Alma Kuc

Alma Alexandra Kuc (born September 21, 1998) is a Polish artistic gymnast.^[2] She began competing for the California Golden Bears gymnastics team in 2018.

Alma Kuc
Full name	Alma Alexandra Kuc
Country represented	Poland
Born	(1998-09-21) September 21, 1998 (age 26) Toronto, Ontario
Hometown	Los Angeles, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 1 in (155 cm)[1]
Discipline	Women's artistic gymnastics
Years on national team	2013-2017
Club	All Olympia Gymnastics Center
College team	California Golden Bears
Head coach(es)	Artur Akopyan
Assistant coach(es)	Galina Marinova, Marcello Figue

Personal life

Alma Kuc was born on September 21, 1998, in Toronto, Ontario.^[3] She has also lived in Argentina and Brazil, and her extended family lives in Poland.^[4] Her younger brother, Thomas Kuc, is an actor. She graduated from Laurel Springs High School in Ojai, California.^[1] She began attending UC Berkeley in 2017 where she studies Molecular and Cell Biology, and she competes on their gymnastics team.^[1]

Career

Kuc competed at the 2014 European Championships with Marta Pihan-Kulesza, Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Gabriela Janik, Claudia Chmielowska, and the team finished 10th.^[5] She then competed at the 2014 World Championships alongside Pihan-Kulesza, Jurkowska-Kowalska, Janik, Chmielowska, and Paula Plichta, and the team finished 17th.^[6]

At the 2015 World Championships, Kuc competed with Claudia Chmielowska, Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Klara Kopeć, Gabriela Janik, and Marta Pihan-Kulesza, and the team finished 19th.^[7] She finished 4th in the all-around and won the gold medal on the uneven bars at the 2016 Polish Championships.^[8] Then at the Gym Festival Trnava, she won the silver medal in the all-around behind Hitomi Hatakeda of Japan.^[9] She competed at the 2016 European Championships alongside Katarzyna Jurkowska-Kowalska, Klara Kopeć, Gabriela Janik, and Paula Plichta, and they finished 11th.^[10] At the 2017 European Championships, Kuc competed only on the uneven bars and finished 18th in the qualification round.^[11]

References

1. "Alma Kuc". Cal Athletics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
2. "KUC Alma". Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
3. "Alma Kuc". USA Gymnastics. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
4. Ely, Lauren. "Kuc, Alma". Nastia Liukin Cup. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
5. "30th European Women's Artistic Gymnastics Team Championships Seniors" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 15 May 2014. Retrieved 23 April 2021.
6. "45th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS in Nanning (CHN) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 5 October 2014. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
7. "46th ARTISTIC GYMNASTICS WORLD CHAMPIONSHIPS, GLASGOW (GBR) Women's Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 23 October 2015. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
8. Hopkins, Lauren (13 May 2016). "2016 Polish Championships Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
9. Hopkins, Lauren (15 May 2016). "2016 Gym Festival Trnava Results". The Gymternet. Retrieved 26 April 2021.
10. "31st European Championships in Women's Artistic Gymnastics Seniors and Juniors Senior Qualifications" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 2 June 2016. Retrieved 24 April 2021.
11. "7th Petrom European Men's and Women's Artistic Gymnastics Championships Women Qualification" (PDF). Gymnastics Results. 20 April 2017. Retrieved 26 April 2021.

External links

• Alma Kuc at the International Gymnastics Federation