Jessica López

In this Spanish name, the first or paternal surname is López and the second or maternal family name is Arocha.

Jessica López
Full name	Jessica Brizeida López Arocha
Nickname(s)	J-Lo
Born	(1986-01-22) January 22, 1986 (age 38) Caracas, Venezuela
Height	5 ft 1 in (155 cm)
Spouse	Linas Gaveika
Gymnastics career
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Venezuela
College team	Denver Pioneers
Level	Senior international elite
Club	Futuro
Head coach(es)	Melissa Kutcher
Assistant coach(es)	Nilson Medeiros, Carl Leland
Medal record Women's Gymnastics Representing  Venezuela Pan American Games 2015 Toronto Uneven bars Pan American Championships 2010 Guadalajara Uneven bars 2010 Guadalajara Balance beam 2013 San Juan Uneven bars 2013 San Juan Balance beam 2014 Mississauga All-around 2014 Mississauga Balance beam 2014 Mississauga Floor exercise 2004 Maracaibo Uneven bars 2010 Guadalajara All-around Central American and Caribbean Games 2010 Mayagüez All-around 2010 Mayagüez Uneven bars 2014 Veracruz All-around 2014 Veracruz Uneven bars 2014 Veracruz Balance beam 2010 Mayagüez Team 2014 Veracruz Floor exercise 2010 Mayagüez Vault 2010 Mayagüez Balance beam 2010 Mayagüez Floor exercise South American Games 2010 Medellín All-around 2010 Medellín Uneven bars 2010 Medellín Balance beam 2010 Medellín Floor exercise 2010 Medellín Team

Jessica Brizeida López Arocha (born January 22, 1986) is a Venezuelan artistic gymnast who competes for the Venezuela national team. She competed at the 2008, the 2012 and the 2016 Summer Olympics, where she qualified to the uneven bars final, becoming the first Venezuelan gymnast to qualify for an individual apparatus final, where she placed sixth.

Career

In NCAA gymnastics, Lopez competed for the University of Denver.

She qualified to compete as an individual at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing.

In 2009, she competed at the 2009 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships.

In March 2010, she won the bronze medal at the American Cup. At the end of March, she won the gold medal in the all around, uneven bars, and floor exercise at the South American Games. She won medals in Moscow, Porto, and Ghent, and at the Glasgow World Cup. In September, she went to compete at the Pre-Panamerican Games, where she won two silver medals (uneven bars and balance beam) and one bronze medal (all around). In October, she competed at the 2010 World Championships, where she qualified for the all-around finals and finished in the tenth place, the best showing ever for a Venezuelan gymnast.

Lopez qualified to compete as an individual at the 2012 Summer Olympics in London.^[1] She finished 18th in the individual all around final. She carried the Venezuelan flag in the closing ceremony of the Olympic Games.

At the 2014 World Championships, she did not qualify to any individual event finals, but finished eighth in the all around, her highest worlds finish. Afterwards she competed at the Central American and Caribbean Games, placing first all around, beam and bars. She competed at the Stuttgart World Cup a few weeks later and won silver in the all around.

She competed at the 2015 American Cup and placed 4th, which secured her winning the FIG World Cup series.

She qualified to compete at the 2016 Olympics in Rio de Janeiro, where she finished seventh in the all around and sixth on uneven bars.

References

1. "Jessica López Bio, Stats, and Results". Olympics at Sports-Reference.com. Archived from the original on 2016-02-07. Retrieved 2016-01-27.

External links

• Jessica Brizeida LOPEZ AROCHA at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Biography at the University of Denver