ORREGO Ariana

Peru

Artistic Gymnastics

Date of Birth: 25 Sep 1998

Age: 22

Gender: Female

Olympic Scholarship

Height (m/ft): 1.57/5'1''

Place of birth: LIMA

Birth Country:

Peru

Place of residence : LIMA

Residence Country:

Peru

Events and Medals
Records
Schedule
Bio
General Interest
Milestones

Events and Medals

Discipline	Event	Rank	Medal
Artistic Gymnastics	Women's All-Around
	Women's Vault
	Women's Uneven Bars
	Women's Balance Beam
	Women's Floor Exercise

Schedule

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Biographical Information

Highlights

Athlete:

Olympic Games

Year	Location	BB	FX	UB	AA
2016	Rio de Janeiro, BRA	67	54	75	50

World Championships

Year	Location	BB	FX	UB	AA	Team
2019	Stuttgart, GER	90	87	140	84	-
2015	Glasgow, GBR	83	122	96	62	-
2014	Nanning, CHN	89	110	150	90	34

Pan American Games

Year	Location	BB	FX	UB	AA	Team
2019	Lima, PER	8	13	27	20	5

South American Championships

Year	Location	BB	FX	UB	VT	AA	Team
2019	Santiago, CHI	1	2	6	10	2	3
2016	Lima, PER	15	6	1	1	4	4

Legend
BB - Balance Beam, FX - Floor Excercise, UB - Uneven Bars, VT - Vault, AA - Individual All-Around, DNS - Did Not Start, DSQ - Disqualified

Nickname:

Ari (iowastatedaily.com, 07 Feb 2018)

Occupation:

Athlete, Student

Education:

Management Information Systems - Iowa State University, Ames, IA, USA

Languages spoken:

English, Spanish

Club name:

Iowa State University [Ames, IA, USA]

Coach:

Jay Ronayne [club]

Injuries:

She suffered from a series of injuries during the 2017/18 season. (cyclones.com, 04 Jul 2018)

Start:

She took up gymnastics at age six. (Athlete, 06 Aug 2016; diariocorreo.pe, 26 Dec 2014)

Reason:

Her parents wanted her to practise a sport. She preferred gymnastics over tennis, ballet and swimming because of its variety. (Athlete, 06 Aug 2016; diariocorreo.pe, 26 Dec 2014; cyclones.com, 30 Oct 2017)

Hero:

US artistic gymnast Nastia Liukin. (Athlete, 06 Aug 2016)

Influence:

Her parents. (Athlete, 06 Aug 2016)

Philosophy:

"Discipline and perseverance." (Athlete, 06 Aug 2016)

Award:

While competing at Iowa State University in Ames, IA, United States of America, she was named to the 2018 Academic All-Big 12 Conference Rookie Team. (cyclones.com, 01 Apr 2018)

A gymnastics competition in Peru, the Ariana Orrego Gymnastics Cup, is named after her. (abertodegimnasia.com, 08 Jan 2018)

General Interest

General
MOVE ABROAD
In 2011 she was invited by Argentinian coach Gustavo Moure to compete at an event in Virginia Beach, VA, United States of America. After the competition, she stayed for two more weeks in Virginia to train with Moure. After she competed twice more at the event in subsequent years, Moure invited her to join his club, Excalibur Gymnastics in Virginia Beach. In 2015, at age 15, she relocated there, living with a host family and home-schooled. In 2018 she moved to Iowa after she was invited to join Iowa State University by a gymnastics coach. (elcomercio.pe, 10 May 2017; abiertodegimnasia.com, 08 Jan 2018; iowastatedaily.com, 07 Feb 2018)

Milestones

She became the first Peruvian athlete to compete in any gymnastics discipline at the Olympic Games when she participated in the artistic competition at the 2016 Games in Rio de Janeiro. (SportsDeskOnline, 12 Oct 2018)

Social Media

Legend

:: Gold Medal Event
:: Silver Medal Event
:: Bronze Medal Event

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