Erica Stokes

Erica Stokes is a former United States gymnast. Stokes trained with Bela Karolyi in Houston, Texas.

Early life Stokes spent three summers training with the Karolyi's. When she was 9 years old, Karolyi invited her to move to Houston to train at the Karolyi Ranch full time. Her family agreed, and later moved to Houston to join their daughter. She was unable to compete in the 1990 Goodwill Games due to an injury.

Her mother recalled that "she was guaranteed a spot on the '92 Olympics team as much as anyone can be guaranteed a spot a year ahead of time".

She developed bulimia nervosa and left Karolyi's gym. She began training with Steve Nunno, who was also coaching Shannon Miller. She finished sixth at the World Championship Trials, which should have secured her a spot on the World Championship team but the USGF decided to combine scores from both the trials and the national championships. Stokes had been unable to compete in nationals because of a shoulder injury, and she dropped to ninth, losing her place on the team. Erica quit gymnastics nine months before the 1992 Barcelona Olympics.