Aleah Finnegan  Aleah Finnegan (born January 4, 2003) is an American artistic gymnast. She was a member of the United States' women's national gymnastics team and was part of the team that won gold at the 2019 Pan American Games. She is primarily known for engaging with the audience on the floor exercise. She is the younger sister of 2012 Olympic alternate Sarah Finnegan. Finnegan was born in St. Louis, Missouri to Don and Linabelle Finnegan. She has three sisters, Sarah, Hannah, and Jennah, who are all also gymnasts. She began gymnastics in 2005 and moved to Kansas City in 2008 to continue her gymnastics career. Finnegan was a Junior Olympic athlete and competed at the 2016 and 2017 J.O Nationals. In 2016 she placed 29th in the all-around and seventh on balance beam. In 2017 Finnegan won gold in the all-around for the junior-b division. In 2018 Finnegan qualified to junior elite at Brestyan's National Qualifier. She made her elite debut at the American Classic in July where she finished sixth in the all-around but won bronze on the balance beam. Later that month she competed at the 2018 U.S. Classic where she placed seventh in the all-around. In August Finnegan competed at her first National Championships where she placed fourteenth in the all-around, fourth on vault, eighteenth on uneven bars and balance beam, and fifteenth on floor exercise. Finnegan turned senior in 2019. In February she was named to the team to compete at the 2019 International Gymnix in Montreal alongside Alyona Shchennikova, Sloane Blakely, and GAGE teammate Kara Eaker. While there she won gold in the team final and on vault; she received the fifth highest score in the all-around but did not place due to teammates Eaker and Shchennikova placing higher. In June, after the conclusion of the American Classic, Finnegan was named as one of the eight athletes being considered for the team to compete at the 2019 Pan American Games along with Sloane Blakely, Kara Eaker, Morgan Hurd, Shilese Jones, Sunisa Lee, Riley McCusker, and Leanne Wong. At the 2019 GK US Classic, Finnegan placed seventh in the all-around. She also placed second on vault behind Jade Carey, twelfth on uneven bars, tenth on balance beam, and seventh on floor exercise.