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{{short description|American artistic gymnast}}
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'''Chellsie Marie Memmel''' (born June 23, 1988) is an American [[Artistic gymnastics|artistic gymnast]]. She is the 2005 world all-around champion (the third American woman, after [[Kim Zmeskal]] and [[Shannon Miller]], to win that title) and the 2003 world champion on the uneven bars. She was a member of the United States women's gymnastics team at the 2008 Olympics in Beijing, China.<ref>[http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=152742.html#olympians+last "Olympians At Last."] {{Webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160808105942/http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=152742.html#olympians+last |date=August 8, 2016 }} ''NBCOlympics.com''. July 19, 2008. Accessed on July 19, 2008.</ref>

With a total of seven World Championship and Olympic medals, Memmel is tied with [[Shawn Johnson]] as the [[United States women's national artistic gymnastics team#Most decorated gymnasts|ninth most decorated American female gymnast]], behind [[Simone Biles]] (41), [[Shannon Miller]] (16), [[Nastia Liukin]] (14), [[Alicia Sacramone]] (11), [[Aly Raisman]] (10), [[Jade Carey]] (10), [[Sunisa Lee]] (9), and [[Dominique Dawes]] (8).<ref>[http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/Story.aspx?tabid=592&prog=Pressbox] "USA Gymnastics: U.S. Medalists at World Artistic Gymnastics Championships"</ref>

Her return to gymnastics in her 30s attracted attention to the idea that by avoiding over-training and mistreatment, gymnasts could continue to perform at a high level in adulthood.<ref>{{Cite news|last=Feidelson|first=Lizzie|date=2021-05-04|title=What If Everything We Know About Gymnastics Is Wrong?|language=en-US|work=The New York Times|url=https://www.nytimes.com/2021/05/04/magazine/gymnastics-abuse.html|access-date=2021-07-16|issn=0362-4331}}</ref> She was inducted into the [[International Gymnastics Hall of Fame]] in 2022.<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.ighof.com/inductees/2022_Chellsie_Memmel.php |title= Chellsie Memmel &#124; the International Gymnastics Hall of Fame|website=www.ighof.com |access-date=1 September 2022}}{{title missing|date=September 2022}}</ref>

==Career==
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===Early career===
Chellsie Marie Memmel was born in [[West Allis, Wisconsin]], to Andy and Jeanelle Memmel. Both of her parents were gymnastics coaches, and they encouraged her to play around in the gym and taught her basic skills. When she was eight years old, she started training with Jim Chudy at Salto Gymnastics.

She began competing at the junior elite level in 2000.

===2003===
Memmel became a senior international elite gymnast in 2003. She placed third at the National Podium Meet and the American Classic, and was invited to compete at the Pacific Challenge, a three-country tournament with [[Canada]] and [[Australia]]. At that competition, she won the all-around.

At the 2003 [[USA Gymnastics National Championships|U.S. National Championships]], Memmel was coming off of a hamstring injury that had limited her training time. She made mistakes during her [[Floor (gymnastics)|floor exercise]] routine on both days and placed tenth in the all-around. At a national team selection camp several weeks later, she was chosen to compete at the [[Pan American Games]], but not at the World Championships.

She won four medals at the Pan American Games, including gold in the all-around and on the [[uneven bars]].<ref>{{Cite web
 | url = http://gymnastics.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/595
 | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20080808021649/http://gymnastics.teamusa.org/athlete/athlete/595
 | url-status = dead
 | archive-date = August 8, 2008
 | title = Chellsie Memmel Biography
 | access-date = 2008-08-13
 }}</ref> During this time, the gymnasts who had been chosen for the World Championships team were dealing with injuries and illnesses: [[Annia Hatch]] tore her [[Anterior cruciate ligament injury|ACL]], [[Ashley Postell]] had the flu, and [[Courtney Kupets]] tore her [[Achilles tendon rupture|Achilles tendon]]. Memmel was an alternate to the World Championships, along with [[Samantha Sheehan]] and [[Terin Humphrey]], and National Team Coordinator [[Márta Károlyi]] chose her and Humphrey to step in and compete. Memmel flew from the Pan American Games in [[Santo Domingo]] directly to the [[2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] in [[Anaheim, California]].<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=1478&prog=h|title = USOC Honors Gymnasts Chellsie Memmel and Paul Hamm and USA Gymnastics World}}</ref>

