Ruben Padilla (born January 5, 2001) is an American

trampoline gymnast Trampolining or trampoline gymnastics is a competitive Olympic Games, Olympic sport in which athletes perform acrobatics while bouncing on a trampoline. In competition, these can include simple jumps in the straight, pike, tuck, or straddle posit ...

. He has won seven senior national titles across three disciplines (double-mini, trampoline, and syncrhonized trampoline) and two

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on double-mini and was named alternate to the

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for men's trampoline.

Career

Padilla became as a senior national team member in 2018 and competed at his first world championships in St. Petersburg, Russia at the

2018 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships The 33rd Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships were held in Saint Petersburg, Russia, from November 7–10, 2018. Medal table Medallists Results Mixed Team All-around Qualification Final References External links FIG site {{World ...

where he won a silver medal in the men's double-mini event. In 2019, he won a bronze medal in the men's individual event at the

2019 Pan American Games The 2019 Pan American Games (), officially the XVIII Pan American Games () and commonly known as Lima 2019, were a multi-sport event governed by the Panam Sports Organization held in Lima, Peru from July 26 to August 11, 2019, with preliminar ...

. He then went on to complete a hat trick when he again won the men's double-mini silver medal alongside a silver double-mini team medal, and an all-around team silver medal at the

2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships The 2019 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships was held in Tokyo, Japan from November 28 to December 1, 2019. The competition took place at the Ariake Gymnastics Centre, the same venue that would also host the gymnastics competitions at the T ...

. In 2021, he competed in the

2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships The 2021 Pan American Gymnastics Championships was held in Rio de Janeiro, Brazil in June 2021. Three gymnastics disciplines were contested: artistic gymnastics (from June 4–6), rhythmic gymnastics (from June 11–13) and trampolining, trampoli ...

in Brazil and won gold medals in the 17- to 21-year-old age group and the senior-level synchronized (with partner Cody Gesuelli) trampoline competitions and was a member of the first-place U.S. gymnastics team. He competed in the men's double-mini trampoline event at the

2022 World Games The 2022 World Games, commonly known as Birmingham 2022, were an international multi-sport event held from July 7 to 17, 2022, in Birmingham, Alabama, United States. They were the 11th World Games, a multi-sport event featuring disciplines ...

, and finished fourth. Then, at the

2022 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships The 2022 Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships was held in Sofia, Bulgaria from 16 to 19 November 2022. It was held in conjunction with the 2022 Trampoline Gymnastics World Age Group Competitions, which was competed the next week in the sam ...

, he won a gold medal in men's double-mini, a silver medal in the all-around team, and a bronze medal in the double-mini team event. Padilla defended his double-mini title at the 2023 Trampoline World Championships in Birmingham, England and once again won gold in individual men's double-mini, alongside a silver medal in synchronized trampoline with partner Aliaksei Shostak, and a double-mini team gold. In 2024, he won triple gold at the USAG championships held in Minneapolis, MN, winning men's individual trampoline, men's synchronized trampoline with partner Aliaksei Shostak, and the men's double-mini competition. Additionally, he was named as the alternate to the Olympic Games for men's trampoline.

World Cup results

Personal

Padilla was born in Oakley, California; his parents are Nelia and Jerry Padilla. He started his gymnastics career at the age of 5 when his mother enrolled him in artistic gymnastics classes in a bid to stop him from jumping on the furniture at home. Since 2017, he has trained at Wasatch Trampoline and Tumbling in Draper, UT, where he also works as a coach. He was named the 2020 Double -Mini Athlete of the Year by USA Gymnastics and was again honored with that award in 2024.

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* * * * * * {{DEFAULTSORT:Padilla, Ruben Living people 2001 births Place of birth missing (living people) American male trampolinists Gymnasts at the 2019 Pan American Games Gymnasts at the 2023 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2019 Pan American Games Medalists at the 2023 Pan American Games Pan American Games gold medalists for the United States in gymnastics Pan American Games bronze medalists for the United States in gymnastics Medalists at the Trampoline Gymnastics World Championships Competitors at the 2022 World Games 21st-century American sportsmen