Claire Pease is an American artistic gymnast who progressed from winning the 2024 U.S. junior all-around championship to earning major senior titles at home and internationally. Her results include four medals from her senior World Cup debut, the 2025 U.S. Classic all-around title, Pan American gold, and the 2026 U.S. uneven bars championship.
She represents the United States, trains at WOGA Gymnastics in Texas, and competes across all four women’s apparatuses. Her development has included rapid competitive progress, an injury-related interruption, and a return that produced her strongest senior results to date.
| Category | Details |
|---|---|
| Discipline | Women’s artistic gymnastics |
| Competitive level | Senior |
| Hometown | Sunnyvale, Texas |
| Club | WOGA Gymnastics |
| Coaches | Valeri Liukin and Anna Liukin |
| Junior milestone | U.S. junior all-around champion |
| Senior international milestone | Pan American all-around champion |
| College commitment | University of Utah |
Recreational Classes Led Pease to Elite Gymnastics
USA Gymnastics lists Honolulu, Hawaii, as Pease’s birthplace and Sunnyvale, Texas, as her hometown. She started gymnastics through recreational classes at four and later became an elite competitor at WOGA.
Her current USA Gymnastics profile names Valeri Liukin as head coach and Anna Liukin as another coach. During an April 2025 interview with International Gymnast Magazine Online, Pease also described Ivan Goriatchkine as part of the coaching team at that time. She said the coaches worked collectively, providing corrections and feedback across every apparatus.
Pease has never viewed herself as a one- or two-event specialist. She told the publication that she had always approached gymnastics as a four-event sport, training vault, uneven bars, balance beam, and floor exercise as parts of a complete program.
Her 2024 Junior Season Produced Three National Titles
Pease entered the 2024 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships after winning junior all-around titles at the Winter Cup and U.S. Classic earlier that season.
At the national championships, she led the junior field with a two-day all-around total of 107.350. She also won the uneven bars and balance beam titles and tied for fourth on floor exercise.
Those results completed a strong final junior season before her move into senior competition in 2025. The division matters: her 2024 victories were junior national titles, while her later results came against senior fields.
Antalya Turned an Unexpected Opportunity Into World Cup Gold
Pease made her senior international debut at the FIG World Cup in Antalya in March 2025. She qualified for the vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise finals and was initially the first reserve for balance beam.
A withdrawal created a late opening in the beam final. Pease later told College Gym News that she continued preparing even when she expected not to compete. After receiving notice that she could enter the final, she completed her routine without a fall and won the gold medal.
She also collected silver medals on vault, uneven bars, and floor exercise. Winning a medal on every apparatus gave her four medals from her first senior World Cup assignment.
Pease described the Antalya result as one of her proudest competitive achievements. Its significance went beyond the medal itself because she had moved from first reserve to champion with little notice.
Pease Established Herself as a Senior All-Around Competitor
Her domestic results in 2025 showed the Antalya performance wasn’t limited to individual apparatuses. At the U.S. Classic in July, she won both the senior all-around and vault titles. She tied for third on uneven bars, placed third on balance beam, and tied for fourth on floor exercise.
The U.S. Classic and U.S. Gymnastics Championships are separate competitions. At the subsequent 2025 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Pease earned silver on vault and finished 10th in the all-around.
Discussing her competitive habits, she said consistency begins with trusting routines she has repeated in training. During a performance, she concentrates on one skill at a time. If an error occurs, she leaves it behind and focuses on completing the remaining elements successfully.
That routine-by-routine method supports her commitment to all-around competition. Rather than narrowing her preparation to her strongest apparatuses, she continues training all four events.
An Ankle Injury Interrupted Her First Senior Season
Pease’s first senior season was interrupted shortly before the 2025 World Championships selection camp. In her December 2025 interview with College Gym News, she said she landed a familiar tumbling pass short and twisted her ankle.
The injury prevented her from trying for a place on the World Championships team. Pease described the timing as upsetting because she had been preparing specifically for the selection camp.
She also said that the break gave her time to reflect and refocus before returning to training. No detailed diagnosis or long-term prognosis was made public, so the documented account is limited to the ankle injury and its immediate effect on her selection opportunity.
Pan American Gold Marked Her 2026 International Progress
Pease returned to major international competition at the 2026 Pan American Championships in Rio de Janeiro. She first helped the United States win the senior women’s team title on June 17.
Two days later, she scored 54.498 to win the individual all-around championship. Charleigh Bullock finished second, giving the United States the top two positions.
Pease added two more apparatus medals on the final day. She won floor exercise with 13.833 and earned bronze on vault with a two-vault average of 13.916. She finished the uneven bars competition in fifth place.
Her four Pan American medals included gold in the team, all-around, and floor competitions, plus bronze on vault. They also reflected broader senior achievement beyond her apparatus-focused success at Antalya.
Her 2026 U.S. Results Confirmed Strength Across Multiple Events
At the 2026 Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Pease and Skye Blakely shared the senior all-around lead after the opening night. Each recorded a score of 55.600.
The standings changed during the second day. Hezly Rivera won the completed two-day all-around competition, while Pease finished second with 110.800. However, Pease shared the opening-night lead; the completed standings placed her second.
She nevertheless left the competition with a national title on uneven bars. She also earned silver medals in the all-around, vault, and balance beam and tied for sixth on floor exercise.
The results followed her earlier 2026 performances, which included Winter Cup gold on vault, silver on balance beam, bronze in the all-around, and a team silver medal at the American Cup.
Pease Continues Building Beyond Her Junior Success
Pease’s progression goes beyond a single event. She moved from three junior national titles in 2024 to four medals at her senior World Cup debut, a U.S. Classic all-around victory, Pan American team and individual gold, and a senior national title on uneven bars.
Her plans also extend beyond elite competition. Pease told College Gym News that she chose the University of Utah after four recruiting visits, citing her connection with the team and coaches as well as opportunities in the Salt Lake City community. She has also said she hopes to become a doctor and views college as preparation for life beyond gymnastics.
Her record now combines all-around consistency with major apparatus results. The path from junior champion to Pan American gold has established Pease as a senior U.S. gymnast with documented success across national and international competition.