Memmel led the American team in the preliminary round at Worlds, qualifying to the all-around final in second place, and first among her teammates. In the team finals, she was the only American to compete on every event, and had the highest all-around score. The U.S. finished on top, winning the country's first team gold medal at the World Championships,<ref>{{Cite web
 | year = 2008
 | title = U.S. Olympic Team for gymnastics boasts 29 world medals, one Olympic medal
 | url = http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/Story.aspx?tabid=384&ArticleID=2312
 | access-date = 2008-08-13
 }}</ref> despite competing with only five gymnasts instead of six.<ref>USA Gymnastics Magazine, USA Gymnastics, September/October 2003, p. 11</ref> In the all-around final, she finished in eighth place.

In the event finals, Memmel became a world champion on the uneven bars, tying with teammate [[Hollie Vise]]. She also placed sixth on the balance beam after falling on her Arabian.

===2004===
In 2004, Memmel competed at the [[American Cup (gymnastics)|American Cup]] and placed third, behind U.S. teammates [[Carly Patterson]] and [[Courtney McCool]]. During a national team training camp in April, she broke a [[Metatarsal bones|metatarsal]] bone in her foot and she was unable to compete at the National Championships or the Olympic Trials.<ref>{{cite web|url=https://www.espn.com/olympics/summer08/gymnastics/news/story?id=3534272|title=Silver medalist Memmel competed for U.S. on broken ankle|date=August 14, 2008|work=[[ESPN]]}}</ref>  She petitioned for a chance to compete at the Olympic team selection camp and was ultimately named as an alternate to the [[United States at the 2004 Summer Olympics|U.S. team]] for the [[2004 Summer Olympics|2004 Olympics]].  Later in the year, Memmel won the uneven bars title at the 2004 World Cup Final.

===2005===
Memmel began the 2005 season at the American Cup, which did not have an all-around competition that year. She won the uneven bars title and placed third on beam.

She placed fourth in the all-around at the [[U.S. Classic]] and won the silver medal in the all-around at the National Championships, behind [[Nastia Liukin]]. She was named to the U.S. team for the Pan American Championships, where she won the all-around title and individual gold medals on beam and bars.

Memmel was named to the [[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2005 World Championships]] team, along with Liukin, [[Alicia Sacramone]], and [[Jana Bieger]]. At Worlds, she won the all-around title by 0.001 over Liukin.<ref>{{cite news|url=http://www2.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2005/worlds/wag-aa-finals.pdf|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20051127040452/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/events/2005/worlds/wag-aa-finals.pdf|url-status=dead|archive-date=November 27, 2005|title=Women's Individual All-Around Final|date=November 25, 2005}}</ref> This made her the third American woman, and the first since 1994, to win the all-around at the World Championships.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=1139&prog=h|title=Memmel wins world all-around title|access-date=March 2, 2017|archive-date=August 6, 2016|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160806091621/https://usagym.org/pages/post.html?PostID=1139&prog=h|url-status=dead}}</ref> She also won silver medals on balance beam and uneven bars.

After her success at the 2005 Worlds, Memmel decided to turn professional, thereby giving up her [[NCAA]] eligibility.

===2006===
Memmel began 2006 at the Pacific Alliance Championships, where she tied with Liukin in the all-around. She injured her shoulder while training a bail at the competition, and decided not to attend the U.S. Classic. Two weeks later, she competed at the National Championships where she placed fourth in the all-around.

At the [[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]], Memmel qualified first for the all-around finals and also made the uneven bars and floor event finals. In the team final, she re-aggravated her shoulder injury on her bail, and faltered on the balance beam when she landed a front tuck with one foot completely off the beam. She withdrew from the all-around and event finals because of her injury.

===2007===
Memmel was still recovering from her shoulder injury in August 2007, when the National Championships were held. She competed only on floor exercise on the first day of the competition, and did not compete at the [[2007 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|2007 World Championships]].

She made her all-around comeback at the Good Luck Beijing International Invitational, a test meet for the 2008 Olympic Games in which the gymnasts competed in the same arena and on the same equipment that would be used at the Olympics. Memmel placed fifth in the all-around and third on beam, where she performed new skills, including a [[front aerial]] to prone mount. She did not qualify to the uneven bars final.

After the Beijing test event, Memmel competed at the Toyota Cup in [[Toyota, Aichi|Toyota, Japan]], where she won the gold medal on floor exercise and the silver on balance beam.

