Kara Eaker

Kara Eaker is an American gymnast.

2018
Eaker made her senior debut at the American Classic in July, where she placed fourth in the all-around and posted the highest score on balance beam. Later that month, she competed at the U.S. Classic, placing fifth on uneven bars, thirteenth on uneven bars, fourteenth on floor exercise, and sixteenth in the all-around. She qualified to her first senior National Championships in August, winning silver on balance beam and placing fifth on floor, seventh in the all-around, and ninth on uneven bars. She was named to the American team for the Pan American Championships in Peru, where she won team and balance beam gold and floor exercise bronze.

She was later named to the American team for her first World Championships in Doha, Qatar in late October. She helped USA win team gold and qualify a full team to the 2020 Olympics, but fell on her mount in the balance beam final and only finished sixth.

2019
Eaker competed at the International Gymnix in Montreal in March, winning team, all-around, and balance beam gold and placed fifth on the uneven bars. In July, she competed at the U.S. Classic. She won balance beam and placed fourth in the all-around and on floor exercise, and tenth on uneven bars. Following the competition, she was named to the U.S. team for the Pan American Games. At the Pan American Games in Lima, Peru, Eaker had a great showing during qualifications which also served as the team final. She won gold with the American team and made the all-around, beam, and floor finals. Unfortunately, during the all-around final she fell on her beam mount and had to put her hand down on a floor pass, and finished in fourth place, just out of the medal. She bounced back during event finals, hitting a strong beam routine and floor routine to finish first and second respectively.

In August, she competed at the National Championships, finishing second on beam after a fall, tenth in the all-around and on floor exercise, and eleventh on bars. In October, she competed at the World Championships in Stuttgart, Germany. She had some issues in qualifications on balance beam. She initially scored high enough to qualify to the beam final, but after her coach submitted an inquiry about her score, which caused her start value to drop and take her out of the final. In the team final, she helped USA to a fifth straight World team gold medal. After the all-around, Canada's Ellie Black withdrew from the beam final with an injury, allowing Eaker to step in as the first reserve. Eaker placed fourth in the final.

2020-2021
In November, Eaker officially signed with the University of Utah.

In 2021, Eaker competed at the American Classic, placing fifth in the all-around. In May, she attended the U.S. Classic, finishing ninth in the all-around and winning bronze on beam. After a successful national championships & Olympic trials, she was named an alternate for the Olympic team. However, prior to the start of the Olympic Games, Kara tested positive for COVID-19. Despite this, she had no symptoms and was able to go home after Tokyo.