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Last updated: July 12, 2009

Natasha Kelley was born on January 1, 1990 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana. Natasha, who currently resides in Katy, Texas, is the daughter of Troy and Peggy. She has one brother, Benji. Until 2003, she trained at Elite Gymnastics. Natasha switched to Brown's in Houstin in time for the 2003 elite season. In 2006, the gym was renamed Stars. She moved to Cypress following the 2007 US National Championships.

In 2000, she competed as a level eight. At the Regional Championships, Natasha placed first on beam. She moved up to level ten in 2001. She finished eighth all-around at Regionals. Her final level ten meet was the JO National Championships. Natasha placed in the top ten on bars. After the level ten season, she competed as a child national elite. She finished first all-around at the American Challenge. At the National Gymnastics Festival, she finished third all-around.

Natasha made junior international elite in 2002! She competed at the US Classic. In 2003, Natasha competed at the American Classic and US Classic as well. With her new gym in 2004, Natasha placed third all-around and first on bars at the Podium Meet. At the American Classic, she finished sixth all-around. This qualified her for the US National Championships. Shortly before Nationals, Natasha competed at the US Classic. At Nationals, Natasha placed seventh all-around! She qualified for her first national team. Natasha then went to several international assignments. At the USA meet against Canada, she finished third all-around. Natasha won the all-around title at the Olypiada Elite in Mexico. At the junior Pan Am Games, she finished third all-around. Her next meet was the senior Pan Am Event Championships. Natasha finished second on beam.

In early 2005, she competed at a tri meet in New York. Natasha won the all-around title. In the spring, she broke her hand. Natasha returned on a few events at the US Classic. At the National Championships, Natasha won the all-around title! She also took home event titles on beam and floor. Shortly after nationals, she travelled to Japan for the International Juniors. She won the all-around and beam title.

Her first year as a senior was in 2006. She went to Russia for the Moscow Stars World Cup in the spring. She won a bronze medal on floor. At the US Classic, Natasha won the all-around title. She went on to place second at Nationals. In November, Natasha made the world team! In Denmark, she helped the USA win the silver medal despite a broken finger and recent dental work. Natasha also competed in the floor finals.

In 2007, she competed at the American Cup. She placed second all-around in preliminaries, qualifying for finals where she also placed second. Natasha competed at the USA v. Great Britain meet. She finished second on bars and fourth all-around. At the Houston International, she won bars, beam, floor and the all-around. She competed on bars only at the US Classic. At US Nationals, she did not have a great meet after recovering from several injuries. She finished tenth all-around, making the US National Team. In the fall, she competed at the Glasgow Grand Prix in Scotland. In 2008, Natasha retired from elite gymnastics.

Unfortunately, Natasha tore her achilles during fall training and could not compete her freshman year.