===2008===
In June 2008, Memmel placed third in the all-around at the National Championships, behind Liukin and Shawn Johnson. She competed a new, upgraded floor routine that included the [[Daiane dos Santos|Dos Santos]] skill she had competed in earlier years.

At the U.S. [[2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (gymnastics)|Olympic Trials]], held two weeks after Nationals, she performed well on bars and beam, received a standing ovation for her floor routine on the second night of competition,<ref>Barron, David. [https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/oly/5851240.html "Memmel Closing in on Redemption."] ''The Houston Chronicle''. June 23, 2008. Retrieved on July 19, 2008.</ref> and was named to the Olympic team selection camp at the [[Karolyi Ranch]] in [[New Waverly, Texas]]. At the camp, despite giving herself [[Whiplash (medicine)|whiplash]] and having to stop in the middle of her floor routine, she competed on beam later the same day. On the final day of the selection camp, she landed a double-twisting [[Yurchenko (vault)|Yurchenko vault]] for the first time in competition since 2006. She was named to the Olympic team along with Johnson, Liukin, [[Samantha Peszek]], Sacramone, and [[Bridget Sloan]].

On August 3, 2008, [[USA Gymnastics]] announced that Memmel had suffered a minor ankle injury during training in Beijing<ref>[http://usa-gymnastics.org/Story.aspx?tabid=321&ArticleID=2311 :: USA Gymnastics :: Home Page ::<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> and would compete only on the uneven bars.<ref>[https://www.chron.com/disp/story.mpl/sports/5931405.html Injured Chellsie to compete on uneven bars at Olympics | Sports | Chron.com - Houston Chronicle<!-- Bot generated title -->]</ref> She fell in the preliminary round but performed a clean routine in the team finals.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=207216.html#u+s+falls+short+china+wins+gold |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20080815232134/http://www.nbcolympics.com/gymnastics/news/newsid=207216.html |archive-date=2008-08-15 |title=NBCOlympics.com - China adds fuel and grabs gold}}</ref> Later, it was revealed that she had competed on a broken ankle, a more serious injury than previously disclosed.

===2011===
On July 23, 2011, Memmel returned to competition at the U.S. Classic in [[Chicago]], where she won the silver medal in the all-around with a total score of 56.95.<ref>{{Cite episode
| series        = 2011 CoverGirl Classic
| credits      =Presenters [[Amanda Borden]] and [[Tim Daggett]]
| network      = [[Universal Sports]]
| airdate      = 2011-07-23}}</ref> She placed fourth on floor (13.65) and fifth on balance beam (14.7), and tied with [[Bridgette Caquatto]] for fifth on vault (14.2).<ref>{{Cite press release
  | title = 2011 Cover Girl Classic Meet Results
  | publisher = USA Gymnastics
  | date = 23 July 2011
  | url = http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/PDFs/Results/w_11cgc_sraa.pdf
  | access-date = 25 July 2011
  | archive-date = 12 March 2020
  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200312081533/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/PDFs/Results/w_11cgc_sraa.pdf
  | url-status = dead
  }}</ref>

At the National Championships in [[Saint Paul, Minnesota]], in August, Memmel earned the silver medal on balance beam with a two-night score of 30.<ref>{{Cite web  | title = 2011 Visa Championships - Women Day 2 Beam Rankings  | work = Factsheet  | publisher = USA Gymnastics  | date = 20 August 2011  | url = http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/PDFs/Results/w_11vc_sr_eventfinals.pdf  | access-date = 23 August 2011  | archive-date = 26 January 2020  | archive-url = https://web.archive.org/web/20200126183111/https://usagym.org/PDFs/Results/w_11vc_sr_eventfinals.pdf  | url-status = dead  }}</ref> She finished night one of the competition in third place all-around (57.35), with a first-place finish on beam (15.25).<ref>{{Cite web  | title =  Women – Senior Day One Results  | work =  Factsheet  | publisher =  USA Gymnastics  | date =  17 August 2011  | url =  http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/pages/results/index.html  | access-date =  22 August 2011  | archive-date =  14 May 2010  | archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20100514160842/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/pages/results/index.html  | url-status =  dead  }}</ref> On night two, she slipped to an eighth-place finish in the all-around (109.85)<ref>{{Cite web  | title =  Women – Senior All-Around Finals  | work =  Factsheet  | publisher =  USA Gymnastics  | date =  20 August 2011  | url =  http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/pages/results/index.html  | access-date =  22 August 2011  | archive-date =  14 May 2010  | archive-url =  https://web.archive.org/web/20100514160842/http://www.usa-gymnastics.org/pages/results/index.html  | url-status =  dead  }}</ref> after she dislocated her shoulder during her bars routine and did not finish the routine.<ref>{{Cite episode | series = 2001 VISA Championships  | credits =  David Michaels (director) | network  = [[NBC]]   |airdate =  20 August 2011}}</ref>

