- Hometown: Lafayette, La.
- Residence: Colorado Springs, Colo.
- Birth date: Nov. 20, 1989
- Club: U.S. Olympic Training Center
- Coach: Dmitri Poliaroush
- School: Comeaux High School (2008)
- Began Gymnastics: 1995
Photo Gallery from 2008 Competitions
Personal Info
Blanchard placed first in the 2008 Olympic Games trampoline selection final rankings with 77 points to earn her first
trip to the Olympic Games. Blanchard is the daughter of Kay and Dwight Blanchard and has three brothers, Caleb,
Jon and Dewey.
How did you get involved?: I watched gymnastics in the 1994 Olympics and after that I wanted to be a gymnast
in the Olympics, so my mother signed me up at a local gym.
Favorite thing about gymnastics: Doing well at competitions
Favorite event: Trampoline
Goals: To compete at the 2008 Olympic Games
Favorite school subject: Science
Past Results
2008 - Final Selection Event, Kansas City, Mo.: 1, TR
2008 - Visa Championships, Houston, Texas: 1, SY; 2, TR
2008 - U.S. Elite Challenge, Mobile, Ala.: 1, TR, SY
2008 - Winter Classic, Tulsa, Okla.: 1, TR, SY
2008 - Grenzland Cup, Aachen, Germany: 1, TR
2007 - World Cup, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada: 6, SY
2007 - World Cup, Lake Placid, N.Y.: 5, SY; 7, TR
2007 - Winter Classic, Lubbock, Texas: 1, TR, SY
2006 - U.S. Championships, Schaumburg, Ill.: 1, TR, SY
2006 - U.S. Elite Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev.: 1, TR
2006 - Winter Classic, Birmingham, Ala.: 3, TR
2006 - World Cup, Salzgitter, Germany: 9, SY
2006 - World Cup, Savognin, Switzerland:
2006 - Pacific Alliance Championships, Honolulu, Hawaii: 1, TR (Jr.)
2001 - World Age Group Games, Odense, Denmark: 1, TR, DM
Legend: TR=trampoline; SY=synchronized trampoline; DM=double mini-trampoline; TU=tumbling
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