Peyton Michelle Ernst (born January 27, 1997) is a former American

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and

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Personal life

Ernst was born in

Covington, Louisiana Covington is a city in and the parish seat of St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana, United States. The population was 11,564 at the 2020 United States census. It is located at a fork of the Bogue Falaya and the Tchefuncte River. Covington is part ...

, in 1997 and began gymnastics in 1999. She currently lives in

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."Peyton Ernst"
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. She also has three sisters, Bailey (27), Madison (24) and Reilly (22). All of them have been involved in gymnastics at some point since 2013. Ernst was the only elite gymnast of the family. Ernst signed the

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to the

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in November 2014 and attended the school from the fall of 2015 to the spring of 2016. Ernst was placed on medical leave from

. Ernst transferred to the

and began taking classes in the Spring of 2017. On September 20, 2018, Ernst had announced her retirement from gymnastics on her

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page.

Junior career

Ernst started her junior career in 2011, and at that year's

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, she finished sixth in balance beam. At the 2012 Secret

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, Ernst was sixth in all-around, fifth in vault, and seventh in uneven bars. At the Visa Championships, she was seventh in all-around, eighth in vault, and eighth in balance beam.

Senior career

Ernst started her senior career in 2013. At the

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, she finished fourth in all-around and first with the team. Ernst then traveled to Germany for competition where she placed second in the all-around and first with the team. After Germany, she then traveled to Tokyo, Japan where she placed 2nd all-around. At the Secret U.S. Classic, she was second in all-around, first on balance beam, second on floor exercise, and fourth on uneven bars. At the 2013 P&G Championships in Hartford, Connecticut she placed forth in the all-around, on the uneven bars, and the balance beam. Her last meet in 2013 was the Mexican Open in Acapulco, Mexico where she placed second all-around. She started 2014 in Jesolo, Italy for the City of Jesolo Trophy competition where she ended up second all- around and first place with the team. Ernst next went to the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships in

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where she replaced

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and ended up placing first in the team finals with the USA team. Ernst did not compete floor exercise and as a result finished 18th in the All Around.

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