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Veronica Hults

Veronica Hults
Full name Veronica Hults
Nickname(s) Nica, Shamu
Country represented  United States
Born (1998-06-16) June 16, 1998 (age 18)
Honolulu, Hawaii, United States
Residence Coppell, Texas, United States
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Years on national team 2013-2015
Club Texas Dreams Gymnastics (2010-present)
All Olympia Gymnastics Center (2006-2010)
Head coach(es) Kim Zmeskal-Burdette, Chris Burdette
Former coach(es) Artur Akopyan, Galina Marinova
Choreographer Kim Zmeskal-Burdette
Music La Cumparsita by bulevard tango club (2010-12), Fireworks by Nicholas Hooper/Miracle by 12 Women Band (2013)
Retired 2017

Veronica "Nica" Hults (born 16 June 1998 in Honolulu, Hawaii) is an American artistic gymnast. She has been on the U.S. National Team since 2013.

Veronica was born in Honolulu, Hawaii and was raised by mother Emer and father Scott Hults. She has two younger siblings, John and Sofia. Nica is in 11th grade at the online school Laurel Springs, graduating in 2016. Following graduation from high school, she will compete for the UCLA gymnastics team. She currently lives in Coppell, Texas

In 2010, Hults competed as a Level 9 gymnast and trained at All Olympia Gymnastics Center under Artur Akopyan. She was the Level 9 State Floor Champion and the Western National Floor Champion. Later that year, she relocated to Texas with her family and began training at Texas Dreams Gymnastics.

Hults began her competitive season at the WOGA Classic Elite Qualifier, where she won the balance beam title. Later that year, she traveled to Florida to compete at the Disney Elite Qualifier and managed to qualify to Junior International Elite status, finishing 5th with a total score of 52.100. She competed at the U.S. Classic, placing 13th. This was sufficient to qualify to the USA Gymnastics National Championships, where she competed on the uneven bars and the balance beam.

Hults placed 8th at the Secret U.S. Classic again qualifying to the National Championships, where she placed 9th with a combined 2-day score of 107.600.

At the Secret U.S. Classic, Hults won the gold medals on the uneven bars and the balance beam, as well as the bronze medal in the all-around competition. At the National Championships, her sixth-place finish (cumulative score of 111.900) secured her a berth on the U.S. Junior National Team. Hults made her international debut at the 2013 Mexico Open in Acapulco, Mexico, where she won the gold medal with teammates Bailie Key, Laurie Hernandez and Emily Gaskins and placed first on the uneven bars.


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