Talia Chiarelli

Talia Chiarelli
— Gymnast —
Full name Talia Chiarelli
Country represented  Canada
Born (1995-05-12) May 12, 1995
Ottawa, Ontario
Hometown Sarnia, Ontario
Residence Boston, Massachusetts
Discipline Women's artistic gymnastics
Level Senior International Elite
Club Bluewater Gymnastics Club, Brestyan's American Gymnastics Club
College team Michigan Wolverines (Class of 2018
Head coach(es) Elizabeth Brubaker (CA), Mihai Brestyan (USA)
Assistant coach(es) David Brubaker
Medal record
Pan American Games
2011 Guadalajara Team
Canadian Championships
2011 Charlottetown Floor

Talia Chiarelli (born May 12, 1995) is a Canadian artistic gymnast.[1][2] In 2006, she moved with her family to Boston and trains at Brestyan's Gymnastics in Burlington, Massachusetts but still represents the Bluewater Gymnastics Club in competition.[3] She is also the daughter of Edmonton Oilers general manager Peter Chiarelli.

Junior career

Born in Ottawa, Chiarelli trained from 1999-2006 at the Nepean-Corona School of Gymnastics.[4] When her father accepted the position of GM for the Boston Bruins, she moved to Boston and began training with Brestyan's Gymnastics.

2008 - 2010

Because Chiarelli is Canadian but lives in Boston and trains at an American club, she has been able to compete at both the US and Canadian national championships. She competed level 10 (US) in 2008 then became a junior international elite and competed at the US Junior National Championships in 2009 and 2010.[5] Chiarelli's club in Canada is listed as Bluewater Gymnastics, of Sarnia ON [6]

Senior career

2011

In May, Chiarelli competed at the Canadian Championships in Charlottetown, Canada. She placed sixth in the all around final with a score of 52.375.[7] In event finals, she placed eighth on balance beam scoring 12.175 and third on floor scoring 13.525.[8]

Later that year, she was chosen to represent Canada at the Japan Cup, and later was chosen as an alternate to the Canadian Team at the 2011 World Championships[9]

In October, Chiarelli competed at the 2011 Pan American Games in Guadalajara, Mexico. She helped the Canadian team win the silver medal in the team event with an individual all around score of 52.625. This score gave her 13th place in the allround competition.[10] In event finals, she placed fifth on balance beam with a score of 13.075.[11]

2012

In January, Chiarelli participated in the London Prepares series where Canada qualified a full team to the 2012 Summer Olympics. She competed on vault scoring 14.500, balance beam scoring 13.400, and floor scoring 13.433.[12]

In April, Chiarelli competed at the 2nd Artistic Gymnastics Meeting in San Bernardo, Brazil with gymnasts from Brazil, Canada, and South Korea. She won the floor final with a score of 14.225.[13]

In June, Chiarelli was one of the twelve gymnasts chosen to compete at the Final Olympic Selection meet to decide who would represent Canada at the 2012 Summer Olympics but she had to withdraw due to back problems.[14]

2013

In her first major competition since discovering that she had stress fractures in her lower back,[15] 2013 Elite Canada (Edmonton, AB), Chiarelli was 5th on Vault and 1st on Beam[16] [17]

She accepted a full scholarship to the University of Michigan.[18]

References

  1. ↑ "Fédération Internationale de Gymnastique : Gymnast Profiles". Fig-gymnastics.com. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  2. ↑ "Gymcan-Profiles". Gymcan.org. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  3. ↑ "International Gymnast Magazine Online - Canada's Chiarelli: 'Focus On The Process'". Intlgymnast.com. 2012-06-08. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  4. ↑ http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/11/16/ottawa-gymnast-talia-chiarelli-daughter-of-boston-bruins-gm-peter-chairelli-accepts-scholarship-with-university-of-michigan
  5. ↑ http://www.gymnastike.org/speaker/10425-Talia-Chiarelli
  6. ↑ http://www.gymcan.org/site/profile.php?id=268
  7. ↑ http://gym-score-depot.ca/Natls_2011/GSL/wag-sr-d2-aa.pdf
  8. ↑ http://gym-score-depot.ca/Natls_2011/GSL/wag-senior-d3-ef.pdf
  9. ↑ http://arabianpunchfront.blogspot.ca/2013/03/interview-with-talia-chiarelli.html
  10. ↑ http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11panam_tf.pdf
  11. ↑ http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11panam_ef.pdf
  12. ↑ http://www.londonpreparesseries.com/documents/gymnastics/results/day-2/womens-team-and-mixed-results.pdf
  13. ↑ "International Gymnast Magazine Online - 2nd Artistic Gymnastics Meeting Concludes". Intlgymnast.com. 2012-04-15. Retrieved 2012-06-12.
  14. ↑ "GYMCAN". GYMCAN. Retrieved 2012-06-24.
  15. ↑ http://arabianpunchfront.blogspot.ca/2013/03/interview-with-talia-chiarelli.html
  16. ↑ http://www.gymcan.org/site/profile.php?id=268
  17. ↑ http://www.bluewatergymnasticsclub.com/blog/2013/02/10/talia-chiarelli-2013-beam-finalist/
  18. ↑ http://www.ottawasun.com/2012/11/16/ottawa-gymnast-talia-chiarelli-daughter-of-boston-bruins-gm-peter-chairelli-accepts-scholarship-with-university-of-michigan
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