CAREER HIGHLIGHTS
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&Juliet ensemble on Broadway
Gymnastics Analyst with NBC for 2020 and 2024 Olympic Games
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2-time New York Times Best Selling Author
- 2021 Gold Over America Tour
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“Dancing with the Stars” Live! Tour
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“Dancing with the Stars” Season 23 Champion
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2016 Kellogg’s Tour of Gymnastics Champions
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2016 Rio Olympic Games: Team Gold; Beam Silver
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2016 U.S. Olympic Trials: All-Around Silver; Beam Gold; Floor Bronze
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2016 National Championships: All-Around Bronze; Floor, Beam & Uneven Bar Bronze
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2016 City of Jesolo Trophy: Team Gold; All-Around Bronze; Beam Gold; Vault Silver
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2015 Junior National Champion
2016 Pac Rim Championships: Team Gold; All-Around Bronze
2015 U.S. Classic Champion
2015 City of Jesolo Trophy: Junior All-Around Champion; Uneven Bar Gold; Floor Gold
ACCOLADES AND HONORS
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2023 UNICEF Global Ambassador
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2020 Roberto Clemente Award for Sports Excellence (Unidos)
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2019 New Jersey Hall of Fame Inductee
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2018 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Sports Biggest Kid
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2017 Nickelodeon Kids Choice Sports Favorite Newcomer
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2017 ESPY Nominee
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2017 Teen Choice Awards Nominee
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2017 Sullivan Award Finalist
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2017 Jefferson Award Winner
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2017 Hispanicize Award Winner
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2017 USA Gymnastic Hall of Fame Inductee
BACKGROUND
Since bringing home the Gold and Silver medals at the 2016 Rio Olympic Games, Laurie has gone on to win the coveted Mirror ball trophy on “Dancing with the Stars” Season 23 and her first book titled “I Got
This: To Gold and Beyond” chronicling her journey thus far was published in 2017, hitting the New York Times Best Sellers list. In 2018, she released a children’s picture book “She’s Got This”, also a New York Times Best Seller, while serving as a Literacy Champion to promote readership as a path to
leadership, and Mattel created a Laurie Hernandez “Shero” Barbie to honor her.
She is a second generation American, as her grandparents are from Puerto Rico, making her the first U.S. born Latina to make the U.S. team since 1984. Laurie was also the gymnastics analyst for NBC for the Tokyo 2020 Olympic Games and the Paris 2024 Olympic Games. Her live commentary at the Paris Games garnered her rapturous praise from the entertainment community and viewers.
Laurie is a graduate of NYU’s Tisch School of Arts, where she studied drama with a minor in creative writing. She makes her Broadway debut this Spring in &Juliet and is currently developing scripts for a television short series. A national speaker and passionate advocate for mental health and children’s rights, Laurie was named a UNICEF USA Ambassador in 2023.
Order Laurie’s book here.
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