She took part in two Worlds selection camps at the Karolyi Ranch, but, as in 2003, she was named to the Pan American Games team instead of the World Championships team.<ref>{{cite web|author=Amanda Turner |title=Wieber Leads US Women's Team to Tokyo |website=InternationalGymnast.com |date=21 September 2011 |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=2771:wieber-leads-us-womens-world-team-to-tokyo&catid=2:news&Itemid=166 |access-date=23 September 2011}}</ref> She subsequently withdrew from the Pan American Games team to continue rehabilitating her injured shoulder.<ref>"McLaughlin added to U.S. Women's Gymnastics Team for 2011 Pan Am Games," press release, USA Gymnastics, September 23, 2011, http://usa-gymnastics.org/pages/post.html?PostID=8635&prog=, accessed 24 September 2011.</ref> Soon after her return from the second selection camp, she underwent surgery to repair a torn [[Biceps|biceps tendon]] near her right shoulder.<ref>{{Cite web|url=http://www.gymnastike.org/article/7608-Chellsie-Memmel-Underwent-Shoulder-Surgery-is-recovering-nicely|title=Gymnastics &#124; Videos, News & Articles - FloGymnastics}}</ref>

===2012===
Memmel underwent a second surgery on her shoulder in February and resumed training shortly thereafter to try to make the 2012 Olympic team. She competed only on balance beam at the U.S. Classic, and fell twice, scoring an 11.95. The selection committee declined her petition to compete at the National Championships.<ref>{{cite news |first=Dwight |last=Normile |title=Memmel Giving It One Last Shot |website=internationalgymnast.com |date=February 16, 2012 |url=http://www.intlgymnast.com/index.php?option=com_content&view=article&id=3126:memmel-giving-it-one-last-shot&catid=2:news&Itemid=166 |access-date=March 6, 2012}}</ref>

On November 14, 2012, Memmel announced her then-retirement from gymnastics.
<ref>{{cite news|url=https://usagym.org/pages/features/121114_memmel/|title=Six-time World medalist, 2008 Olympic silver-medalist Memmel retires from competitive gymnastics|date=2012-11-14|work=USA Gymnastics|access-date=4 December 2015|archive-date=November 12, 2020|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20201112003904/https://usagym.org/pages/features/121114_memmel/|url-status=dead}}</ref>

===2020 comeback===
In April 2020, Memmel began more structured training{{efn|As seen on her {{URL| https://www.youtube.com/channel/UCQnkMC5Wm2rfCoHvBVojucA|YouTube channel.}}}} after posting a video on social media of herself performing her double pike beam dismount with a message saying “the seed has been planted.”<ref>{{cite news|last=Armour|first=Nancy|date=April 2, 2020|title=Opinion: At 31, Chellsie Memmel having fun doing gymnastics, and no telling where that might lead|url=https://www.usatoday.com/story/sports/columnist/nancy-armour/2020/04/02/chellsie-memmel-having-fun-gymnastics-and-maybe-more/5113729002/|work=USA Today|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Is Chellsie Memmel Back?|url=https://www.flogymnastics.com/articles/6743699-is-chellsie-memmel-back|work=FloGymnastics|date=April 14, 2020|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref><ref>{{cite news|author=<!--Staff writer(s); no by-line.-->|title=Chellsie Memmel mulling comeback? These 8 videos show Tokyo isn't out of reach.|url=https://www.gymnastics-now.com/chellsie-memmel-mulling-comeback/|work=Gymnastics Now|date=April 5, 2020|access-date=May 9, 2020}}</ref> Memmel confirmed her comeback as an elite gymnast on July 31 via YouTube.<ref>Archived at [https://ghostarchive.org/varchive/youtube/20211205/EklPPwX7Ti4 Ghostarchive]{{cbignore}} and the [https://web.archive.org/web/20210324213815/https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EklPPwX7Ti4 Wayback Machine]{{cbignore}}: {{cite web| url = https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EklPPwX7Ti4| title = Chellsie's Adult Gymnastics Journey: Week 15 Part 2 | website=[[YouTube]]| date = July 31, 2020 }}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref name="comeback1">{{cite web|title=Chellsie Memmel feels 'stronger' as she announces comeback to gymnastics|url=https://www.olympicchannel.com/en/video/detail/chellsie-memmel-announces-comeback-to-gymnastics/|work=[[Olympic Channel]]}}</ref><ref name="comeback2">{{cite web|date=August 1, 2020|title=She Makes It Official: Chellsie Memmel's Comeback To Gymnastics Is A Go|url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2020/August/01/She-Makes-It-Official-Chellsie-Memmels-Comeback-To-Gymnastics-Is-A-Go|archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20200802235412/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2020/August/01/She-Makes-It-Official-Chellsie-Memmels-Comeback-To-Gymnastics-Is-A-Go|url-status=dead|archive-date=August 2, 2020|work=[[United States at the Olympics|Team USA]]}}</ref>

