Joscelyn Michelle Roberson (born February 8, 2006) is an American
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 ...
and member of the
USA national gymnastics team. She was a member of the gold medal winning team at the
2023 World Championships.
Early life
Roberson was born to Jeffrey and Ashley Roberson in 2006 in
Texarkana, Texas
Texarkana is a city in Bowie County, Texas, United States, in the Ark-La-Tex region. Located approximately from Dallas, Texarkana is a twin cities, twin city with neighboring Texarkana, Arkansas. The Texas city's population was 36,193 at the 2 ...
.
Gymnastics career
2021
Roberson competed at the
2021 Winter Cup where she placed second behind
Ella Kate Parker in the all-around, first on balance beam, and third on floor exercise in the junior division. She next competed at the
U.S. Classic where she placed fifth. At the
National Championships
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Roberson placed fourth in the all-around, first on balance beam, and second on vault. As a result, she was named as the alternate to the team for the
Junior Pan American Championships.
2022
Roberson became age-eligible for senior competition in 2022. She made her senior debut at the
2022 Winter Cup where she placed first on vault. She next competed at the
U.S. Classic and the
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
. In October Roberson verbally committed to compete for the
Arkansas Razorbacks
The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletics teams representing the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayetteville. The University of Arkans ...
, starting in the 2024–25 season.
2023
Roberson began the year competing at the
2023 Winter Cup where she placed first on vault and second on balance beam and floor exercise. A sub-par uneven bars performance resulted in a sixth place all-around finish. As a result, Roberson was added to the
senior national team for the first time and was selected to compete at the
DTB Pokal Team Challenge alongside
Lexi Zeiss,
Zoe Miller,
Nola Matthews, and
Ashlee Sullivan. Together they finished first as a team and Roberson qualified to the vault and floor exercise event finals. She won gold on vault and silver on floor exercise behind
Júlia Soares
Julia das Neves Botega Soares (born 23 August 2005) is a Brazilian artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnast and a member of the Brazilian Brazil women's national gymnastics team, national gymnastics team. Soares represented her country at the 2019 J ...
of Brazil. Due to her performance in Stuttgart, Roberson was selected to compete at the
Cairo World Cup in April where she won gold on vault and floor as well as a silver on balance beam.
Following the Cairo World Cup, Roberson was named to the team to compete at the
Pan American Championships alongside
Zoe Miller,
Addison Fatta,
Tiana Sumanasekera,
Nola Matthews, and traveling replacement athlete
Madray Johnson. During the Pan American Championships she won gold on floor and silver on balance beam and vault. During the team final Roberson contributed on vault, balance beam, and floor exercise towards the USA's first place finish.
In September, Roberson was selected to represent the United States at the
2023 World Championships alongside
Simone Biles
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,
Skye Blakely
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,
Shilese Jones
Shilese Jones (born July 26, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the teams that won gold at the 2022 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2022 World Championships, 2023 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships, 2023 Wo ...
,
Leanne Wong
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, and alternate
Kayla DiCello
Kayla Kecia DiCello ( or or ) (born January 25, 2004) is an American artistic gymnast. She is the 2021 World bronze medalist and the 2023 Pan American Games champion in the all-around. On the junior level, she is the 2019 Junior World vault c ...
. During qualifications, she competed on vault and floor exercise to help the USA qualify to the team final in first place, and individually, she qualified to the vault final. She was expected to once again compete on vault and floor exercise during the team final; however, while warming up on vault she injured her ankle and was unable to compete. Despite this, the USA still won their seventh consecutive World team title. Due to the injury, Roberson withdrew from the vault final.
In November, Roberson signed her
National Letter of Intent
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with the
Arkansas Razorbacks
The Arkansas Razorbacks, also known as the Hogs, are the College athletics in the United States, intercollegiate athletics teams representing the University of Arkansas, located in Fayetteville, Arkansas, Fayetteville. The University of Arkans ...
.
2024
Roberson made her return to competition at the American Classic, but she only competed on uneven bars and balance beam. She made her return to the all-around at the
Core Hydration Classic where she finished twelfth. At the
National Championships
A national championship(s) is the top achievement for any sport or competition, contest within a league of a particular nation or nation state. The title is usually awarded by contests, ranking systems, stature, ability, etc. This determines the be ...
Roberson placed tenth in the all-around and fourth on floor exercise. As a result she qualified to the
Olympic Trials.
At the Olympic trials, she placed sixth in the all-around, fourth on vault, tenth on uneven bars, first on balance beam, and fourth on floor, and was named an alternate for Team USA at the
2024 Summer Olympics
The 2024 Summer Olympics (), officially the Games of the XXXIII Olympiad () and branded as Paris 2024, were an international multi-sport event held in France from 26 July to 11 August 2024, with several events started from 24 July. P ...
.
NCAA gymnastics career
2024–2025 season
Roberson made her collegiate debut on January 11, 2025 in a quad meet against UCLA, Kentucky, and Ohio State. She competed on all four apparatuses and co-won the all-around title alongside Tory Vetter of Ohio State.
Competitive history
References
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2006 births
Living people
American female artistic gymnasts
Medalists at the World Artistic Gymnastics Championships
U.S. women's national team gymnasts
Arkansas Razorbacks women's gymnasts
Sportspeople from Texarkana, Texas
21st-century American sportswomen