Pauline Tratz

Pauline Charlotte Tratz (born June 14, 1999) is a German artistic gymnast.[1] She competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships where she helped her team place 12th. She began competing for the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team in the 2018 season.[2]

Pauline Tratz
Tratz in 2017
Personal information
Full namePauline Charlotte Tratz
Country representedGermany
Born (1999-06-14) June 14, 1999
ResidenceLos Angeles, California, U.S.
Height170 cm (5 ft 7 in)
DisciplineWomen's artistic gymnastics
LevelSenior International Elite
ClubRintheim
College teamUCLA Bruins
(2018–21)
Head coach(es)Ursula Koch
Chris Waller
Assistant coach(es)Randy Lane
Former coach(es)Valorie Kondos Field
Jordyn Wieber

Career

2015

Tratz started her senior career in 2015. In March, she competed at the Cottbus World Challenge Cup, where she qualified for the vault final and finished fifth. In April, she competed at the 2015 European Artistic Gymnastics Championships, where she qualified for the all-around final and finished 18th. In September, she competed at the German National Championships, winning a silver medal on vault and a bronze medal on floor exercise. In October, she competed at the 2015 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships and helped Germany finish 12th in the team competition.

2016

In March, she competed at the German National Team Cup, where she placed fifth all-around with a score of 51.250 and also won a silver medal on vault.[3] A few weeks later she competed in the DTB-Pokal Team Challenge held in Stuttgart, where she helped her team win a silver medal.[4] After the competition ended she was selected, along with Sophie Scheder, Elisabeth Seitz, Pauline Schäfer, Tabea Alt and Leah Griesser to represent her country at the 2016 Olympic Test Event.

At the Olympic Test Event held in Rio de Janeiro she helped the German team qualify in second place, thus earning one of the final four spots to send a full team to the Games.[5]

On November 10, 2016, Pauline signed a letter of intent to attend UCLA and compete for the Bruin gymnastics team starting with the 2018 season.[6]

College

In the fall of 2017, Tratz began attending the University of California, Los Angeles, joining the gymnastics programme for the 2017-2018 season.

Regular season ranking[7]

Season All-Around Vault Uneven Bars Balance Beam Floor Exercise
2018 N/A 38th N/A N/A 22nd
2019 N/A 63rd N/A N/A 40th

Competitive history

NCAA

Year Event Team AA VT UB BB FX
2018PAC-12 Championships[8]133
NCAA Championships[9]2427
2019PAC-12 Championships[10]124
NCAA Championships17
2020PAC-12 ChampionshipsCanceled due to the
COVID-19 pandemic in the USA
[11][12]
NCAA Championships

References

  1. "TRATZ Pauline". database.fig-gymnastics.com. Retrieved 26 October 2015.
  2. https://uclabruins.com/roster.aspx?rp_id=8591
  3. "2016 German National Team Cup Results" Thegymter.net. Retrieved 21 March 2016.
  4. "2016 DTB Pokal Team Challenge Results". Thegymter.net. Retrieved 21 March 2016
  5. "2016 WAG Test Event - Team Qualification". FIG Results. Retrieved 8 May 2016.
  6. "UCLA Gymnastics on Twitter". Twitter. Retrieved 2016-11-10.
  7. "Standings". roadtonationals.com. Retrieved 2019-04-25.
  8. "The Gymnastics ScoreKeeper Meet Results". athletics.arizona.edu. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  9. "2018 National Championship Record Book" (PDF). Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  10. "2019 PAC-12 Championship score sheet" (PDF). 2019-03-23. Retrieved 2019-04-26.
  11. "Pac-12 statement on men's basketball tournament, Pac-12 sport competitions and Pac-12 championship events". Pac-12 Conference. March 11, 2020.
  12. "NCAA cancels remaining winter and spring championships due to coronavirus concerns". NCAA. March 13, 2020.


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