Memmel made her elite competition comeback at the [[2021 U.S. Classic]] in May.<ref>{{Cite web|title=Chellsie Memmel, 32, Comes Out of Retirement After Becoming a Mom of 2 to Compete at U.S. Classic|url=https://people.com/sports/gymnast-chellsie-memmel-comes-out-of-retirement-to-compete-at-us-classic/|access-date=2021-05-23|website=PEOPLE.com|language=en}}</ref> Memmel competed on vault, scoring an 13.750, and balance beam, scoring an 11.800.<ref>{{Cite news|title=Biles makes history in return to competition at US Classic|language=en-US|newspaper=Washington Post|url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/olympics/biles-makes-history-in-return-to-competition-at-us-classic/2021/05/22/13090abc-bb65-11eb-bc4a-62849cf6cca9_story.html|access-date=2021-05-23|issn=0190-8286}}</ref> This was Memmel's first competition in nine years.  In August, Memmel announced that she would be joining [[Simone Biles]]' ''[[2021 Gold Over America Tour|Gold Over America Tour]]''.

===U.S. National Team coach===
In May 2022, Memmel was named "technical lead" for the U.S. National women's artistic gymnastics team.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Bregman |first=Scott |date=26 May 2022 |title=Chellsie Memmel, Alicia Sacramone, Dan Baker to lead U.S. women's gymnastics program |url=https://olympics.com/en/news/chellsie-memmel-alicia-sacramone-lead-usa-women-gymnastics |website=olympics.com}}</ref> In this role, she works with the top gymnasts to design routines that maximize their potential scores under the current code of points.<ref>{{Cite web |last=Graves |first=Will |date=June 13, 2022 |title=Alicia Sacramone Quinn, Chellsie Memmel embrace new roles at USA Gymnastics |url=https://www.gazettenet.com/Sacramone-Quinn-Memmel-embrace-new-roles-at-USA-Gymnastics-46795259 |website=Daily Hampshire Gazette}}</ref> She also chooses which gymnasts compete on which events in team competitions, helping coach the U.S. team to a world championship in 2022.<ref>{{Cite news |title=U.S. women earn record sixth straight world gymnastics title |language=en-US |newspaper=Washington Post |url=https://www.washingtonpost.com/sports/us-women-earn-record-sixth-straight-world-gymnastics-title/2022/11/01/121f3524-5a2c-11ed-bc40-b5a130f95ee7_story.html |access-date=2022-11-02 |issn=0190-8286}}</ref>

== Personal life ==
Memmel married Kory Maier, a mechanical engineer, in August 2013. They have two children: a son born in February 2015 and a daughter born in November 2017.<ref>{{Cite web|url=https://instagram.com/p/yz7LRDxV8B/?modal=true |archive-url=https://ghostarchive.org/iarchive/s/instagram/yz7LRDxV8B |archive-date=2021-12-24 |url-access=limited|title =Dashel Dean Maier|website=Instagram}}{{cbignore}}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.teamusa.org/News/2017/November/19/World-Champion-Gymnast-Chellsie-Memmel-Gives-Birth-To-Second-Child |url-status=dead |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180709010013/https://www.teamusa.org/News/2017/November/19/World-Champion-Gymnast-Chellsie-Memmel-Gives-Birth-To-Second-Child |archive-date=July 9, 2018 |title=World Champion Gymnast Chellsie Memmel Gives Birth To Second Child}}</ref>

