Birthdate: 7/7/2001 Program: Men's Artistic Level: Senior Current Residence: Deerfield, IL Club: University of Michigan Head Coach: Yuan Xiao Other Coaches: Jordan Gaarenstroom, Juha Tanskanen
Career Highlights
2024 Olympic team bronze medalist. Advanced to the all-around final
2024 NCAA floor exercise champion and team & vault silver medalist (Michigan)
2023 World team bronze medalist. Advanced to the vault & high bar finals
2023 U.S. floor exercise champion
2023 Nissen-Emery Award winner
Alternate for the 2022 World Championships team
2022 NCAA all-around & vault champion, high bar silver medalist and team bronze medalist (Michigan)
2021 NCAA pommel horse silver medalist and team bronze medalist (Michigan)
2020 Winter Cup high bar bronze medalist
2019 U.S. high bar bronze medalist
About
Paul Juda
Birthplace: Des Plaines, IL Hometown: Deerfield, IL Twitter:@pauljuda2 Instagram:Instagram.com/paul.juda Name of High School: Adlai E. Stevenson Highschool High School Graduation Year: 2019 Name of College: University of Michigan College Graduation Year: 2025 Degree/Major: Undergrad: BA Psychology. Grad Year you began gymnastics: 2007 Favorite Event: Highbar and Floor How did you get involved in gymnastics: I was always a very energetic kid. I would always either be upside down or jumping around my house. People suggested that I join gymnastics and ever since I began I fell involve with the sport. Favorite thing about gymnastics: Seeing all of your hard work finally pay off. What are your goals for gymnastics?: Win an Olympic medal. Names of parents/guardians/spouse: Ewa Bacher, Jozef Juda Names of sibling(s): Kasia Juda, Michal Juda Family members in sports: Both my brother and my sister did gymnastics but they never took it seriously.
Interests Outside the Gym
Favorite school subject: Accounting, Sales, Psychology, and Real Estate Development Hobbies or favorite activities: Love to golf in the summer! Reading about business and real estate deals. Love to brainstorm ways to dominate the business world! Favorite music: House music, country, hip hop / rap. Favorite book(s): How to Win Friends and Influence People, Greenlights, Atomic Habits Favorite movie(s): Sicario, Would You Rather, Rudy, Pacific Rim, Kong: Skull Island, Jurassic World Favorite TV show(s): Dexter, Bob's Burger, The Office, Scrubs, Law and Order SVU, Prison Break Favorite Food: Speciality Sushi Rolls Charity Involvement: Detroit Cass Community Center Volunteering Other sports involvement: Typical 30+ handicapper in golf!
National Competition Results
2024
U.S. Olympic Team Trials, Minneapolis, Minn. -
2nd-FX; 3rd-PH; 4th-AA; 5th-HB; 6th-SR
2024
Xfinity U.S. Gymnastics Championships, Fort Worth, Texas -
5th-FX; 6th-AA, PH