Natasha Kelley

Country represented

United States

Born

January 1, 1990 (age 27)

Hometown

Baton Rouge, LA

Discipline

Women's artistic gymnastics

Level

Senior

Club

Cypress Gymnastics

Medal record

Representing United States
Artistic Gymnastics
World Championships
	2006 Aarhus	Team
U.S. Senior Nationals
	2006 St. Paul	All-Around
	2006 St. Paul	Uneven Bars
	2006 St. Paul	Balance Beam

Natasha Kelley (born January 1, 1990 in Baton Rouge, Louisiana) is a former American artistic gymnast. Kelley was a member of the silver-medal-winning U.S. team at the 2006 World Championships, along with Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone, Jana Bieger, Nastia Liukin, and Ashley Priess.

Kelley began her gymnastics career at Elite Gymnastics in Baton Rouge. She competed there for many years before moving to Brown's Gymnastics in Houston, Texas. She then moved again to Stars Gymnastics, also in Houston. She became a junior international elite in February 2004. In June of that year, she was named to the junior national team after finishing seventh at the Visa National Championships. In July, she made her international debut at the Olympiad Elite meet in Ensenada, Mexico, where she won the all-around competition. She went on to represent the United States at the Pan American Games, where she won gold medals on the vault, on the balance beam, and in the team competition, as well as a bronze in the all-around.

In 2005, Kelley won the junior national title in the all-around, on the balance beam, and on the floor exercise. She was invited to the biennial Japan Junior International competition in Yokohama, where she won the all-around and balance beam titles.

Kelley became a senior international elite in 2006. In her first major domestic competition as a senior, the U.S. Classic, she tied for first with Priess. At the 2006 National Championships, she finished second to Liukin in the all-around, on the uneven bars, and on the balance beam, securing her spot on the U.S. team for the World Championships in Aarhus, Denmark. There, she won a silver medal with the team and placed seventh in the floor exercise final, where she replaced an injured Memmel.

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