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Gymnast: Emelie Petz of Germany

Emelie Petz, 16, of Germany recently competed at the 2019 World Gymnastics Championships, and though she and her teammates just missed qualifying for the team final, they were able to secure their ticket for the Tokyo 2020 Games (the top nine teams that didn't qualify at last year's Worlds — USA, Russia, and China — qualified this year).

The D-value bar dismount Emelie got named after her this year is something called a "clear straddle circle," which is a circle around the bar in a straddle position into a front flip off of the bar with a full twist in a tucked position. "It's such a nice feeling," she told GymCastic after landing it at 2019 Worlds. "I'm 16 years old and I have my own element on bars. It's named after me, so it's a Petz."