Hobbies
Robotics, calligraphy, sewing, cooking, reading, drawing. (olympics.nbcsports.com, 26 May 2020; teamusa.org, 14 Oct 2019)
Spoken languages
English
Club
Great American Gymnastics Express [Blue Springs, MO, USA]
Coach
Al Fong [club]; Armine Barutyan-Fong [club] (Instagram profile, 22 Sep 2018; fox4kc.com, 04 Oct 2018; intlgymnast.com, 01 Dec 2017)
Start sporting career
She began the sport at age three, and began competing at age five. (flogymnastics.com, 31 Jan 2018; olympics.nbcsports.com, 26 May 2020)
Reason for taking up the sport
She switched to gymnastics after an uncomfortable stint in dance. "[I was] a little, little girl with the stuffed animal, twirling around in the dance room. And then we had our little recital and I couldn't do the standing in front of an audience kind of thing." Her mother Katherine recalls how the disastrous recital led to gymnastics. "She just froze like a deer in the headlights, and all the other girls froze, too, because they were used to following her. Then she tried gymnastics. We had to drag her out [of the gym]. From then on, it was always, she's first one in, last one out. Still is." (usagym.org, 11 Sep 2018; olympics.nbcsports.com, 26 May 2020)
Ambitions
To compete at the 2020 Olympic Games in Tokyo. (usagym.org, 01 Jan 2019)
Most influential person in career
Coaches Al Fong and Armine Barutyan-Fong. (flogymnastics.com, 31 Jan 2018)
Additional information
General
COLLEGE COMMITMENT
She has committed to study at and compete for the University of Utah in Salt Lake City, UT, United States of America, and is expected to start in the 2021/22 academic year. (deseret.com, 11 Nov 2020)
Last update : 2021-05-10
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