Ciena Alipio

Ciena Alipio (born March 7, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast and a member of the United States women's national gymnastics team.

Ciena Alipio
Full name	Ciena Alipio
Nickname(s)	C
Country represented	United States
Born	March 7, 2004 San Jose, California USA
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Junior International Elite
Years on national team	2019–present (US)
Club	West Valley Gymnastics School
Head coach(es)	Paul Duron & Judy Zhuo
Medal record Representing the  United States

Early life

Alipio was born to Linda and Dante Alipio in 2004 in San Jose, California. She has one brother, Eric. She does her schooling through Laurel Springs School.[1]

Gymnastics career

2015–16

In 2015 Alipio was part of the Junior Olympic Program and competed at various HOPEs competitions. She competed at the 2015 HOPES Championships where she placed first on the balance, second in the all-around and on floor exercise, sixth on uneven bars, and eighth on vault.[2] In 2016 she competed at the 2016 Women's Junior Olympic National Championships where she placed second on floor exercise. She also competed at the 2016 Hopes Classic where she placed first in the all-around[3] and at 2016 Hopes Championships where she placed first on balance beam and second in the all-around.[4]

2017

In 2017 Alipio qualified for junior elite status at the Brestyans National Qualifier.[5] She made her elite debut at the American Classic where she place 11th in the all-around.[6] In late July she competed at the 2017 U.S. Classic where she placed 16th in the all-around.[7] She ended the season competing at the 2017 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships where she placed 21st in the all-around.[8]

2018

In early July, Alipio competed at the American Classic where she placed ninth in the all-around.[9] Later that month she competed at the 2018 U.S. Classic where she placed 17th in the all-around.[10] In August Alipio competed at the 2018 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships. She finished sixteenth in the all-around but won silver on balance beam, finishing behind Konnor McClain.[11]

2019

In February, Alipio was named to the team to competed at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy in Italy, her first international assignment, alongside Kayla DiCello, Konnor McClain, and Sophia Butler.[12] As a result, she was added onto the junior national team. While there she helped the USA win team silver behind Russia and individually she won silver on balance beam behind Russian Viktoria Listunova, bronze on vault behind McClain and Listunova, and placed eighth in the all-around.[13]

In June Alipio competed at the Junior World Championships Trials where she placed fifth in the all-around, but placed first on balance beam and third on uneven bars; however she was not named to team.[14] Later that month she competed at the American Classic where she won gold in the all-around and on uneven bars, and placed second on balance beam.[15] In July Alipio competed at the U.S. Classic where she finished fifth in the all-around behind Konnor McClain, Sydney Barros, Olivia Greaves, and Skye Blakely. She won bronze on the balance beam behind McClain, placed tenth on vault, and eleventh on uneven bars and floor exercise.[16]

Competitive History

Junior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2017	American Classic		11	19	18	9	4
	U.S. Classic		16	16	42	8	10
	U.S. National Championships		21	18	15	15	28
2018	American Classic		9	7	16	22	10
	U.S. Classic		17	21	35	4	12
	U.S. National Championships		16	8	22		15
2019	City of Jesolo Trophy		8
	Jr. World Championships Trials		5
	American Classic			9			19
	U.S. Classic		5	10	11		11
	U.S. National Championships		6	13	10		11

References

1. "Ciena Alipio". USA Gymnastics.
2. https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_15susc_hopes10-11.pdf
3. "2016 Hopes Classic Results". The Gymternet. May 16, 2016.
4. https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_16hopeschamps.pdf
5. "2017 Brestyan's National Qualifier Results". The Gymternet. February 16, 2017.
6. "2017 American Classic Results". The Gymternet. July 9, 2017.
7. "2017 U.S. Classic Results". The Gymternet. July 31, 2017.
8. "2017 U.S. Championships Results". The Gymternet. August 19, 2017.
9. "American Classic Hopes Classic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 7, 2018.
10. "2018 GK U.S. Classic Meet Results" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. July 28, 2018.
11. "2018 U.S. Championships - Women Day 2 Meet Results - Multi" (PDF). USA Gymnastics. August 19, 2018.
12. "USA Gymnastics announces women's spring international team assignments". USA Gymnastics. February 24, 2019.
13. "USA wins senior team title at 2019 Jesolo Trophy, captures 14 other medals". USA Gymnastics. March 3, 2019.
14. "2019 U.S. Junior Worlds Trials Results". The Gymternet. June 15, 2019.
15. "2019 American Classic Results". The Gymternet. June 22, 2019.
16. "Biles, McClain win all-around titles at 2019 GK U.S. Classic". USA Gymnastics. July 20, 2019.

External links

• Ciena Alipio at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Ciena Alipio at USA Gymnastics