Sydney The Coral Girl

Sydney was born Sydney Morris, on April 5, 2004, in Maryland, a state in the Mid-Atlantic region of the US. There is not much information available regarding her family background. She has an elder brother. In one of her social media posts, she revealed that her mother has been battling breast cancer for a while.

Sydney has been homeschooled since 2014 to help her devote more time to her gymnastics training. She is the shortest of all the ‘Coral Girls.’ She is known as Syd in her gymnastics circle.

Sydney once went to Arizona to visit her brother’s girlfriend who was in hospital. She instantly fell in love with the city and decided to visit it again later. Back home, Sydney reportedly told her mother that she wished to settle down in Arizona in future and a buy a house there.

Sydney began training in gymnastics when she was very young. After mastering the basics, Sydney began participating in various local gymnastics competitions. She soon joined ‘The Coral Girls,’ a competitive gymnastics team based in Annapolis, Maryland. All the members of this team are homeschooled, as the sport requires long training sessions. The team is currently coached by professional gymnast Mary Thompson, who is herself a blogger and has an ‘Instagram’ page titled ‘travelinghandstands.’ Sydney began participating in the ‘Win-Win Gymnastics Meet’ in 2010. She competed at level 4, at the age of 6, and scored best in the bars event. Sydney continued participating in various championships under this meet till 2014 and ended up at the level 7. She then switched to ‘First State Gymnastics’ in Delaware. Sydney soon qualified for the ‘International Elite,’ with an all-around average of 44.200. She is currently being trained at level 10. Sydney’s talent lies in uneven bars, in which she has performed brilliantly to date. She and two of her ‘Coral Girls’ cohorts, Peanut Ours, and Hailey Merchant, are the only three members of the squad to have two major releases on bars.

Sydney is quite active on social media. She has created a ‘YouTube’ channel called ‘Sydney the coral girl,’ which primarily features her vlogs. She posts moments from her gymnastics championships and keeps her fans updated about her personal life too. Apart from posting clips from the championships, Sydney also posts videos about her training sessions. A segment of videos on the channel is titled ‘Recital.’ Under this segment, Sydney displays a few of her other talents such her DIY skills, her poetry, and her makeup skills. In one of her videos, Sydney is seen playing a song from ‘Beauty and the Beast’ on the piano. She made her mother appear in a few of her vlogs, and they make a wonderful mother–daughter duo. In one of her videos, Sydney is seen playing the game ‘Never Have I Ever’ with her friend Alizé Lee. She has created a number of prank videos and challenge videos too. An art and craft lover, Sydney loves Christmas decoration and had created numerous DIY décor videos, all for her Christmas vlogs.

Sydney’s ‘Instagram’ account showcases numerous photographs and captures her in different moods. Her cute photographs have earned her more than 100,000 followers on ‘Instagram.’ One can find her gymnastics and dance videos on the application ‘musical.ly.’