Taylor Burkhart

Taylor Anthony Burkhart (born September 21, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast. He was a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and is currently competing in collegiate gymnastics for Stanford. He was the alternate for the gold medal-winning team at the 2022 Pan American Championships.

Burkhart was born on September 21, 2002, in Boca Raton, Florida, to Dale and Robin Burkhart.^[1] His hometown is Arvada, Colorado, and he competed at 5280 Gymnastics as a youth. He attended Two Roads Charter before enrolling at Stanford University to pursue gymnastics.

Burkhart competed at the Junior Pan American Championships in June alongside Brandon Briones, JR Chou, and Isaiah Drake; together they finished first as a team.^[2] During event finals he finished seventh on parallel bars and fourth on horizontal bar.^[3]

In August Burkhart competed at the U.S. National Championships in the junior 15–16 division. He placed fourth in the all-around and won gold on horizontal bar.^[4]

Burkhart next competed at the 2019 Winter Cup where he placed sixth in the all-around and won gold on horizontal bar.^[5] In August Burkhart competed at the U.S. National Championships in the 15–16 age division. He finished first in the all-around and on vault and parallel bars and third on horizontal bar.^[6]

Burkhart did not compete in 2020 due to the global COVID-19 pandemic.

Burkhart became age-eligible for senior competition in 2021. He competed at the Winter Cup where he placed fifteenth in the all-around.^[7] At the 2021 U.S. National Championships Burkhart placed fifteenth in the all-around.^[8][9]

Burkhart placed sixth in the all-around at the 2022 Winter Cup.^[10] He began competing for the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team during the 2021–22 season. At the NCAA Championship he helped Stanford defend their national title.^[11]

Burkhart made his senior international debut in May at the Varna Challenge Cup where he won silver on floor exercise and vault and placed fifth on horizontal bar.^[12] He next competed at the Koper Challenge Cup where he won bronze on floor exercise and vault and finished fourth on rings and eighth on horizontal bar.^[13]

Burkhart was selected as the alternate for the Pan American Championships.^[14] He won the gold medal alongside the team.^[15]

In late July Burkhart competed at the U.S. Classic where he placed ninth in the all-around.^[16] In August he competed at the U.S. National Championships where he finished eighth in all-around.^[17]

In April Burkhart competed at the NCAA Championship. He helped Stanford win their fourth consecutive team title and individually placed second on vault behind Stanford teammate Asher Hong.^[18] In August Burkhart competed at the Core Hydration Classic. He placed fifteenth overall.^[19]

Burkhart next competed at the Xfinity National Championships where he placed twelfth in the all-around but won silver on floor exercise behind Paul Juda.^[20]

Burkhart has one named element on the pommel horse.^[21][22]

Year	Event	Team	AA	FX	PH	SR	VT	PB	HB
Junior
2018	Elite Team Cup	6
	Pan American Championships							7	4
	U.S. National Championships (15–16)		4	9	8	10	12	4
2019	Winter Cup		6	8	7	11	13	4
	Elite Team Cup	4
	U.S. National Championships (15–16)			5	4	8
Senior
2021	Winter Cup		15	15	19	20	18	17	9
	U.S. National Championships		15	11	22	18	19	16	12
2022	Winter Cup		6	11	8	10	7	10	11
	MPSF Championships
	NCAA Championships				7
	Varna Challenge Cup								5
	Koper Challenge Cup					4			8
	Pan American Championships	[a]
	U.S. Classic		9		29	7	18	11	6
	U.S. National Championships		8	6	12	10	5	12	11
2023	MPSF Championships
	NCAA Championships								7
	U.S. Classic		15	43	60	46	14	10	32
	U.S. National Championships		12		34	15		25	8
2024	Winter Cup		12	16	27	21		17	5
	MPSF Championships			6		6	6	5	4
	NCAA Championships			17		13
	U.S. National Championships		14	23	11	11		11	10

• Taylor Burkhart at the International Gymnastics Federation
• Taylor Burkhart at USA Gymnastics