{{short description|American artistic gymnast}} {{Use mdy dates|date=May 2025}} {{Infobox gymnast | name = Peyton Ernst | image = Peyton Ernst Jesolo Trophy 2014 podium (cropped).JPG | image_size = | caption = Ernst in Jesolo in 2014 | full_name = Peyton Michelle Ernst | nickname = Pey | country = {{USA}} | formercountry = | birth_date = {{birth date and age|mf=yes|1997|1|27}} | birth_place = Covington, Louisiana, U.S. | death_date = | death_place = | height = 5 ft 2 in | weight = | discipline = WAG | natlteam = 2012–14 (USA) | club = Texas Dreams Gymnastics | gym = | collegeteam = University of Alabama (2017-19) transfer from University of Florida (2015-2016) | headcoach = Kim Zmeskal-Burdette | assistcoach = | formercoach = | choreographer = | music = Stairway to Heaven by Led Zeppelin (2010-11) | eponymousskills = | retired = {{plainlist|class=nowrap| * June 12, 2015 (elite) * September 20, 2018 (collegiate) }} | show-medals = yes | medaltemplates = {{MedalSport|Women's artistic gymnastics}} {{MedalCountry|{{USA}}}} {{MedalCompetition|Pacific Rim Championships}} {{MedalGold|2014 Richmond|Team}} {{MedalCompetition|City of Jesolo Trophy}} {{MedalGold|2013 Jesolo|Team}} {{MedalGold|2014 Jesolo|Team}} {{MedalSilver|2014 Jesolo|All-Around}} {{MedalCompetition|FIG World Cup}} {{MedalSilver|2013 Tokyo| All Around}} {{MedalCompetition| Mexican Open}} {{MedalSilver| 2013 Acapulco | All Around}} }}
'''Peyton Michelle Ernst''' (born January 27, 1997) is an American former collegiate and artistic gymnast.
==Personal life== Ernst was born in Covington, Louisiana, in 1997 and began gymnastics in 1999. She currently lives in Coppell, Texas.<ref name="usagym">[http://usagym.org/pages/athletes/athleteListDetail.html?id=144631 "Peyton Ernst"]. usagym.org. Retrieved July 28, 2013.</ref> Ernst recently graduated from the University of Alabama.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.gym-style.com/peyton/facts.htm |title=The Official Website of Peyton Ernst |access-date=January 7, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130619151752/http://www.gym-style.com/peyton/facts.htm |archive-date=June 19, 2013 }}</ref> She also has three sisters, Bailey (27), Madison (24) and Reilly (22).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.gym-style.com/peyton/sisters.htm |title=The Official Website of Peyton Ernst |access-date=January 7, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160305130614/http://www.gym-style.com/peyton/sisters.htm |archive-date=March 5, 2016 |url-status=dead }}</ref> All of them have been involved in gymnastics at some point since 2013. Ernst was the only elite gymnast of the family. Ernst signed the National Letter of Intent to the University of Florida in November 2014 and attended the school from the fall of 2015 to the spring of 2016.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://gymdivas.us/profile_ernst |title=GymDivas.Us | Online Resource for Gymnasts in the United States |access-date=February 19, 2014 |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140304113754/http://gymdivas.us/profile_ernst |archive-date=March 4, 2014 }}</ref> Ernst was placed on medical leave from University of Florida.<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://www.flogymnastics.com/article/43827-peyton-ernst-given-medical-scholarship-release-from-florid |title = Peyton Ernst Given Medical Scholarship, Release from Florida}}</ref> Ernst transferred to the University of Alabama and began taking classes in the Spring of 2017.<ref>{{cite tweet|number=803725052508303363|user=PeytonErnst|title=Smiling ear to ear right now!! Bama here I come🐘|date=November 29, 2016}}</ref> On September 20, 2018, Ernst had announced her retirement from gymnastics on her Instagram page.
==Junior career== Ernst started her junior career in 2011, and at that year's Visa Championships, she finished sixth in balance beam.<ref name="usagym"/>
At the 2012 Secret U.S. Classic, Ernst was sixth in all-around, fifth in vault, and seventh in uneven bars. At the Visa Championships, she was seventh in all-around, eighth in vault, and eighth in balance beam.<ref name="usagym"/>
==Senior career== Ernst started her senior career in 2013. At the City of Jesolo Trophy, she finished fourth in all-around and first with the team. Ernst then traveled to Germany for competition where she placed second in the all-around and first with the team. After Germany, she then traveled to Tokyo, Japan where she placed 2nd all-around.<ref name="usagym"/> At the Secret U.S. Classic, she was second in all-around, first on balance beam, second on floor exercise, and fourth on uneven bars.<ref>[http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_13classic_sr.pdf "2013 Secret U.S. Classic"] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130805032552/http://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_13classic_sr.pdf |date=August 5, 2013 }}. usagym.org. July 27, 2013. Retrieved July 28, 2013.</ref> At the 2013 P&G Championships in Hartford, Connecticut she placed forth in the all-around, on the uneven bars, and the balance beam. Her last meet in 2013 was the Mexican Open in Acapulco, Mexico where she placed second all-around.
She started 2014 in Jesolo, Italy for the City of Jesolo Trophy competition where she ended up second all- around and first place with the team. Ernst next went to the 2014 Pacific Rim Championships in Richmond, British Columbia<ref>{{Cite web | url=http://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=13866&prog=h | title=USA Gymnastics | Biles withdraws from 2014 Pacific Rim Championships | access-date=April 9, 2014 | archive-date=April 13, 2014 | archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140413145057/http://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=13866&prog=h | url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{Cite web|url=http://instagram.com/p/miF3kPCOw7/ |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/instagram/peytonernst/694143101279202363 |archive-date=December 25, 2021 |url-access=registration|title = Heading to Vancouver, Canada with my Mama!!}}{{cbignore}}</ref> where she replaced Simone Biles and ended up placing first in the team finals with the USA team. Ernst did not compete floor exercise and as a result finished 18th in the All Around.<ref>{{cite web |title=2014 Pacific Rim Championships April 9-12, 2014 – Richmond Olympic Oval Team Results |url=https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_14pacrim_teamaa.pdf |website=USA Gymnastics |access-date=May 7, 2025 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140729001920/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_14pacrim_teamaa.pdf |archive-date=July 29, 2014 |date=April 9, 2014 |url-status=dead}}</ref>
==References== {{reflist}}
==External links== * {{Official website|http://www.gym-style.com/peyton/}} * {{FIG|bio=38434|lic=22852}} * {{USAG|144631}}
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