Visa Championships

The USA Gymnastics National Championships is the annual artistic gymnastics national competition held in the United States for elite-level competition. It is organized by USA Gymnastics, the governing body for gymnastics in the United States. The national championships have been held annually since 1963.

The event is currently named P&G Gymnastics Championships after sponsor Procter & Gamble. From 2005 to 2012, the competition was sponsored by Visa and called the Visa Championships.

Before 1970, the Amateur Athletic Union (AAU) was the national governing body for gymnastics, so the USA Gymnastics national champions from 1963 to 1969 are not the official champions.

The first USA Gymnastics national championships were held in Park Ridge, Illinois, in June 1963. Since then, the event has been held each year, usually over a period of several days during the summer. The 2012 championships were held in St. Louis, Missouri, in June.

The record for most all-around titles since 1971 is held by Blaine Wilson, who won five consecutive men's competitions from 1996 to 2000. Joan Moore Gnat, John Roethlisberger, Simone Biles, and Sam Mikulak each won four times. Kurt Thomas, Kim Zmeskal, Paul Hamm each won three times. The record for most titles in one event is held by Alicia Sacramone, who won six women's vault competitions from 2005 to 2012.

In 2012, the top three finishers in the women's all-around were Jordyn Wieber, Gabby Douglas, and Aly Raisman. It was Wieber's second consecutive all-around title. In the individual events, Douglas won on uneven bars, Raisman won on balance beam and floor, and Sacramone won on vault. In the men's all-around, the top three finishers were John Orozco, Danell Leyva, and Sam Mikulak. It was Orozco's first all-around title. Leyva won on parallel bars and high bar, Jacob Dalton won on floor, Alexander Naddour won on pommel horse, Jonathan Horton won on rings, and Sean Senters won on vault.

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