Luisa Blanco

2020–2023: NCAA Blanco graduated from Lebanon Trail High School one semester early and joined the Alabama Crimson Tide gymnastics team in January 2020. Her freshman season was cut short due the COVID-19 pandemic. She scored her first perfect 10 at the 2021 Regional semifinal on the balance beam. At the 2021 NCAA Championships, she won the balance beam title with a score of 9.9625, and she finished second in the all-around behind Oklahoma's Anastasia Webb.

At the 2022 SEC Championships, Blanco helped Alabama finish second behind Florida, and she placed second on the uneven bars behind Sunisa Lee. However, she injured her ankle on the balance beam. The injury was minor, and she competed on three events at the 2022 NCAA Championships where Alabama was eliminated in the semifinals. During the 2023 regular season, she scored three perfect 10s on the balance beam.

2023: Elite return In 2023, Blanco announced that she was returning to elite gymnastics and switching nationalities to represent Colombia. She began training at Midwest Gymnastics Center with Sunisa Lee's coach, Jess Graba. She won the all-around and uneven bars titles at the 2023 Colombian Championships. She was selected to represent Colombia at the 2023 Pan American Games where she helped the Colombian team place fifth. Individually, Blanco qualified for the all-around final where she finished eighth with a total score of 50.099. As the highest-placing athlete who was eligible for an Olympic berth, Blanco qualified for the 2024 Olympic Games.

2024: NCAA and Olympics Blanco announced on April 28, 2023, that she would be returning to the Alabama gymnastics team for her fifth and final year. In Blanco's final home meet, which also celebrated senior night, she scored two perfect 10s, her first on vault and floor exercise. She led her team to a second-place finish at the SEC Championships with scores above 9.900 on all four apparatuses. Then at the NCAA Championships, she was one of four Alabama gymnasts who fell off the balance beam, leading to an eighth place finish. She finished her NCAA career with 21 All-America honors, the most of any Alabama gymnast in program history.

Blanco represented Colombia at the 2024 Summer Olympics. In the qualification round, she finished 30th in the all-around, but after applying the two-per-country rule, she took the 24th and final spot in the all-around final. She is the first Colombian artistic gymnast to reach an Olympic final.

Competitive history +Competitive history of Luisa Blanco at the senior elite level representing YearEvent 2017 WOGA Classic U.S. Classic 13 12 U.S. National Championships 12 17 7 11 2018 WOGA Classic 9 International Gymnix 9 9 8 U.S. Classic 9 12 6 11 U.S. Championships 17 19 17 14 2019 WOGA Classic +Competitive history of Luisa Blanco at the NCAA level NCAA Championships 2021 SEC Championships NCAA Championships 5 2022 SEC Championships 12 NCAA Championships 7 2023 SEC Championships NCAA Championships 2024 SEC Championships NCAA Championships 8 23 17 5 52 18 +Competitive history of Luisa Blanco at the senior elite level representing YearEvent 2023 Colombian Championships Pan American Games 5 8 7 2024 Olympic Games 23

Career perfect 10.0 SeasonDateEventMeet 2021 April 2, 2021 Balance beam Regional semifinal 2023 February 4, 2023 Alabama vs Auburn February 24, 2023 Alabama vs LSU March 3, 2023 Alabama @ Missouri 2024 March 8, 2024 Vault & Floor exercise Alabama quad