Simone Rose (born July 9, 2008) 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 ...

. She is a member of the United States national gymnastics team and is the 2024 Pacific Rim team, uneven bars, and floor exercise champion.

Early life

Rose was born in

Bellevue, Washington Bellevue ( ) is a city in the Eastside (King County, Washington), Eastside region of King County, Washington, United States, located across Lake Washington from Seattle. It is the third-largest city in the Seattle metropolitan area, and the f ...

, in 2008 to Jen and Michael Rose. She began gymnastics in 2010. She was raised in

Sammamish, Washington Sammamish ( ) is a city in King County, Washington, United States. The population was 67,455 at the 2020 census. Located on a plateau, the city is bordered by Lake Sammamish to the west and the Snoqualmie Valley to the east. Sammamish is s ...

Junior gymnastics career

Rose competed at the 2022 Winter Cup where she placed fifth in the all-around. In July she competed at the

U.S. Classic The U.S. Classic is an annual summer gymnastics meet for elite Artistic gymnastics, artistic gymnasts of the United States. The meet occurs before USA Gymnastics National Championships, Nationals and is a qualifier for it. In Olympic years, the afo ...

where she finished third on the uneven bars and balance beam. The following month Rose competed 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 ...

fifteenth and eighth on the uneven bars and balance beam respectively. Rose competed at the 2023 Winter Cup where she finished seventh in the all-around. She next competed at the 2023 Core Hydration Classic where she finished ninth in the all-around. At the 2023 National Championships Rose finished fifth in the all-around but won bronze on vault. As a result, she was added to the

national team A national sports team (commonly known as a national team or a national side) is a team that represents a nation, rather than a particular club or region, in an international sport. The term is most commonly associated with team sports, for exa ...

for the first time. In November Rose made her international debut at the Combs la Ville International Tournament alongside Ly Bui and Claire Pease. Together they won gold as a team. Individually Rose placed first in the all-around and on floor exercise, second on uneven bars behind Pease, and third on vault behind Ming van Eijken and Pease.

Senior gymnastics career

2024

Rose became age-eligible for senior level competition in 2024. She made her senior debut at the

2024 Winter Cup The 2024 Winter Cup, known officially as the Kentucky Winter Classic, was an artistic gymnastics competition held at Freedom Hall in Louisville, Kentucky, on February 23–25, 2024. As in recent years, the competition included men's and women's g ...

where she placed fourteenth in the all-around. She was selected to make her senior international debut at the

Pacific Rim Championships The Pacific Rim Championships is a major regional biennial gymnastics competition. It is open to teams from member nations of the Pacific Alliance of National Gymnastics Federations, namely Australia, Canada, Chile, China, Chinese Taipei, Colombia, ...

in April alongside

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, Kieryn Finnell, and

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(who later withdrew from the competition). At the Pacific Rim Championships Rose helped the USA finish first. Individually she also won gold on uneven bars and floor exercise. At the 2024 National Championships Rose finished twelfth. In doing so she qualified to compete at the

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2025

Rose competed at the 2025 Winter Cup where she placed third in the all-around behind Ashlee Sullivan and

. Additionally she placed third on the uneven bars. She competed at the DTB Pokal Mixed Cup alongside Sullivan,

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, Riley Loos, Kiran Mandava, and Alex Nitache; together they won gold. Rose next competed at the 2025 City of Jesolo Trophy, where she helped team USA win silver in the team event and individually she won gold on the uneven bars.

Competitive history

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* {{DEFAULTSORT:Rose, Simone 2008 births Living people American female artistic gymnasts Sportspeople from Bellevue, Washington People from Sammamish, Washington U.S. women's national team gymnasts 21st-century American sportswomen