==Routines and skills==

===Eponymous skill===
Memmel has one eponymous skill listed in the [[Code of Points (gymnastics)|Code of Points]].<ref>{{cite web |title=2022-2024 Code of Points Women's Artistic Gymnastics |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |access-date=22 January 2022 |pages=159, 211 |archive-date=May 12, 2021 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20210512092714/https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_WAG%20CoP%202022-2024.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=Women’s Artistic Gymnastics – 2025-2028 Code of Points |url=https://www.gymnastics.sport/publicdir/rules/files/en_1.1%20-%20WAG%20COP%202025-2028.pdf |website=[[International Gymnastics Federation]] |date=22 April 2024 |access-date=2 February 2025}}</ref>
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! Apparatus  !! Name  !! Description  !! [[Code of Points (gymnastics)#Table of elements|Difficulty]]{{efn|name=difficulty|Valid for the 2025–2028 Code of Points}} !! Notes
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|Floor exercise || Memmel || 2/1 turn (720°) with free leg held upward in 180° split position || D (0.4) || Also referred to as a double Y turn
|}

===Competitive routines===
Memmel performed the following skills in competition (difficulty values from the 2005–08 Code of Points)

==== Vault ====
Double-twisting Yurchenko (2005–06, 2021; 5.8 difficulty); 1.5-twisting Yurchenko (2003, 2007–09; 5.4 difficulty); full-twisting Yurchenko (2011, 2021; 5.0 difficulty)

==== Uneven bars ====
Jump to mount on high bar; kip, cast to handstand (KCH) (B) + clear hip circle to Tkatchev (Hindorff) (E) + Pak salto (D); KCH (B) + stalder Shaposhnikova (Chow) (D) + overshoot to handstand (D) + stalder shoot up to high bar (Ray) (C); KCH (B) + toe-on circle (C) + giant 1/1 (C) + Tkatchev (D); KCH (B) + giant 1/2 (B) + jam to handstand (Luo) (E) + tucked double front dismount (D). 7.0 difficulty.

====Balance beam====
Stoop to rear support mount (A); split jump (A) + wolf jump (A); piked Barani (front pike 1/2, takeoff from two feet) (Memmel) (F); switch split leap (C) + back tuck (C); standing Arabian (F); illusion turn (D); front tuck (D) + back handspring step-out (B) + layout step-out (C); front aerial walkover (D); free aerial cartwheel (D); round-off (B) + double pike dismount (E). 6.9 difficulty.

====Floor exercise====
Round-off + back handspring + piked Arabian double front (Dos Santos I) (F); round-off + back handspring + double layout (F); double turn with leg held in split (Memmel) (D); switch split ring leap (C) + split leap 1/1 (C); round-off + back handspring + back layout 5/2 (D) + front layout (B); straddle jump 3/2 (C); round-off + back handspring + back layout 2/1 (C); round-off + back handspring + double pike (D). 6.3 difficulty.

