Jessica Savona (born July 19, 1994) is a Canadian artistic gymnast and an alternate for the 2012 Summer Olympics team. After the Olympics, she will attend and compete for Louisiana State University. Junior career 2008 In February, Savona tore her right anterior cruciate ligament while performing her beam dismount and had surgery to repair it in May. 2009 In June, Savona competed at the Canadian Championships in Hamilton, Canada. She placed sixth in the floor finals with a score of 12.750 Senior career 2010 In May, Savona competed at the Canadian Championships in Kamloops, Canada. She placed fourth in the all around final with a score of 54.650. In event finals, she placed fourth on uneven bars scoring 13.000 and third on balance beam scoring 13.850. She said, "I had my first meet back from surgery at the 2009 Canadian Championships. That did not go so well because I came in 13th, and it was a bad meet. Many people thought I was finished and I couldn't get back to where I was. But I guess my determination, hard work and my mental strength led me to my recent success placing fourth at the recent national championships, making the world championships team and traveling to my first ever worlds competition!" In October, Savona competed at the 2010 World Artistic Gymnastics Championships. She contributed to Canada's thirteenth place finish with scores of 13.800 on vault, 12.716 on uneven bars, and 13.700 on floor. Before the competition she said, "I think our team's strongest suits will be our determination to show the world that we are coming back, and that we are all able to do high-level gymnastics compared to the rest of the world." 2011 In May, Savona competed at the Canadian Championships in Charlottetown, Canada. She placed second in the all around final with a score of 53.750. In event finals, she placed first on balance beam scoring 13.475 and first on floor scoring 13.850. "I came here expecting to hit my routines," Savona said. "I wasn't expecting to win on beam and my floor wasn't as good as in the all around but I'm proud of how I did." In July, Savona tore her left anterior cruciate ligament while performing on vault. She had surgery to repair it in August and began simple rehabilitation three days later. "(Randy Foster, her physiotherapist) is saying that the recovery on the left