Grace Catherine Kramer (born May 16, 1998), known as Gracie Kramer, is an American artistic gymnast who was a member of the UCLA Bruins gymnastics team from 2016 to 2020.[1] Following her retirement from competition in 2020, she joined the Utah State Aggies gymnastics team as a volunteer assistant coach.[2]
In the fall of 2016 she began attending the University of California, Los Angeles, joining the UCLA Bruins gymnastics program for the 2016-2017 season.[6] She was primarily recruited as a vault specialist, but became a key member of the floor squad during the 2018 season, after competing an exhibition routine during the 2017 season.[1]
2017 season
During her freshman season, Kramer competed in 10 of 14 meets,[7] ending with an RQS (Regional Qualifying Score) of 9.810.[8] Moreover, Kramer was one of two Bruins who competed a Yurchenko 1.5, debuting the vault on February 11 to score 9.925.
2018 season
During her sophomore season, Kramer became a key member of the floor squad, competing on the apparatus in every meet.[9] She achieved a score of 9.85 or higher in 12 out of 13 meets on the floor, and competed on the vault twice with a high of 9.85. On January 7 against Ohio State, Kramer earned her first career win on the floor, tying with Kyla Ross.[10] On February 25, she recorded her season-high of 9.95, at a meet against Oregon State.[11][12]
2019 season
Kramer took 12th place on vault and 4th place on floor in the 2019 PAC-12 Championships to help her team place first.[13] She then placed second on floor in the NCAA Championships,[14] with her team taking third place. Kramer competed in every meet on floor, and 9 out of 14 meets on the vault.[15]
2020 season
Kramer won her first event title of the season on January 18, at a meet against BYU and Utah State, with a score of 9.95 on the floor exercise.[16] Her floor routine was featured in a Pop Sugar post on January 22,[17] and again on January 28.[18] On January 31, Kramer scored her first career perfect 10, incidentally also the first perfect 10 of the season, at a meet against Washington.[19] Kramer scored her career high of a 9.95 on vault in a meet against California, on March 8; she also scored 9.9 on floor.[20] Due to the COVID-19 pandemic in the United States, on March 12 the remainder of the season was cancelled, including the 2020 NCAA Championships.[21] Her lowest recorded score on floor during the season was a 9.875 against Stanford, and so she ended the 2020 season ranked third on the floor exercise, with an RQS of 9.95 and an average of 9.937.[22] Kramer was one of only two gymnasts during the season to receive a score of a perfect 10 on the floor exercise, the other being Trinity Thomas.[23]