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Laurie Hernandez

Celebrity Profile
Birth Date	9 June 2000 (2000-06-09) (age 25)
Hometown	Old Bridge, New Jersey
Known For	Olympic artistic gymnast
Dancing with the Stars 23
Partner(s)	Valentin Chmerkovskiy
Placement	1st
Highest Score	40 (Argentine Tango, Team Contemporary,Freestyle, Argentine Tango/Foxtrot fusion)
Lowest Score	31 (Cha-Cha-Cha & Tango)
Average Score	37.0

Lauren "Laurie" Hernandez is the winning celebrity from Season 23 of Dancing with the Stars.

1 Biography
2 Dancing with the Stars 23
- 2.1 Scores
- 2.2 Performances
3 Trivia
4 Gallery
5 External links

Biography[]

Retrieved from abc.com Laurie Hernandez burst onto the Senior Elite gymnastics scene in 2016, just in time for the Rio Olympic Games where she won Silver in the individual balance beam and secured Gold in the team All-Around. Her goal had always been to make an Olympic team, and her dream came true!

Hernandez started gymnastics at the age of six when she asked her mother to enroll her in the sport, because she had so much energy and always wanted to experience the feeling of flying. She enrolled in Monmouth Gymnastics, where she met her coach, Maggie Haney, and they have been together ever since.

The turning point in Laurie's career happened in 2014 when her progress was stalled due to multiple injuries. She returned stronger than ever by becoming the 2015 U.S. Junior National Champion, and has been on the rise since then.

Other career highlights include All-Around Silver; beam Gold and floor Bronze at the 2016 U.S. Olympic Trials, and Bronze in All-Around, floor, beam, and uneven bar at the 2016 National Championships.

Hernandez is known for her dazzling floor exercise routine, where she has been nicknamed the "human emoji" for her outgoing facial expressions and for her grace and artistry on the balance beam.

Dancing with the Stars 23[]

She was partnered with Valentin Chmerkovskiy. They placed 1st.

Scores[]

Week #	Dance/Song	Judges' Scores				Result
Week #	Dance/Song	Inaba	Goodman	Hough	Tonioli	Result
1	Cha-Cha-Cha / "American Girl"	8	8	7	8	No elimination
2	Jive / "DuckTales"	8	8	8	8	Safe
3	Tango / "Into the Sunset"	7	8	8	8	Safe (Immunity)
4	Jazz / "The Way You Make Me Feel"	10	—	10	10	Safe
5	Paso Doble / "Rise"	8	—	9	8	No elimination
6	Salsa / "Light It Up"	9	91	9	10	Safe
7	Quickstep / "One Fine Day" Team Freestyle / "Embrace"	88	89	99	99	Safe
8	Viennese Waltz / "Pure Imagination" Jive Dance-Off / "The Purple People Eater"	10Awarded	—three	10extra	10points	Safe
9	Argentine Tango / "Cell Block Tango" Team-Up Dance (Contemporary) / "Bird Set Free"	1010	102102	1010	1010	Safe
10Semifinals	Foxtrot / "Hollow" Trio Samba / "Magalenha"	1010	——	1010	1010	Safe
11Finals	Paso Doble / "Wicked Ones" Freestyle / "Brand New" Argentine Tango & Foxtrot (Fusion) / "We Are the Ones"	91010	101010	91010	101010	Winner

1 Score given by guest judge Pitbull. 2 Score given by guest judge Idina Menzel.

Performances[]

Laurie & Val's Waltz - Dancing with the Stars

Trivia[]

Laurie is the fourth Olympic gymnast to appear on Dancing with the Stars.
- Shawn Johnson won Season 8 and was the runner-up on the all-star season.
- Her Olympic teammate Alexandra Raisman made it to the finals in Season 16 finishing in fourth place.
- Nastia Liukin made it to the semifinals in Season 20 and came in fourth.
- Her Olympic teammate Simone Biles made it to the semifinals in Season 24 and came in fourth.
Laurie and Val received the first perfect score, since Len was not present at the judge's table, of the season, in Week 4 for her Jazz routine.
She is the youngest celebrity to receive the first perfect score of the season.
At sixteen years old, Laurie is the youngest celebrity to win Dancing with the Stars.
She is also the first celebrity who is born in the 2000s to win.
She is the first Latina to win.
She also tied the record of perfect scores in a season with eight set by Bindi Irwin.