The City of Jesolo Trophy has been a staple event in the international arena since its premiere in 2008.

The United States has swept every team competition except that one time 2009 when Italy won. Over the last decade, Jesolo featured several gymnasts who went on to Olympic and NCAA stardom.

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The Birth Of Jesolo: 2008

The first City of Jesolo Trophy happened in March of 2008. The competition featured only senior gymnasts, and the team and individual competitions all happened in one day.

The U.S. sent a gold medal-winning team of Shawn Johnson, Sam Peszek, Chelsea Davis, Olivia Courtney, Jana Bieger, and Bridget Sloan. Johnson won the all-around gold and won our hearts with a beam routine that had the gymnastics gods weeping with pure joy. 

Vanessa Ferrari took second all-around, and Peszek was third.

2009

Italy, Brazil, China, USA, Romania, Great Britain

Italy dominated the 2009 competition, sweeping both the junior and senior team titles. 2008 Italian Olympian Lia Parolari also won the senior individual all-around gold, while He Ning of China took silver and Bruna Leal of Brazil was third.

Great Britain’s Beth Tweddle and Rebecca Downie also competed along with 2012 Olympian and UCLA alumni Jennifer Pinches made her Jesolo debut as a junior. 

Beth Tweddel: the brand, the brand, the beauty, the bars BOSS.

For the juniors, 2011 Romanian Worlds team member, Amelia Racea won the all-around competition.

2010: Raisman In The House

Seniors

Aly Raisman made her Jesolo debut in 2010, winning the all-around and leading the U.S. to yet another team gold. 

A young Raisman reminding us that not all heroes wear capes.

Morgan Smith, Amanda Jetter, Mackenzie Caquatto, Kytra Hunter, and Cassandra Whitcomb were also part of the team.

How much do you miss Kytra Hunter? Should she come back? She should come back.

2010 Russian team gold medalist Tatiana Nabieva scored a 15.150 on bars, the highest bar score of the competition by eight tenths. (She didn’t compete her eponymous skill, though.)

Juniors

Russian Anastasia Grishina blew the bar scores out of the water with a huge 15.9—the highest score of the competition.

Grishina could conduct a symphony strictly by the rhythm of her bar set:

Though the U.S. didn’t send a full team of juniors, Kyla Ross competed, placing second all-around. She also had the highest vault score of the juniors. Sabrina Vega also competed.

2011

The 2011 City of Jesolo was loaded with future Olympians: USA’s Fierce Five, McKayla Maroney, Jordyn Wieber, Aly Raisman, Gabby Douglas, Kyla Ross, took the stage. We also saw future Olympians Madison Kocian, Carlotta Ferlito (IT), Anastasia Grishina (RUS), and Elisa Meneghini (IT).

Seniors

Team USA’s seniors took team gold, followed by Italy, then Russia. Team USA swept 1-4 in the all-around.

McKayla Maroney edged out Jordyn Wieber for first all-around thanks to her gravity-defying Amanar that went 16.000.

Weiber and Raisman also racked up some big vault scores (15.950 for Raisman and 15.100 for Wieber). Raisman was third in the all-around and posted the highest floor score out of the whole competition.

This was also the year Amanda Jetter landed sideways on a Yurchenko double and we all cried when Mihai Brestyan carried her off the mat.

Juniors

The American juniors swept the team and individual all-around scores with Ross, Kocian, Katelyn Ohashi, and Lexi Priessman winning first through fourth, respectively. Russia took silver and Italy bronze.

Priessman showed a big Amanar that went 15.750, the highest of the junior scores.

Who doesn't love a baby Ohashi? Here's her golden floor routine. 

2012

Seniors

The end of the quadrennium raised hype for the 2012 Jesolo Trophy, as teams use early international competitions to start testing out potential Olympic lineups. For Team USA, Ross, Maroney, Raisman, and Price made repeat appearances in the race for London spots.

Rebecca Bross and Sarah Finnegan were also part of USA’s senior team that took gold and swept the first through fourth-place all-around spots again (Ross, Raisman, Finnegan, Maroney).

