Ashley Postell (born June 9, 1986) is an American former

artistic gymnast Artistic gymnastics is a discipline of gymnastics in which athletes perform short routines on different types of apparatus. The sport is governed by the Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique (FIG), which assigns the '' Code of Points'' used ...

. Postell was a member of the United States national gymnastics team from 1997 to 2004. During that time she was the world champion on

balance beam The balance beam is a rectangular artistic gymnastics apparatus and an event performed using the apparatus. The apparatus and the event are sometimes simply called "beam". The English abbreviation for the event in gymnastics scoring is BB. The bal ...

in 2002 and the national champion on

floor exercise In gymnastics, the floor is a specially prepared exercise surface, considered an apparatus. The floor exercise (English abbreviation FX) is the event performed on the floor, in both women's and men's artistic gymnastics (WAG and MAG). The same flo ...

in 2003. She was also the bronze medalist in the all-around at the 2002 US Nationals and the 2003 American Cup. In 2004, Postell competed in the US National Championships with the hope of qualifying to Olympic trials, but she placed 13th after a fall on the uneven bars and was named an alternate for the trials. Postell was later invited to attend the trials after a qualified athlete had to withdraw due to injury, but declined because she had taken a break from training after initially missing out and thus was no longer in competition shape, and she felt that the opportunity should be given to "someone who was more ready". After leaving the national team, Postell enrolled in the

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where she won an NCAA record 20 All-America awards for the

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. Her NCAA high scores included two 10.0s on vault, 9.95 on bars, 10.0 on beam and 9.975 on floor. Her high score in the all-around was 39.800. Postell finished third in the NCAA all-around in 2005 and was second in 2006, 2007 and 2008. In 2007, she took third on floor exercise and first on balance beam, her signature event. In the 2008 championships she placed second on the balance beam. Postell started working as a gymnastics coach in 2009.Piper, Matthew
"Utah's Postell takes a tumble"
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{{DEFAULTSORT:Postell, Ashley 1986 births Living people American female artistic gymnasts Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships World champion gymnasts Utah Red Rocks gymnasts Sportspeople from Cheverly, Maryland U.S. women's national team gymnasts