Ruben Padilla
Birthdate:
1/5/2001
Program:
Trampoline & Tumbling
Level:
Senior
Current Residence:
Bluffdale, UT
Club:
Merino Trampoline Gymnastics Academy
Career Highlights
2025 World double mini & team double mini champion and trampoline silver medalist
Most decorated T&T athlete in USAG history with 26 World Cup (10) and World Championships (16) medals
2025 FIG World Cup Series Champion - Double Mini
2025 U.S. mixed synchro champion and double mini bronze medalist
Alternate for the 2024 Olympic Team
2024 U.S. trampoline, double mini & synchro champion
2023 World team all-around, double mini & double mini team champion and synchro silver medalist
2023 Pan American Games synchro champion. Also advanced to the trampoline final
2023 U.S. double mini & synchro champion and trampoline silver medalist
2022 World double mini champion, team all-around silver medalist and double mini team bronze medalist
2022 U.S. double mini champion
2021 World team all-around silver medalist and double mini bronze medalist. Also advanced to the synchro final.
International World Games Association Athlete of the Month for January 2020
2019 World double mini, double mini team and team all-around silver medalist
2019 Pan American Games trampoline bronze medalist
2019 U.S. double mini champion
2018 World double mini silver medalist
2018 U.S. double mini silver medalist and synchro bronze medalist
National Competition Results
2026 Elite Challenge, Wichita, Kan. - 1st-MXSY; 4th-DM; 7th-TR
2026 Winter Classic, Springfield, Ill. - 1st-SY; 3rd-TR; 4th-DM
2025 USA Gymnastics Championships, Providence, R.I. - 1st-MXSY; 3rd-DM; 4th-TR, SY
2025 Elite Challenge, Jacksonville, Fla. - 1st-DM, SY; 5th-TR
2025 Winter Classic Invitational, Battle Creek, Mich. - 1st-TR; 2nd-TU, MXSY; 3rd-SY
2024 USA Gymnastics Championships, Minneapolis, Minn. - 1st-TR, DM, SY
2024 Elite Challenge, Irving, Texas - 1st-DM; 4th-TR
2024 Winter Classic, Oklahoma City, Okla. - 1st-DM, SY; 5th-TR
2023 USA Gymnastics Championships, Tulsa, Okla. - 1st-DM, SY; 2nd-TR
2023 Winter Classic, Daytona Beach, Fla. - 1st-DM, SY; 3rd-TR
2022 USA Gymnastics Championships, Des Moines, Iowa - 1st-DM; 7th-TR
2022 Elite Challenge, Irving, Texas - 1st-DM; 3rd-TR
2022 Winter Classic Invitational, Daytona Beach, Fla. - 1st-DM; 4th-TR
2021 VIP Classic, Marion, Ohio - 1st-DM; 2nd-TR
2021 Elite Challenge, Birmingham, Ala. - 1st-DM, SY; 7th-TR
2020 VIP Classic, Evansville, Ind. - 1st-DM; 3rd-SY
2019 USA Gymnastics Championships, Des Moines, Iowa - 1st-DM; 4th-SY; 7th-TR
2019 Elite Challenge, Winston-Salem, N.C. - 2nd-TR; 7th-DM
2019 VIP Classic, Evansville, Ind. - 2nd-DM; 4th-TR
2018 USA Gymnastics Championships, Greensboro, N.C. - 2nd-DM; 3rd-SY
2018 Elite Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 3rd-TR, DM
2018 Winter Classic, Battle Creek, Mich. - 1st-DM; 8th-TR
2017 USA Gymnastics Championships, Milwaukee, Wis. - 1st-TR, SY; 2nd-DM (Jr. Div.)
2017 Elite Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 1st-DM; 2nd-TR (Jr. Div.)
2017 Winter Classic, Battle Creek, Mich. - 1st-TR; 4th-DM (Jr. Div.)
2015 USA Gymnastics Championships, Greensboro, N.C. - 2nd-SY; 4th-TR, DM (Youth)
2015 Elite Challenge, Colorado Springs, Colo. - 3rd-TR, DM (Youth)
2015 Kalon Ludvigson Invitational, Orem, Utah - 2nd-TR (Youth)
International Competition Results
2026 Senior Pan American Championships, Medellin, Colombia - 1st-TR, SY, MXSY; 3rd-Team
2026 Alkmaar World Cup, Alkmaar, Netherlands - 1st-DM; 2nd-SY; 3rd-MXSY; 7th-TR
2025 World Championships, Pamplona, Spain - 1st-DM, Team DM; 2nd-TR; 6th-Team TR
2025 Antibes World Cup, Antibes, France - 1st-TR, SY; 4th-TU
2025 Varna World Cup, Varna, Bulgaria - 3rd-TR, SY
2025 The World Games, Chengdu, China -
2025 Coimbra World Cup, Coimbra, Portugal - 1st-DM
2025 Riccione World Cup, Riccione, Italy - 1st-DM
2024 Coimbra World Cup, Coimbra, Portugal - 2nd-SY; 5th-DM
2024 Cottbus World Cup, Cottbus, Germany -
2024 Baku World Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan -
2023 World Championships, Birmingham, England - 1st-Team AA, DM, Team DM; 2nd-SY; 5th-Team TR
2023 Pan American Games, Santiago, Chile - 1st-SY; 6th-TR
2023 Varna World Cup, Varna, Bulgaria - 7th-SY; 8th-TR
2023 West Palm Beach World Cup, West Palm Beach, Fla. - 2nd-DM; 7th-SY
2023 Coimbra World Cup, Coimbra, Portugal - 1st-DM, SY
2023 Pan American Championships, Monterrey, Mexico - 1st-DM
2022 World Championships, Sofia, Bulgaria - 1st-DM; 2nd-Team AA; 3rd-Team DM
2022 World Games, Birmingham, Ala. - 4th-DM
2021 World Championships, Baku, Azerbaijan - 2nd-Team AA; 3rd-DM; 4th-DM Team; 6th-SY
2021 Senior Pan American Championships, Rio de Janeiro, Brazil - 1st-Team, SY (Sr. Div.); 1st-TR (17-21)
2020 Baku World Cup, Baku, Azerbaijan -
2019 World Championships, Tokyo, Japan - 2nd-Team AA, DM Team, DM
2019 Valladolid World Cup, Valladolid, Spain - 6th-DM
2019 Pan American Games, Lima, Peru - 3rd-TR
2018 World Championships, St. Petersburg, Russia - 2nd-DM; 4th-Team AA
2018 Junior Pan American Championships, Cochabamba, Bolivia - 3rd-TR
2017 World Age Group Competition, Sofia, Bulgaria - 7th-SY (15-16)
2015 World Age Group Competition, Odense, Denmark - (13-14)
2014 World Age Group Competitions, Daytona Beach, Fla. - 5th-DM (13-14)
