Taylor Burkhart

Taylor Anthony Burkhart (born September 21, 2002) is an American artistic gymnast and coach. He is a member of the United States men's national artistic gymnastics team and competed in collegiate gymnastics for Stanford. He was part of the gold medal-winning teams at the 2022 and 2025 Pan American Championships. He became an assistant coach for the Stanford Cardinal starting in the 2026–2027 season.

Early life and education Burkhart was born on September 21, 2002, in Boca Raton, Florida, to Dale and Robin Burkhart. 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.

Gymnastics career 2018–2020 Burkhart competed at the 2018 Junior Pan American Championships alongside Brandon Briones, JR Chou, and Isaiah Drake; together they finished first as a team. During event finals he finished seventh on parallel bars and fourth on horizontal bar. He next competed at the 2018 U.S. National Championships in the junior 15–16 division. He placed fourth in the all-around and won gold on horizontal bar.

Burkhart competed at the 2019 Winter Cup where he placed sixth in the all-around and won gold on horizontal bar. 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.

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

2021–2024 Burkhart became age-eligible for senior competition in 2021. He competed at the 2021 Winter Cup and placed fifteenth in the all-around. At the 2021 U.S. National Championships, Burkhart placed fifteenth in the all-around.

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

Burkhart was selected as the alternate for the 2022 Pan American Championships. He won the gold medal alongside the team.

In late July, Burkhart competed at the 2022 U.S. Classic and placed ninth in the all-around. In August he competed at the U.S. National Championships where he finished eighth in all-around.

Burkhart competed at the 2023 NCAA Championship and helped Stanford win their fourth consecutive team title and individually placed second on vault behind Stanford teammate Asher Hong. In August, Burkhart competed at the 2023 Core Hydration Classic. He placed fifteenth overall. Burkhart next competed at the 2023 Xfinity National Championships where he placed twelfth in the all-around but won silver on floor exercise behind Paul Juda.

At the 2024 National Championships, Burkhart placed fourteenth in the all-around. He was not selected to compete at the upcoming Olympic trials.

2025–present Burkhart competed at the 2025 Winter Cup and placed fourth in the all-around. He next competed at the Antalya World Cup where he won gold on floor exercise, earning his first individual international title. At the NCAA Championships, Burkhart helped Stanford finish as runner-up to Michigan. He was selected to represent the United States at the Pan American Championships alongside Asher Hong, Taylor Christopulos, Brandon Dang, Joshua Karnes, and alternate Jun Iwai. During the qualification round Burkhart qualified to the rings, parallel bars, and horizontal bar finals; however he tweaked his back and could not compete during the team final and he had to withdraw from the apparatus finals. Despite this, he still won a gold medal with the team.

On May 11, 2026, Burkhart was selected to represent the United States at the 2026 Pan American Championships. At the competition he helped the USA win bronze as a team and individually he qualified to the parallel bars and horizontal bar event finals where he ultimately finished seventh and sixth respectively. At the 2026 National Championships, Burkhart finished seventh in the all-around.

Coaching career In August 2026, Burkhart was announced as an assistant coach for the Stanford Cardinal men's gymnastics team, starting in the 2026–2027 season.

Eponymous skills Burkhart has one named element on the pommel horse. +Gymnastics elements named after Taylor Burkhart Apparatus Name Description Difficulty Added to Code of Points Pommel horse Burkhart Any 3/3 travel in flairs with 1/1 Spindle inside 2 circlesE, 0.5 2022 Varna World Challenge Cup

Competitive history +Competitive history of Taylor Burkhart at the junior levelYearEvent 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

+Competitive history of Taylor Burkhart at the senior levelYearEvent 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 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 2025 Winter Cup 4 17 8 4 4 16 Antalya World Cup 5 4 NCAA Championships 4 8 11 Pan American Championships U.S. National Championships 11 7 4 Arthur Gander Memorial 5 2026 Pan American Championships 7 6 U.S. National Championships 7 8 9 8 12 14