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Erin Blanchard Willis

Birthdate:
11/20/1989

Program:
Trampoline & Tumbling

Level:
Senior

Current Residence:
Midland, TX

Head Coach:
Dmitri Poliaroush

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Erin Blanchard Willis

Career Highlights

  • Inducted into the USA Gymnastics Hall of Fame in 2022

Personal Information

  • Nickname: Bee
  • Hometown: Broussard, LA
  • Name of High School: Comeaux High School
  • Year you began gymnastics: 1994
  • Favorite Event: Trampoline
  • How did you get involved in gymnastics: 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
  • What are your goals for gymnastics?: To compete at the 2008 Olympic Games.
  • Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Kay and Dwight Blanchard
  • Names of sibling(s): Dewey, Jon and Caleb

Interests Outside the Gym

  • Favorite school subject: Science
  • Hobbies or favorite activities: Reading, swimming, playing tennis
  • Favorite music: Country
  • Favorite book(s): Running With Scissors
  • Favorite TV show(s): Family Guy and Desperate Housewives
  • Favorite Food: Watermelon

National Competition Results

  • 2008 Final Selection Event, Kansas City, Kan. - 1st-TR
  • 2008 Visa Championships, Houston, Texas - 1st-SY; 2nd-TR
  • 2008 U.S. Elite Challenge, Mobile, Ala. - 1st-TR, SY
  • 2008 U.S. Elite Challenge, Mobile, Ala. - 1st-TR, SY
  • 2008 Winter Classic, Tulsa, Okla. - 1st-TR, SY
  • 2007 Winter Classic, Lubbock, Texas - 1st-TR, SY
  • 2006 U.S. Championships, Schaumburg, Ill. - 1st-TR, SY
  • 2006 U.S. Elite Challenge, Las Vegas, Nev. - 1st-TR
  • 2006 Winter Classic, Birmingham, Ala. - 3rd-TR

International Competition Results

  • 2008 Olympic Games, Beijing, China - 13th-TR
  • 2008 Nissen Cup, Arosa, Switzerland - 1st-SY
  • 2008 Grenzland Cup, Aachen, Germany - 1st-TR
  • 2007 World Cup, Lake Placid, N.Y. - 5th-SY; 7th-TR
  • 2007 World Cup, Quebec City, Quebec, Canada - 6th-SY
  • 2006 World Cup, Salzgitter, Germany - 9th-SY
  • 2006 World Cup, Savognin, Switzerland -
  • 2006 Pacific Alliance Championships, Honolulu, Hawaii - 1st-TR (Jr. Div.)
  • 2001 World Age Group Games, Odense, Denmark - 1st-TR, DM

Videos of Erin Blanchard Willis

LEGEND

  • Women: AA = All Around | VT = Vault | UB = Uneven Bars | BB = Balance Beam | FX = Floor Exercise | (T) = Tie
  • Men: AA = All Around | FX = Floor Exercise | PH = Pommel Horse | SR = Still Rings | VT = Vault | PB = Parallel Bars | HB = Horizontal Bars | (T) = Tie
  • Rhythmic AA = All Around | RP = Rope | HP = Hoop | BA = Ball | CL = Clubs | RB = Ribbon | (T) = Tie
  • Acrobatic: DY = Dynamic | BL = Balance | AA = All Around | CB = Combined
  • T&T: TR = Trampoline | TU = Tumbling | DM = Double Mini | SY = Synchronized Trampoline
  • Parkour: FS - Freestyle | SP = Speed