Rebecca Bross was born July 11, 1993 in Ann Arbor, Michigan, is the younger of two children to Terry Bross and Donna Brugge. Rebecca began gymnastics at the age of six. She starting gymnastics at a gym called G.T.C in Rochester, Michigan. In 2001, she was a member of the TOPs Gold Level National Team. During Rebecca's level 7 season, she along side her parents moved to Texas, where Rebecca began training at the world reknown World Olympic Gymnastics Academy (WOGA) in Plano, TX.

During her time at WOGA Rebecca finished out her level 7 season in 2003. She competed at the 2003 IG Hall of Fame meet where she placed first on vault, beam, and 11th in the all around. In January of 2004 she began competing as a level 8 at the WOGA Classic where she placed 4th all around including a second place finish on vault and third place finish on bars. In mid 2004 Rebecca competed at the Level 8 State Championships where she placed first in the all around and on vault. A few weeks later at the Level 8 Regionals, Rebecca followed up this showing with a 4th place all around finish, along with a first place showing on vault and bars.

At the 2005 WOGA Classic Rebecca competed as a level 9, and made a very impressive showing. She placed first all around and on every event. The Following she competed as a level 10 at the Texas State Championships, where she placed first on everything but floor and second in the all around. Two months later, in April, Rebecca competed at the Level 10 Regionals placing first all around and on beam and floor. This advanced Rebecca to the Junior Olympic Nationals, where she did a great job placing fifth all around with a 37.325, and first on beam with a 9.600 - performing tremendous skills such as a standind arabian. She quickly caught the eyes of many gymnastics fans.

Not long after competing at the JO Nationals, in June, Rebecca tested at Krafft Academy (in Oklahoma) to become an international elite where she easily qualified, then went on to compete at the US Classic. She place 17th in the all around and 4th on vault. This was Rebecca's first elite competition, where she ended up qualifying to the US National championships in Indianapolis. On day one of nationals Rebecca place 18th all around with a sixth place finish on vault. On day two she placed 19th in the all around with another high finish on vault at seventh place. After both days Rebecca's combined score was 67.830, which placed her 16th all-around, securing the last spot on the junior national team. This was Rebecca's first major competition in the US rankings. She turn many heads and gained lots of fans, with her bold style and big skills. At the end 2005 Rebecca and some of her WOGA teammates flew to Moscow Russia to compete in the Voronin Cup.

Rebecca started off the 2006 season at the WOGA Classic where she placed 5th in the all around, 2nd on vault and 3rd on balance beam. In April Rebecca attended a national team training camp to see who would be competing at the 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships. Rebecca was chosen along with 3 other national team members to be part of the US Junior team. Rebecca placed 4th in the all around and 5th on beam. Unfortunately due to the 2 per country rule, Rebecca placing did not stand in the all around. In the event finals Rebecca placed 5th on the beam. At the VISA Championships in St. Paul, Minnesota, Rebecca placed very impressive 4th all-around, 2nd on balance beam, and 8th on vault in a very tough group of competitors. Her 4th place at the Championships qualified her to compete for the USA at the Pan American Games where she earned a gold medal with her team. She also placed 5th in all-around and 1st on vault.

Her 2007 season started off similar to 2006. She finished third on bars at the WOGA Classic. Her next meet was the American Classic at the National Team Training Center. Rebecca finished second all-around! After another training camp and competition, she was selected for the Pan American Games Team. The meet was held in Brazil. Rebecca qualified for the bars, beam, floor and all-around finals. Due to two-per-country rules, she could only compete in floor and all-around. She helped the USA Team to a gold medal finish. In the all-around, Rebecca finished second to Shawn Johnson. She came back in event finals to win the floor title! After a month of no competitions, Rebecca competed at the US National Championships in San Jose, California. Despite a fall on bars in day one and beam in day two, Rebecca still cruised to an all-around win. She also won vault, bars and floor. Her only second place finish came on beam. She concluded her season with the Japan Junior International. Rebecca finished first all-around. She went on to sweep the gold medals in the event finals.

2008 turned out to be an eventful year for Rebecca. She started off at the WOGA Classic, where she won the all-around and three events easily. She then went on to yet another international assignment to Italy where she placed second in the all-around junior division. Later, she had the opportunity to compete in the 2008 Pacific Rim Championships along side teammate, Nastia Liukin. Rebecca did an astounding job, winning gold medals in the all-around, beam, bars and floor event finals as well as helping USA pick up a team gold. Rebecca was about to defend her National Title when she broke her foot and was unable to compete at the 2008 US Junior National Championships. Rebecca was named to the 2008 Pan-Am Individual Event Championship team but pulled out at the last moment with a knee injury.

Rebecca was prepared to compete in the all-around at the 2009 US Classic. During training, she suffered an injury to her ankle that limited her to uneven bars. Rebecca returned to the all-around at the US National Championships in Dallas. She led the field after day one. She had a rough bar routine on day two that dropped her to third place. Rebecca also picked up a silver medal on floor. Later that fall, Rebecca was selected for the World Championships. Despite a fall on beam in preliminaries, Rebecca was in first place. During all-around finals, she led after three rotations. A fall on her final pass on floor gave her second place to USA teammate Bridget Sloan. She qualified for both the uneven bars and floor finals. She won a bronze medal on bars. She started her 2010 season by winning the American Cup.

Fast Facts Name: Rebecca Bross Birthday: July 11, 1993 Club: WOGA Level: Sr. Int'l Elite WOGA

MAJOR ACHIEVEMENTS Four-Time US National Team Member 2010: American Cup Champion 2009 World Championships: 2nd AA, 3rd UB 2009 US Nationals: 3rd AA 2007 US Nationals: 1st AA, VT, UB, FX 2006 Pan Am Games: 5th AA, 1st VT 2006 US Nationals: 4th AA, 2nd BB 2006 Pacific Alliance: 1st Team, 5th BB 2005 US Nationals: 16th AA 2005 JO Nationals: 5th AA, 1st BB

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