Nola Matthews | |||||||||||||||
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Full name | Nola Rhianne Matthews | ||||||||||||||
Nickname(s) | Nols | ||||||||||||||
Country represented | United States | ||||||||||||||
Born | San Jose, California | September 20, 2006||||||||||||||
Residence | Gilroy, California | ||||||||||||||
Discipline | Women's artistic gymnastics | ||||||||||||||
Level | Senior International Elite | ||||||||||||||
Years on national team | 2022–present ( USA) | ||||||||||||||
Club | Airborne Gymnastics Training Center | ||||||||||||||
College team | UCLA Bruins (2026–2029) | ||||||||||||||
Head coach(es) | Cleo Washington | ||||||||||||||
Assistant coach(es) | Tonya Piacente, Melissa Metcalf, Melanie Ruggiero | ||||||||||||||
Medal record
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Nola Rhianne Matthews (born September 20, 2006) [1] is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2023 Pan American uneven bars champion.
Matthews was born on September 20, 2006, in San Jose, California to physician parents Drs. Kari Bertrand (ob-gyn) and AJ Matthews (plastic surgery). Bertrand was a two-time Olympic Trials qualifier and an All-American runner for Georgetown University. [2] Matthews began gymnastics when she was two years old. [3]
Matthews competed at the 2017 Hopes Classic and finished fifteenth with an all-around score of 44.500, meaning she was 0.500 away from qualifying for the Hopes Championships. [4] She finished forty-first in the all-around at the 2018 Hopes Classic and did not qualify for the Hopes Championships. [5] She then competed with her club at the Tournoi International in Combs-la-Ville, France. She won the silver medal in the espoir all-around behind Levi Jung-Ruivivar. She won the gold medals on the uneven bars and balance beam in the event finals. [6]
Matthews began competing in junior elite in 2019. She made her elite debut at the American Classic where she finished ninth in the all-around and placed third on the uneven bars. [7] Then at the U.S. Classic, she finished twenty-second in the all-around and qualified for the U.S. Championships. [8] She then finished twenty-first in the all-around at the U.S. Championships. [9] She went to the Tournoi International again with her club, and she finished fifth in the all-around. She finished sixth on vault and floor exercise, and she won the gold medal on the uneven bars. [10]
Matthews did not compete in 2020 due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States. She returned to competition at the 2021 Winter Cup, and she finished fifth in the all-around and won the silver medal on the uneven bars behind Levi Jung-Ruivivar. [11] Then at the American Classic, she finished ninth in the all-around. [12] She did not compete floor exercise at the U.S. Classic, and she finished seventeenth on vault, eleventh on uneven bars, and tenth on balance beam. [13] She then finished thirteenth in the all-around at the U.S. National Championships. [14]
Matthews became age-eligible for senior competition in 2022. She made her senior debut at the Winter Cup and finished fifth in the all-around and won the gold on uneven bars. [15] She then made her senior international debut at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge and won a gold medal with the American team. She won the bronze medal in the uneven bars final behind Giorgia Villa and Romi Brown. [16] Then at the U.S. Classic, she finished sixth in the all-around and won silver on the uneven bars behind Shilese Jones. [17] She finished thirteenth in the all-around at the U.S. Championships and fourth on the uneven bars. [18]
Matthews won the all-around bronze medal at the Winter Cup behind Lexi Zeiss and Ashlee Sullivan. [19] She then competed at the DTB Pokal Team Challenge alongside Zoe Miller, Joscelyn Roberson, and Ashlee Sullivan, and they won the team gold medal. [20] In April, she was named to the team to compete at the Pan American Championships alongside Tiana Sumanasekera, Zoe Miller, Addison Fatta, Joscelyn Roberson, and traveling replacement athlete Madray Johnson. [21] She won the gold medal on the uneven bars and finished fourth in the all-around. [22] The team then won the gold medal in the team final. [23]
Year | Event | Team | AA | VT | UB | BB | FX |
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Espoir | |||||||
2017 | Hopes Classic | 15 | 14 | 10 | 13 | 15 | |
2018 | Hopes Classic | 41 | 20 | 44 | 5 | 11 | |
Tournoi International | |||||||
Junior | |||||||
2019 | American Classic | 9 | 24 | 11 | 15 | ||
U.S. Classic | 22 | 30 | 24 | 7 | 26 | ||
U.S. Championships | 21 | 29 | 17 | 14 | 22 | ||
Tournoi International | 5 | 6 | 6 | ||||
2021 | Winter Cup | 5 | 12 | 9 | 9 | ||
American Classic | 9 | 13 | 12 | 4 | 9 | ||
U.S. Classic | 17 | 11 | 10 | ||||
U.S. Championships | 13 | 9 | 6 | 10 | 13 | ||
Senior | |||||||
2022 | Winter Cup | 5 | 7 | 9 | |||
DTB Pokal Team Challenge | |||||||
U.S. Classic | 6 | 4 | 8 | ||||
U.S. Championships | 13 | 4 | 19 | 16 | |||
2023 | Winter Cup | 5 | 6 | 4 | |||
DTB Pokal Team Challenge | |||||||
Pan American Championships | 4 | ||||||
U.S. Classic | 4 | 4 | 6 | 5 | |||
U.S. National Championships | 12 | 10 | 13 | 10 | |||
2024 | Winter Cup | 12 | 19 | 14 | 5 | ||
DTB Pokal Mixed Cup |