Anastasia Maria Webb (born June 15, 1999) is an American former artistic gymnast. She competed for the Oklahoma Sooners women's gymnastics team. In 2021, she became the NCAA All Around Champion and tied for the floor and vault titles, to go along with OU's team championship from 2019.[1][2]
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| Full name | Anastasia Maria Webb | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Born | June 15, 1999 Salinas, California | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Hometown | Morton Grove, Illinois | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Residence | Norman, Oklahoma | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Height | 5 ft 5 in (165 cm)[1] | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
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| Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Country represented |  United States | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| College team | Oklahoma Sooners | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Level | NCAA (2018–21) | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Gym | Illinois Gymnastics Institute | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Head coach(es) | KJ Kindler | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Former coach(es) | Todd Gardiner | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
| Retired | May 17, 2021 | |||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Personal life
editWebb was born in Salinas, California, to Chris and Magda Webb. She has one brother, George. Webb grew up in Morton Grove, Illinois. She attended Niles West High School and graduated in 2017.[2] She is fluent in Greek.
Gymnastics
editEarly career
editWebb started gymnastics in 2004.[2] She trained at the Illinois Gymnastics Institute in Westmont, Illinois.[3] At the 2017 Nastia Liukin Cup, she finished ninth in the all-around.[2]
NCAA career
editWebb competes for the Oklahoma Sooners women's gymnastics team. As a freshman in 2018, she won six event titles: two on vault, two on uneven bars, one on balance beam, and one on floor. At UCLA on February 4, she scored a perfect 10 on balance beam. She was the Big 12 co-champion on floor.[1] At the NCAA Championship, she won a silver medal with the Oklahoma team and tied for fifth on floor.[2]
As a sophomore in 2019, Webb won 11 event titles: three in the all-around, one on vault, one on uneven bars, five on balance beam, and one on floor.[1] She won a gold medal with the Oklahoma team at the NCAA Championship.[2]
As a junior in 2020, Webb won 16 event titles: five in the all-around, two on vault, four on balance beam, and five on floor.[1]
Webb was a senior in 2021. At the NCAA Championship, she won gold medals in the all-around and on vault and floor, and she won a silver medal with the Oklahoma team.[4][5]
Webb was awarded the 2021 Honda Sports Award for gymnastics.[6]
Career perfect 10.0
edit| Season | Date | Event | Meet |
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| 2018 | February 4, 2018 | Balance Beam | Oklahoma @ UCLA |
| 2021 | February 13, 2021 | Vault | Oklahoma @ Metroplex |
| March 5, 2021 | Balance Beam | Oklahoma vs BYU | |
| March 7, 2021 | Vault | Oklahoma @ TWU | |
| April 2, 2021 | Uneven Bars | NCAA Regionals |
Competitive history
edit| Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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| 2018 | Big-12 Championships |  |
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10 | 6 | 18 |
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| NCAA Championships |  |
30 | 44 | 5 | |||
| 2019 | Big-12 Championships | |
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5 | 6 | 5 |
| NCAA Championships | |
19 | 20 | 9 | 52 | 16 | |
| 2020 | Big-12 Championships | Canceled due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the USA[7] | |||||
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| 2021 | Big-12 Championships | |
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17 |
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7 | |
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References
edit- ^ a b c d e "Anastasia Webb". soonersports.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ a b c d e f "Anastasia Webb" Archived 2022-12-08 at the Wayback Machine. usagym.org. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ "About Anastasia Webb". nastialiukincup.com. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Maine, D'Arcy. "Utah Utes, Oklahoma Sooners, Florida Gators and Michigan Wolverines to compete for NCAA gymnastics title". espn.com. April 16, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ Maine, D'Arcy. "Michigan women beat reigning champion Oklahoma for first NCAA gymnastics championship". espn.com. April 17, 2021. Retrieved April 18, 2021.
- ^ "Webb Earns Prestigious Honda Sport Award". Sooner Sports. May 6, 2021.
- ^ "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA. March 13, 2020.