualification round with a total score of 97.365. Competing in the synchronized event for the first time all year, Drury joined up with long-time partner Shaylee Dunvavin to finish eighth in the qualification round with a combined score of 80.900. However, only one pair per country was eligible for the eight-team finals, which was taken by teammates Nicole Ahsinger and Clare Johnson, who qualified in fourth-place with a combined score of 83.200.
Drury traveled to
Frankfurt
Frankfurt, officially Frankfurt am Main (; Hessian: , " Frank ford on the Main"), is the most populous city in the German state of Hesse. Its 791,000 inhabitants as of 2022 make it the fifth-most populous city in Germany. Located on it ...
,
Germany
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at the end of November for a brief training camp and opportunity to acclimate before arriving in
Odense
Odense ( , , ) is the third largest city in Denmark (behind Copenhagen and Aarhus) and the largest city on the island of Funen. As of 1 January 2022, the city proper had a population of 180,863 while Odense Municipality had a population of 20 ...
,
Denmark
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for the
World Championships
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. This was the first of two qualifiers for the
2016 Summer Olympics, where the top eight competitors (maximum two gymnasts per
National Olympic Committee) would automatically earn their nation a quota place. Having the fifth best score in the optional routine, along with the second highest time of flight, Drury qualified for the individual event semi-finals in ninth-place overall with a total score of 100.825. In the semi-final round, she finished with a total score of 53.730, missing the finals by less than half a point. Her eleventh-place finish secured entry to the Olympic Test Event in April, 2016, where the United States had a second chance to qualify for Rio.
2016
In February, Drury was in
Battle Creek, Michigan for the Winter Classic where she won the individual event with a total score of 150.020, including a personal best 15.000
degree of difficulty
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in her final routine. This was the first of three selection events to determine who would represent their country at the 2016 Summer Olympics, pending a United States qualification at the Olympic Test Event in April. The other two selection events were the US Elite Challenge in May and the USA Gymnastics Championships in June.
In March, Drury was in
Baku,
Azerbaijan
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for the AGF Trophy World Cup and finished fourteenth in the qualification round with a total score of 97.500.
April was a very busy month for Drury, starting in
Everett, Washington
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for the
2016 Pacific Rim Gymnastics Championships
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. After a preliminary round score of 100.730 in the individual event, Drury was sitting in first-place going into the final round. Her performance anchored a USA win in the team event with a total score of 292.085. In the final round Drury was unable to recover from some travel during her routine, leaving her with a score of 46.860. The total score of 147.590 had her finishing fourth.
After a short break, Drury was off to the
Karolyi Ranch
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in
Huntsville, Texas
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for final training preparations before arriving in Rio de Janeiro for the
Olympic Test Event. The April 19th event would see the number of
available quota places increase to eight (maximum one gymnast per National Olympic Committee) from five when neither of the host country, continental representation nor tripartite invitation exemptions were used. Included in the sixteen-person field were the medalists from the
2015 World Championships, whose results would not be considered for the purpose of qualification.
The remaining thirteen competitors would vie for a spot in the top eight by completing two flights in a qualification round. During her compulsory routine, Drury endured some travel that left her in last place with a score of 43.425. Regaining her composure for the second flight, Drury was able to score the third best optional routine among eligible competitors, giving her an eleventh-place finish overall with a total score of 95.915, but more importantly finishing seventh among eligible competitors and guaranteeing a trip to the
2016 Summer Olympics for the United States. “I just kind of let everything out, everything that I was feeling. Let it go and decided to start my second routine with a blank slate,” said Drury. “It’s a new turn, a new routine. I had to make it happen. (It was) awesome. Just kind of incredible,” Drury added as she reflected on qualifying the USA to the Games. “You definitely don’t realize how much it’s weighing on you until it’s over and you’re in.”
In May, Drury returned to Colorado Springs, Colorado to defend her title at the US Elite Challenge. After a score of 97.690 in the preliminary round of the individual event, including a remarkable 18.020 time of flight during her compulsory routine, she was in first-place heading into the weekend. In the final round Drury had another solid performance, scoring 55.015 on her way to winning her second Olympic selection event with a total score of 152.705.
Straight from Colorado Drury traveled to
Shanghai
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,
China for a World Cup competition. In the individual event she was in fifth-place after the compulsory routine with a score of 46.960. While commencing her optional routine Drury twice lost her footing and was unable to register a score, leaving her in thirtieth place.
In June, Drury was set to compete in
Providence, Rhode Island
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at th
USA Gymnastics Championships the final Olympic selection event. Having won the previous two selection events, Drury was considered the favorite to earn herself a return trip to Rio in August. However, during a training session the day before the individual event was to start, Drury sustained an injury to her right foot. Initially believing it to be a bruise, an
MRI
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later confirmed a fracture in her
talus bone
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, forcing her to withdraw from the competition.
2021
Charlotte placed 2nd at US Nationals in 2021 and was selected as an alternate for the 2020 Tokyo Games.
Competitive history
Personal life
Drury was born in
Laguna Beach, California
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, to Michael and Ann Drury. She has two older siblings: brother James and sister Emma; and a younger sister Olivia. She graduated from
Dana Hills High School
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When ...
in
Dana Point, California in 2014 and attended
Saddleback Community College
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in
Mission Viejo, California studying
International Relations
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with a focus on
Political Science
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. Charlotte transferred to
University of California, Irvine
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and graduated in 2021. Her hobbies include photography, writing, hiking, swimming
and
freediving
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Besides the limits of breath-h ...
.
She enjoys the travel opportunities afforded by her competition schedule and also has
dual citizenship
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with Sweden due to her mother's heritage.
In addition to her national and international successes as a gymnast, Drury has drawn interest from a number of advertisers. She has done promotional spots for footwear company
Skechers
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History
Skechers was founded in 1992 by Rob ...
and apparel company Vooray.
Approximately two months before the Trials for the delayed Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games, Charlotte was diagnosed with
Type 1 diabetes
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.
Charlotte is in a relationship with Olympic gymnast
Laurie Hernandez
Lauren Zoe Hernandez (born June 9, 2000) is an American 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; Ultimately, ...
, who won gold and silver at the 2016 Olympics.
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1996 births
Living people
LGBT gymnasts
American female trampolinists
Gymnasts at the 2015 Pan American Games
People from Laguna Beach, California
People from Laguna Niguel, California
Sportspeople from California
Pan American Games competitors for the United States
People with type 1 diabetes
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