Emma Malabuyo

Emma Malabuyo (born November 5, 2002)[2] is an American artistic gymnast. She is a three-time member of the U.S. National Team (2016-2019).[3] She plans to attend UCLA on a gymnastics scholarship after graduating high school in 2021.[4]

Emma Malabuyo
Country represented	United States
Born	November 5, 2002[1] Mountain View, California
Hometown	Milpitas, California
Residence	Flower Mound, Texas
Training location	Coppell, Texas
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior Elite
Years on national team	2016 – 2019 (USA)
Club	Texas Dreams
College team	UCLA Bruins (2021–24)
Head coach(es)	Kim Zmeskal
Assistant coach(es)	Chris Burdette
Medal record Representing  United States

Early life

Malabuyo began her training at Airborne Gymnastics[5] in Santa Clara, California, but moved to Texas to train under former world champion Kim Zmeskal-Burdette at Texas Dreams in 2013.[6] She qualified as an elite gymnast in 2015.[7]

Gymnastics career

2016

In March 2016, Malabuyo made her international debut part of the United States' gold-winning junior team at the 2016 L'International Gymnix tournament,[8] where she earned the bronze medal in the all-around competition,[9] as well as two gold medals on balance beam[10] and floor exercise.[11] Later that month at the City of Jesolo Trophy, she won a gold medal on balance beam and earned three silver medals in the all-around, uneven bars, and floor exercise.[12] In June, Malabuyo competed at the 2016 Secret U.S. Classic, where she finished second in the all-around behind fellow Texan Irina Alexeeva of WOGA and third on balance beam.[13] She progressed to the 2016 P&G U.S. National Gymnastics Championships, but pulled out after competing only vault and floor exercise on the first day, and did not medal.[14]

2017

In April 2017, Malabuyo competed at the City of Jesolo Trophy, where she finished third in the all-around behind teammates Gabby Perea and Maile O'Keefe.[15] Later that year Malabuyo won the U.S. Classic ahead of O'keefe.[16] At Nationals, Malabuyo finished second behind defending champion O'Keefe, but finished first on floor exercise, second on uneven bars, and third on vault and was named to the national team. She and O'Keefe were then selected to represent the United States at the 2017 International Junior Gymnastics Competition in Japan.[17] There Malabuyo finished second in the all-around, again behind O'Keefe, and first on floor exercise.[18]

2018

Malabuyo made her senior debut at the City of Jesolo Trophy, where she competed as an individual alongside club teammate Ragan Smith.[19] She won gold in the all-around, balance beam, and floor exercise.[20][21]

During the summer, Malabuyo competed only on vault and balance beam at the U.S. Classic due to a nagging back injury, scoring 14.300 and 12.650, respectively, after falling on beam.[22] She finished fourteenth on the event.

She traveled with Smith to Boston in August to compete in the national championships, but pulled out of the event during training to avoid re-aggravating the same injury.[23] As a result, she was not named to the national team after the meet.

2019

In February Malabuyo was named to the team to compete at the 2019 City of Jesolo Trophy alongside Sunisa Lee, Shilese Jones, and Gabby Perea. As a result, she was added back onto the national team.[24] In Italy she helped the USA win gold in the team final and individually she won bronze in the all-around behind Lee and Liu Tingting of China,[25] and won silver on balance beam behind reigning World Champion Liu and on floor exercise, behind teammate Lee. She also placed sixth on uneven bars.[26]

In July, Malabuyo was going to compete at the 2019 U.S. Classic but broke her tibia and was out for the remainder of the season.[27]

In the fall Malabuyo signed her National Letter of Intent with UCLA, joining their team in the 2020–21 school year.[28]

