Sydney Tatiana Barros (born February 21, 2005) is an American

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currently representing Puerto Rico in international competitions. While representing the United States she was a member of the team that won bronze at the inaugural Junior World Championships.

Early life

Barros was born to Bifredo and Carine Barros in 2005 in

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. She has four siblings.

Junior gymnastics career

2016–17

In 2016, Baros was part of the HOPEs program. She competed at the 2016 HOPES Championships where she placed second in the all-around behind

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. She posted the third-highest scores on both vault and floor exercises. In 2017, Barros competed for the Gymnastics Academy of Atlanta. She appeared in competition for the club from January through April and qualified for junior elite status at the KPAC National Qualifier. She then moved to Texas Dreams and in late July she competed at the

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where she placed 18th in the all-around. She qualified to compete at the 2017 National Championships where she placed 23rd in the all-around.

2018

In 2018 Barros competed at a verification camp where she placed fourth amongst the juniors behind

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, and Jordan Bowers. Due to her performance, she was named to the team to compete at the Junior Pan American Championships; as a result, she was also added to the junior national team. Later that month Barros traveled to Italy to compete at the

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alongside her club teammates

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and

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. While there Barros only competed in the floor exercise and vault as she injured her ankle on the latter and withdrew from the remainder of the competition. Due to the injury she also withdrew from the Pan American Championships. Barros returned to competition to compete at the 2018 U.S. Classic; however, she only competed on uneven bars and balance beam, finishing 13th and 31st respectively. She competed the all-around at the 2018 National Championships where after day 1 she was ranked 17th. She withdrew from the second day of competition.

2019

Barros competed at the Parkettes National Qualifier, finished second behind éMjae Frazier, and re-qualified as a junior elite. In June Barros competed at the Junior World Championships Trials where she placed third in the all-around and was named to the team to compete at the inaugural Junior World Championships alongside

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and

. At the Junior World Championships Barros helped the team win bronze behind Russia and China and finished fifth in the all-around. She qualified for the vault event final in first place. During event finals Barros placed fifth on vault. In July Barros competed at the

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where she won silver in the all-around behind

. Additionally, she won bronze on vault (behind McClain and Blakely) and balance beam (behind McClain and

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), silver on floor exercise behind Blakely, and placed sixth on uneven bars. In August Barros competed at the U.S. National Championships. After the first day of competition, she scored 55.250 and was in fourth place. During the second day of competition scored a 54.550, giving her a total combined score of 109.850 which was a fifth-place finish. Barros won bronze on uneven bars behind

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and McClain and tied with DiCello and won silver on floor exercise behind DiCello. As a result, she was named to the junior national team.

Senior gymnastics career

2021–22

Barros became age-eligible for senior-level competition in 2021. She competed at the

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, and the U.S. National Championships. Barros finished ninth at the 2022 Winter Cup. In November of that year she officially signed her

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with the

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. Later that month the

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approved her nationality switch allowing Barros to start representing Puerto Rico in international competitions.

Competitive history

References

External links

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