Main:Skye Blakely

Skye Blakely
Blakely at the 2024 U.S. National Championships
Country represented	USA
Born	February 4 2005 (2005-02-04) Dallas, Texas, USA
Years on National Team	2018-present
Club	WOGA
Coach(es)	Tatyana Shadenko, Ryan Roberts
Current status	Injured - torn Achilles tendon

Skye Blakely (born February 4 in Dallas, TX) is an elite American gymnast. She is a two-time World Champion, having been a member of the 2022 and 2023 U.S. gold medal-winning World Championship teams. She trains at WOGA under Tatyana Shadenko and Ryan Roberts, alongside her older sister, Sloane, who was also a member of the National Team. Her favorite event is the uneven bars.

Junior Career

2018

Blakely made her elite debut at the American Classic in early July, winning bronze in the all-around. At the U.S. Classic later that month, she won bronze on vault and placed sixth in the all-around, ninth on floor, tenth on beam, and nineteenth on uneven bars. At her first National Championships, she again won bronze on vault, with an additional silver on floor, and placed fourth in the all-around, fifth on bars, and eighth on beam. She was subsequently named to the National Team.

2019

Blakely made her international debut at the International Gymnix in Canada, alongside her sister, who competed in the senior division. She won team, vault, and uneven bars gold, and all-around bronze. She was later named to the U.S. team for the inaugural Junior World Championships, where she won team bronze and placed fourth on bars, fifth on floor, and seventh in the all-around.

In July, she competed at the U.S. Classic, winning gold on floor exercise, silver on vault, and placing fourth in the all-around and fourteenth on bars and beam. In August, she competed at the U.S. National Championships, winning silver on beam and bronze on floor, and placing fourth in the all-around, sixth on vault, and eighth on uneven bars.

2020

In February, Blakely started the year off strong by sweeping the WOGA Classic. She was later named to the U.S. team for the International Gymnix in March. There, she won team and all-around gold, vault, uneven bars, and balance beam silver, and floor exercise bronze.

Senior Career

2021

With the COVID-19 pandemic pushing the Tokyo Olympics back by a year, Blakely became eligible to make the Olympic team. She made her senior debut at the Winter Cup in late February, competing on balance beam, where she won gold, and floor exercise, where she placed seventh. She competed at the American Classic, winning the competition. At the U.S. Classic in May, she fell on balance beam, but won the bronze medal on uneven bars. She placed seventh in the all-around. She also placed seventh at the U.S. Championships in June, making the senior national team. She qualified to the U.S. Olympic trials, but injured herself on vault during warmups, and withdrew.

2022

Blakely returned to competition at the WOGA Classic. She competed on balance beam, where she won gold, and floor exercise, where she won silver. In late February, Blakely competed at the Winter Cup, winning all-around and floor exercise silver, balance beam bronze, and placing seventh on uneven bars.

Blakely made her senior international debut at the Stuttgart World Cup in March, winning team gold and placing sixth in the all-around. In July, she competed at the Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil. She helped Team USA win silver in the team final, and qualify a full team to the World Championships. Individually, Blakely won all-around and floor exercise bronze, and placed fourth on uneven bars and seventh on balance beam.

In August, she competed at the U.S. National Championships, where she placed fifth on uneven bars, sixth in the all-around and on floor exercise, and ninth on balance beam. She was named to the U.S. team for the World Championships in Liverpool, qualifying to the balance beam final and helping Team USA qualify first to the team final. Although she fell on beam in the team final, USA was able to overcome that to win gold. In the balance beam final, she fell again and finished fifth.

2023

Blakely competed at the WOGA Classic in February, only competing on uneven bars and balance beam, winning gold on both events. She continued to compete on uneven bars and balance beam at the Winter Cup later that month, winning gold on balance beam and placing eighth on uneven bars. At the U.S. Classic in early August, she competed on every event except floor exercise. She won silver on bars and bronze on vault and balance beam. At the U.S. National Championships, she won vault, uneven bars, and balance beam silver, placed fourth in the all-around, and twenty-first on floor exercise. She was named to the team for the World Championships, where she helped Team USA to a seventh consecutive World team title.

2024

Blakely began her season at the Winter Cup in February, winning balance beam gold, all-around silver, and placing eighth on floor exercise and tenth on uneven bars. At the U.S. Classic in May, she won silver on vault, and placed fifth in the all-around, sixth on balance beam, eighth on floor exercise, and sixteenth on uneven bars. At the U.S. National Championships, she showed off an upgraded vault and improvements across all four events, winning all-around and vault silver, uneven bars and balance beam bronze, and placing eighth on floor exercise. She advanced to the U.S. Olympic Trials, but tore her Achilles tendon in podium training and withdrew.

Medal Count

Year	Event	TF	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2018	American Classic		3rd
	U.S. Classic		6	3rd	19	10	9
	U.S. National Championships		4	3rd	5	8	2nd
2019	International Gymnix	1st	3rd	1st	1st
	Győr Junior World Championships	3rd	7		4		5
	U.S. Classic		4	2nd	14	14	1st
	U.S. National Championships		4	6	8	2nd	3rd
2020	WOGA Classic		1st	1st	1st	1st	1st
	International Gymnix	1st	1st	2nd	2nd	2nd	3rd
2021	Winter Cup					1st	7
	American Classic		1st
	U.S. Classic		7		3rd	18	7
	U.S. National Championships		7		17	8	10
2022	WOGA Classic					1st	2nd
	Winter Cup		2nd		7	3rd	2nd
	Stuttgart World Cup	1st	6
	Pan American Championships	2nd	3rd		4	7	3rd
	U.S. National Championships		6		4	9	6
	Liverpool World Championships	1st				5
2023	WOGA Classic				1st	1st
	Winter Cup				8	1st
	U.S. Classic			3rd	2nd	3rd
	U.S. National Championships		4	2nd	2nd	2nd	21
	Antwerp World Championships	1st
2024	Winter Cup		2nd		10	1st	8
	U.S. Classic		5	2nd	16	6	8
	U.S. National Championships		2nd	2nd	3rd	3rd	8

Floor Music

2018 - "Fosse Follies"

2019 - "Dance Tune (Explicit)" by Argentina