Rebecca Bross

Rebecca Marie Bross
— Gymnast —
Bross at the 2012 U.S. Classic
Personal information
Full name	Rebecca Marie Bross
Nickname(s)	Becca Bross the Boss
Country represented	United States
Born	(1993-07-11) July 11, 1993 (age 23) Ann Arbor, Michigan, U.S.
Hometown	Ann Arbor, Michigan
Residence	Plano, Texas, U.S.
Height	5 ft 0 in (1.52 m)
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Level	Senior International Elite
Years on national team	2005–2012
Club	WOGA
Gym	World Olympic Gymnastics Academy
Head coach(es)	Valeri Liukin
Former coach(es)	Natalia Marakova
Choreographer	Antonia Marakova
Retired	July 1, 2012
Medal record Women's gymnastics Representing the  United States World Championships 2009 London All-Around 2010 Rotterdam Team 2010 Rotterdam Balance Beam 2009 London Uneven Bars 2010 Rotterdam All-Around 2010 Rotterdam Uneven Bars Pan American Games 2007 Rio de Janeiro Team 2007 Rio de Janeiro Floor Exercise 2007 Rio de Janeiro All-Around Pacific Rim Championships 2008 San Jose Team 2010 Melbourne Team 2010 Melbourne All-Around 2010 Melbourne Balance Beam 2010 Melbourne Floor Exercise 2010 Melbourne Uneven Bars American Cup 2010 Worcester All-Around Visa Championships 2010 Hartford All-Around 2010 Hartford Uneven Bars 2010 Hartford Balance Beam 2009 Dallas Floor Exercise 2010 Hartford Floor Exercise 2011 Saint Paul Floor Exercise 2009 Dallas All-Around 2009 Dallas Balance Beam

Rebecca Marie Bross (born July 11, 1993) is an American former artistic gymnast and six-time World Championship medalist.

Rebecca Marie Bross is the daughter of Terry Bross and Donna Bross. She has one older brother named Benjamin. Her parents put her in a gymnastics class at the age of five. She was coached by Valeri Liukin at WOGA Gymnastics.

Rebecca Bross first qualified to Junior International Elite in 2005, when she also qualified to her first U.S. Nationals. She placed 16th all-around and earned a spot on the national team. She then competed in a few international assignments over the next year. At the 2006 U.S. Nationals, Rebecca placed fourth all-around, which also qualified her to the Junior Pan American Games Team. In 2007, she was again selected for the Pan American Games team. She finished second all-around, behind teammate Shawn Johnson. At the 2007 U.S. Championships, Rebecca won her first national championships title, despite a fall. She later won the Junior Japan Invitational.

Rebecca was able to compete in some Classics and Invitationals in early 2008. She competed with WOGA teammate Nastia Liukin at the Pacific Rim Championships, where she won gold medals in the all-around and on beam, bars and floor. She sat out the rest of the year because of a broken foot.

On July 25, 2009, at the Covergirl Classic in Des Moines, Iowa, Rebecca competed on the uneven bars, scoring a 13.150 (.050 better than her teammate Ivana Hong), but was unable to compete on floor, beam or vault because of an ankle injury suffered during practice a few days earlier. She competed her bars routine without a dismount, thus lowering her overall score.

In August 2009, Rebecca finished third all-around behind Bridget Sloan (first) and Ivana Hong (second) at the U.S. National Championships. Rebecca also placed third on balance beam and second on floor to end a successful first senior Nationals.

The following October, at the World Championships in London, England, Rebecca qualified in first place into the all-around final. She also qualified second on uneven bars and eighth on floor exercise. She fell on her beam dismount in preliminaries, which prevented her from qualifying on that event. In the all-around final, Rebecca led the competition going into the final rotation. Needing only a 12.925 to clinch the gold, she fell on her final tumbling pass on floor and just missed that score (the judges awarded her a 12.875). Her teammate Bridget Sloan claimed the gold, while Rebecca took the silver. Rebecca tied Romania's Ana Porgras for the bronze medal in the uneven bars event final.

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