==Competitive history==
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! align=center | Year
! align=center | Event
! style="width:30px;" | Team
! style="width:30px;" | AA
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics vault|VT]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics uneven bars|UB]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics balance beam|BB]]
! style="width:30px;" | [[Gymnastics floor|FX]]
|-
! colspan="8" | '''Junior'''
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''2000'''||align=left|American Classic || || 7 || || || ||
|-
|align=left|Puerto Rico Cup || || {{gold1}} ||  || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} 
|-
|align=left|USA vs. France|| {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
|rowspan="7"|'''2002'''||align=left|American Classic || || 10 || || || 4 || 8
|-
|align=left|USA/Belgium || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}}|| {{bronze3}} || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}}
|-
|align=left|Intl Gymnastics Championships || {{gold1}} || || || {{bronze3}} || ||
|-
|align=left|Podium Meet || || || || || 9 || 4 
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Classic]] || || 4 || || 9 || {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}}
|-
|align=left|[[USA Gymnastics Championships]] ||  || {{bronze3}} ||  || 5 || {{bronze3}}|| {{silver2}}
|-
|align=left|USA/Mexico Friendship Competition || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || || || || {{silver2}}
|-
! colspan="8" | '''Senior'''
|-
|rowspan="6"|'''2003'''||align=left|American Classic || || {{bronze3}} || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} ||
|-
|align=left|Pacific Challenge (USA/CAN/AUS) || {{gold1}} || || || {{gold1}} || ||
|-
|align=left|National Podium Meet || || {{bronze3}} || 5 || 5 || || {{silver2}}
|-
|align=left|[[USA Gymnastics Championships]] ||  || 10 ||  || 7 || 6 ||
|- bgcolor=#f0fccf
|align=left|[[Gymnastics at the 2003 Pan American Games|Pan American Games]] || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} || 
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|[[2003 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || {{gold1}} || 8 || || {{gold1}} || 6 || 
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''2004'''||align=left|[[American Cup (gymnastics)|American Cup]] || || {{bronze3}} || || || ||
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
|align=left|[[2004 Pan American Individual Event Artistic Gymnastics Championships|Pan American Championships]] || || || || {{gold1}} ||{{gold1}}||
|-
|align=left|World Cup Final || || || || {{gold1}} || ||
|-
|rowspan="7"|'''2005'''||align=left|[[American Cup (gymnastics)|American Cup]] || || || || {{gold1}} || {{bronze3}} ||
|-
|align=left|USA/SUI || {{gold1}} || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}} ||
|-
|align=left|USA/GBR || {{gold1}} || || || {{gold1}} || ||
|- bgcolor=#F5F6CE
|align=left|[[2005 Pan American Gymnastics Championships|Pan American Championships]] || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || 
|-
|align=left|[[U.S. Classic]] || || 4 || 7 || {{bronze3}} || {{silver2}} || 14
|-
|align=left|[[USA Gymnastics Championships]] ||  || {{silver2}} ||  || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || {{bronze3}}
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|[[2005 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || || {{gold1}} || || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || 
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''2006'''||align=left|Pacific Alliance Championships || {{gold1}} || {{gold1}} || || || {{gold1}} || {{silver2}}
|-
|align=left|[[USA Gymnastics Championships]] ||  || 4 ||  || 5 || 4 || {{bronze3}}
|-bgcolor=#CCCCFF
|align=left|[[2006 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships|World Championships]] || {{silver2}} || || || || || 
|-
|rowspan="3"|'''2007'''||align=left|[[U.S. Classic]] || || || 5 || || ||
|-
|align=left|Good Luck Beijing Intl Tournament ||  || 5 ||  || || {{bronze3}} || {{bronze3}}
|-
|align=left|Toyota Cup || || || || || {{silver2}} || {{gold1}}
|-
|rowspan="4"|'''2008'''||align=left| Friendship International Exchange || || {{bronze3}} || || {{gold1}} || 5 ||
|-
|align=left|[[USA Gymnastics Championships]] || || {{bronze3}} ||  || {{silver2}} || 4 || 4 
|-
|align=left|[[2008 U.S. Olympic Trials (gymnastics)|Olympic Trials]] || || {{bronze3}} || || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}} || {{silver2}}
|-bgcolor=98FB98
|align=left| '''[[Gymnastics at the 2008 Summer Olympics|Olympic Games]]''' || {{silver2}} ||  ||  ||  ||  ||
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''2009'''||align=left|[[USA Gymnastics Championships]] || || || || || 8 || 
|-
|rowspan="2"|'''2011'''||align=left|[[U.S. Classic]] || || {{silver2}} || 5 || 6 || 5 || 4
|-
|align=left|[[2011 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships|U.S. National Championships]] || || 8 || || || {{silver2}} || 6
|-
|rowspan="1"|'''2012'''||align=left|[[U.S. Classic]] || || || || || 21 || 
|-
| colspan="8" |''did not compete from 2013–2020''
|-
| rowspan="2" | '''[[2021 in artistic gymnastics|2021]]''' || align="left" | [[2021 U.S. Classic|U.S. Classic]] || || || || || 29 ||
|-
| align="left"|[[2021 U.S. National Gymnastics Championships|U.S. National Championships]] || || || ||26 ||13 ||
|}

==Notes==
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==References==
{{Reflist|30em}}

==External links==
{{Commons category|Chellsie Memmel}}
* {{FIG}}
* {{USA Gymnastics}}
* {{Team USA|new_id=chellsie-memmel|old_id=ME/Chellsie-Memmel|archive=20211021074746}}
* {{Olympics.com}}
* {{Olympedia}}
* [http://www.mmgymnastics.com/index.php?componentName=Section&scid=59230 Chellsie Memmel] at M&M Gymnastics

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