Selected Competitive Skills

Apparatus	Name	Description	Difficulty[lower-alpha 1]	Performed
Vault	Baitova	Yurchenko entry, laid out salto backwards with two twists	5.4	2018-19
Uneven Bars	Chow 1/2	Stalder Shaposhnikova transition with ½ twist to high bar	E	2018
	Double Layout 1/1	Dismount: Full-twisting double laid out salto backwards	E	2018-19
	Piked Jaeger	Reverse grip swing to piked salto forwards to catch high bar	E	2019
	Inbar 1/1	Inbar Stalder to full (1/1) pirouette	E	2018
Balance Beam	Double Pike	Dismount: Double piked salto backwards	E	2018-19
	Switch Ring	Switch Leap to Ring Position (180° split with raised back leg)	E	2018-19
	Arabian	Immediate ½ twist to tucked salto forward	F	2018-19
Floor Exercise	Andreasen	Tucked Arabian double salto forward	E	2019
	Mitchell	1080° (3/1) turn in tuck stand on one leg	E	2018-19
	Mukhina	Full-twisting (1/1) double tucked salto backwards	E	2018-19
	Double Layout	Double laid out salto backwards	F	2018-19
	Silivas	Double-twisting (2/1) double tucked salto backwards	H	2018

1. Valid for the 2017-2020 Code of Points

Competitive history

Junior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2015	Buckeye Elite Qualifier		12	6	18		16
	WOGA Classic Qualifier			9	9		6
	American Classic			6	5	7
	U.S. Classic		12	21	19	7	7
	P&G National Championships		20	19	26	7	9
2016	Gymnix Int'l Junior Cup
	City of Jesolo Trophy
	U.S. Classic			4			5
2017	City of Jesolo Trophy
	U.S. Classic			4	6
	P&G National Championships					4
	Junior Japan International

Senior

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
2018	City of Jesolo Trophy
	U.S. Classic					14
2019	City of Jesolo Trophy				6

References

1. https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=453320
2. https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetailPrint2.html?id=453320
3. https://usagym.org/pages/athletes/womenList.html
4. https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/5066898-emma-malabuyo-commits-to-ucla
5. {{http://meetscoresonline.com/Athlete.MyScores/228388}}
6. http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=4975:emma-malabuyo-eager-for-2018&catid=2:news&Itemid=166
7. http://thesplitleap.blogspot.co.uk/2015/03/meet-new-elites-2015.html
8. http://thegymter.net/2016/03/01/international-gymnix-preview-and-roster/
9. https://www.flogymnastics.com/video/5583987-emma-malabuyo-excited-after-international-debut-gymnix-2016-junior-cup
10. http://internationalgymnix.ca/files/6814/5730/5432/Junior_Cup_-_Poutre.pdf
11. http://internationalgymnix.ca/files/9614/5730/5451/Junior_Cup_-_Sol.pdf
12. https://thegymter.net/2016/03/19/2016-city-of-jesolo-trophy-results/
13. https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_16champs_jraa.pdf
14. "Emma Malabuyo". The Gymternet. 2016-03-27. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
15. "US Women Sweep 10th Jesolo Trophy". International Gymnast Magazine. April 1, 2017.
16. "Emma Malabuyo Takes Junior All-Around Title At 2017 U.S. Classic". FloGymnastics. July 29, 2017.
17. "Emma Malabuyo, Maile O'Keefe To Represent USA At International Junior Japan". FloGymnastics. August 20, 2017.
18. "Emma Malabuyo Finishes Her Junior Elite Career With Gold – Event Finals, 2017 International Junior Japan". FloGymnastics. September 18, 2017.
19. "U.S. Gymnasts Set To Compete At 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy". FloGymnastics. February 19, 2018.
20. "U.S. Seniors Populate The Podium, Malabuyo Is AA Champ". FloGymnastics. April 14, 2018.
21. "Junior and Senior Event Finals: RESULS & RECAP". FloGymnastics. April 15, 2018.
22. "GK Classic Results 2018" (PDF).
23. "US Nationals – Senior Women Day 1 Live Blog". The Balance Beam Situation. 2018-08-17. Retrieved 2018-09-02.
24. "USA Gymnastics announces women's spring international team assignments". USA Gymnastics. February 24, 2019.
25. "2019 City of Jesolo Trophy Live Blog – The Seniors". The Gymternet. March 2, 2019.
26. "2019 City of Jesolo Trophy Live Blog – Event Finals". The Gymternet. March 3, 2019.
27. @EmmaMalabuyo (July 19, 2019). "#roadtorecovery" (Tweet) – via Twitter.
28. "Malabuyo, Padurariu Sign with UCLA Gymnastics". UCLA Bruins. December 18, 2019.

External links

• Emma Malabuyo at USA Gymnastics