Frida Esparza

Esparza in 2019
Personal information
Born	(2001-01-17)January 17, 2001 (age 24) Concord, California, U.S.
Height	5 ft 4 in (163 cm)[1]
Gymnastics career
Sport	Women's artistic gymnastics
Country represented	Mexico (2018–20 (MEX))
College team	UCLA Bruins
Club	Head Over Heels
Head coach	Chris Waller
Former coach	Katreece Stone
Medal record Women'sartistic gymnastics Representing Mexico Event 1st 2nd 3rd World Challenge Cup 1 0 0 Pan American Championships 2018 Lima Team RepresentingtheUCLA Bruins NCAA Championships 2025 Fort Worth Team

Frida Esparza (born 17 January 2001)^[2] is a Mexican-Americanartistic gymnast who represented Mexico at the2018 and2019 World Championships. Esparza was part of the Mexican team that won the bronze medal at the2018 Pan American Championships. She is currently a member of theUCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team.

Esparza was born inConcord, California to Mexican parents.^[3] Her parents enrolled her in gymnastics when she was two years old.^[4]

Esparza holds dual citizenship for Mexico and the United States.^[5] She competed at the2016 and2017 U.S. Championships, but began representing Mexico in 2018.^[3][6]

In 2018, Esparza became the Mexican national all-around champion, also taking the gold on the uneven bars and the silver on the balance beam.^[7] She was selected to the Mexican team for the2018 Pan American Championships alongsidePaulina Campos,Alexa Moreno,Nicolle Castro andNatalia Escalera. They took the bronze medal in the team final behind the United States and Brazil. Individually, Esparza placed ninth in the all-around final.^[8] Esparza also competed at the2018 World Championships inDoha, Qatar, where she placed 32nd in the individual all-around and 19th with the Mexican team.^[9]

In 2019, Esparza won the gold medal in the uneven bars final at theGuimarães World Challenge Cup in Portugal.^[2] At the2019 World Championships inStuttgart, Germany she placed 21st with the Mexican team during qualifications.^[10]

Esparza joined theUCLA Bruins women's gymnastics team as a freshman for the 2020–21 season.^[11][12] At the 2021 PAC-12 Championships, she contributed to the team's third-place finish and placed fourth on the uneven bars individually.^[13]

Year	Event	Team	AA	VT	UB	BB	FX
Junior
2016	U.S. Classic		13
	U.S. Championships		24
Senior
2017	Brestyan's National Qualifier
	U.S. Classic		11
	U.S. Championships		21
2018	Mexican Championships
	Mexican Trial
	Pan American Championships		9
	World Championships	19	32
2019	Guimarães World Challenge Cup
	World Championships	21
NCAA
2021	PAC-12 Championships				4

• Frida Esparza at theInternational Gymnastics Federation

• 2001 births
• Living people
• Mexican female artistic gymnasts
• UCLA Bruins women's gymnasts
• Sportspeople from Concord, California
• 21st-century American women
• 21st-century Mexican sportswomen

• Articles with short description
• Short description matches Wikidata