Two-time Olympian Carlotta Ferlito’s 15.200 on beam helped to secure Italy’s silver medal. 2012 Olympic team silver medalist Anastasia Grishina led Russia to a third-place finish.

Kyla Ross took the all-around title and posted the highest beam score of the meet: 15.500.

Ebee threw a massive Amanar for a 15.700. Side note: if you weren't planning to watch her in the 2018 NCAAs, reevaluate.

Other future NCAA stars at 2012 Jesolo: Skinner (Utah), Brianna Brown (Michigan), Brenna Dowell (Oklahoma), Lexie Priessman (LSU), Katelyn Ohashi (UCLA), Amelia Hundley (Florida), and Madison Desch (Alabama).

Juniors

Preissman took the all-around after posting another monster vault score for team USA. Her nearly-stuck Amanar went 15.850. Bailie Key put up the highest beam score from the juniors and placed third all-around.

And along came Simone - 2013

The sixth City of Jesolo Trophy introduced individual event finals along with a second day of competition, which gave way for Simone Biles to sweep the all-around and three out of the four event titles, no biggie.

Seniors

The U.S. brought a powerhouse team in 2013 with big names on the senior side like Biles, Ross, Priessman, Dowell, Maggie Nichols, and Peyton Ernst.

Biles took home all-around gold along with titles on vault, beam, floor. Ross was second all-around while Dowell took bronze.

Raise your hand if you pray every night for Biles to get back into competition!

Juniors

The Italian juniors took team gold while Individuals from the U.S. won most of the event titles. Bailie Key was the all-around, vault, beam, and floor champion.

2014

Seniors

This was the year when Madison Kocian and Rachel Gowey competed in a mixed team with Italy's Alessia Leolini and Romania's Ştefania Stănilă, Andreea Munteanu, and Silvia Zarzu. Though that group didn’t place in team finals, the girls got to stand with their respective countries during awards.

Kyla Ross led the Americans to another senior title in 2014. McKayla Skinner was the vault and floor champion while Madison Kocian made herself at home on bars and took the individual title.

Juniors

In the junior competition, the U.S. took all the first-place spots with Bailie Key winning her second consecutive all-around title along with vault, bars, and floor. Norah Flatley took gold on beam and gave some serious Calry Patterson vibes.

2015

This year, Jesolo was held over four days, and each team competed in a qualification event with the exception of defending champions (USA) and host team (Italy).

Seniors

USA: Biles, Douglas, Key, Nichols, Raisman, Ross
Biles was back to win the all-around, vault, beam, and floor titles, while Ross was our resident bar stallion.

Bailie Key made her senior debut to help team USA take the competition again.

Juniors

Laurie Hernandez made a big statement in her first international showing, winning all-around, bars, and floor. Jazzy Foberg was the vault champion and Norah Flatley won beam.

The U.S. took home 23 medals in total.

2016: Final Five On The Rise

Seniors

With Rio only months away, this group of seniors looked a lot like the Final Five, snagging that team gold. Gabby Douglas was the all-around winner, Laurie Hernandez made her senior debut and won beam, Ashton Locklear took the bars title, Raisman dominated floor, and MyKayla Skinner won vault.

We're patiently awaiting Hernandez's return to competition . . .

We saw Smith again, this time taking silver in the all-around, beam, and floor.

Juniors

Jordan Chiles came back for a second appearance, and this time she took the all-around and vault gold. Gabby Perea won bars, Emma Malabuyo made her international debut and was crowned beam queen, and Trinity Thomas made the international stage for the first time, winning floor.

2017

Seniors

It was Riley McCusker’s year at the last Jesolo Trophy. She edged Brazil’s Rebeca Andrade for the all-around title and reigned supreme on beam.

Abby Paulson tied Brazil’s Flavia Saraiva for the floor title, and the seniors took home team gold for the eighth year in a row.

Juniors

Gabby Perea got comfortable on the podium winning all-around, vault, and bars. Malabuyo traded her beam gold for a gold on floor, and the U.S. juniors took the team title.

What will happen this year? We'll start to find out when the 2018 City of Jesolo Trophy begins the competition tomorrow; you can catch all the action LIVE on FloGymnastics on Saturday and Sunday.